Quote Originally Posted by Damocles View Post
I wasn't surprised by German in CO. My grandfather was born in Sterling, CO... and his birth certificate is written entirely in German.

Interesting tidbit. While my Grandfather fought in the European theater in WWII my Great Uncle was at the government run German work camp for prisoners in Georgetown, CO. (Yeah, the Japanese went to camps, the Germans went to work camps)...

(And no, I am not German myself, my father was adopted by my grandfather and my genetic heritage is entirely different).
Where I grew up German is no surprise. Lots of German immigrants settled in Western Ohio around 1900 to 1920 so a lot of people, particularly Catholic farmers, spoke German as I was growing up.