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Louis Sohns
Louis Sohns (April 29, 1827 – May 17, 1901) was a prominent pioneer of Clark County in what were then the Washington Territory, as well as a civic leader, Mayor of Vancouver, Washington, and businessman.
==Early years==
Louis Sohns was born in Beerfelden, Germany. He attended Heidelberg University. At the age of 21, he took part in the 1848 Revolution in Germany. When the rebellion failed, he was arrested and put in jail. Somehow he escaped, and using funds from his family, fled persecution in Germany to the United States where he was naturalized in 1856. One reference describes these emigrants as ‘The Forty-Eighters who immigrated to the United States after the failed revolution left their mark in a number of ways. Generally young and well-educated, they were political activists who often assumed leadership positions in their communities, thus strengthening solidarity and a sense of ethnic identity among German immigrants.’ 〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.germanheritage.com/Essays/1848/unity_and_justice_and_freedom.html )〕 Upon reaching the United States, Louis Sohns joined the U. S. Army. He was transferred to Fort Vancouver in the Washington Territory, journeying via the Panama Isthmus in 1852. Also on that boat was Captain Ulysses S. Grant, Lt. Henry C. Hodges, and John McNeil Eddings, as they joined the 4th Infantry at the Fort. At a later date, Mayor Sohns greeted General Grant with ‘General, the humble individual who has the honor of addressing and welcoming you now in the behalf of the people of our town, had also the pleasure of landing with you and the old gallant 4th Infantry, 27 years ago at this very spot.’
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