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ZEPPELIN in Minnesota the Count's Own Story A portrait of Zeppelin taken in 1863, when the count was twenty-five years old ZEPPELIN in Minnesota The Count's Own Story Translated by MARIA BACH DUNN Introduction and notes by RHODA R. OILMAN THE FACT THAT Count Ferdinand von of captive ascensions ivere made from a Zeppelin had his earliest experience in a vacant lot across the street by an itinerant balloon over St. Paul in 1863 was established balloonist named John H. Steiner. Steiner beyond much question in an article that took up paying passengers, and the man appeared nearly two years ago in Minne­ who later built the first rigid airship ivas sota History.^ Research in the St. Paul news­ among them. papers of 1863 revealed that Zeppelin had Still, the story of the young count's visit registered at the International Hotel on to Minnesota was full of question marks. In August 17, and that two days later a number 1915 he told Karl H. von Wiegand of the United Press that after spending some time as a German military observer with the Mrs. Dunn is the wife of James Taylor Dunn, Union army in northern Virginia, he had librarian of the Minnesota Historical Society. Mrs. Gilman is the editor of this magazine and ' Rhoda R. Gilman, "Zeppelin in Minnesota: A the author of two previous articles on the his­ Study in Fact and Fable," in Minnesota History, tory of aeronautics in early Minnesota. 39:278-285 (Fall, 1965). Summer 1967 265 decided to see something of the country. water that they had nothing in which to cook He had traveled by steamer on the Great these animals they ate them raw. He and his Lakes to Superior, Wisconsin, and then companions were in very serious danger of through the woods to St. Paul, accompanied dying from thirst when they finally found by two Russians and an Indian half-breed. their way back to civilization."^ His time between Superior and St. Paul was Probably drawing on this account or a reported by one newspaper as "several days," similar one, another writer added a further and by another as twenty-one days. There interpretation: "It was a strange party, con­ was no clue as to the route he took, how sisting of two not-very-bright Indians, two long he stayed in St. Paul, or who his travel­ inexperienced Russians, and himself [Zep­ ing companions were. pelin]. The expedition ended at the point Zeppelins biographers have supplied of starvation in St. Paul, Minnesota."^ plenty of details, but these are less than One of many German biographers of Zep­ helpful. The most fanciful account has him pelin has him experiencing his first balloon leaving Washington with an expedition "to ascension at St. Paul "in Canada," then en­ investigate the three sources of the Missis­ gaging in a "purely scientific' •journey to the sippi River in Montana on the eastern slope source of the Mississippi. Here also the of the Rockies." Somewhere the party lost their way (understandably!) and according - Margaret Goldsmith, Zeppelin: A Biography, to the author "They were forced to eat 43 (New York, 1931). The "water rats" were un­ water rats when their food supply was ex­ doubtedly muskrats. ' John Toland, Ships in the Sky: The Story of hausted. Later, when they were so short of the Great Dirigibles, 41 (New York, 1957). A German illustrators conception of Zeppelin and his Russian friends seeking the source of the Mississippi River 266 MINNESOTA History water rat story is repeated, but according to the first place, had survived a hundred years this author Zeppelin and his friends ate the and tivo world wars, and were available for animals raw because they had no fire.* study. Even the most recent and best biography, written by the count's long-time friend and HOW THE COUNT'S own story of his associate, Hugo Eckener, is suprisingly Minnesota trip was finally uncovered is a vague concerning the trip to Minnesota. tale of historical detection involving inter­ Neither an exact time nor route is given. national teamwork. It begins in August, Eckener has the count joining an expedition 1965, when the Minnesota Historical Soci­ with two Russians and ttvo Indians "in or­ ety received a letter from Chester D. Brad­ der, if possible, to trace the sources of the ley, curator of the Fort Monroe Casemate Mississippi." He concludes that the adven­ Museum at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Mr. Brad­ ture was more or less a failure and "meant ley wanted information on Zeppelin's first no more than a few weeks of a trapper's ex­ balloon flight. istence in desert areas, involving much His question was prompted by an article hardship and a constant danger of perishing which had appeared in the Newport News from hunger and thirst!'^ After that, he re­ Daily Press of May 30, 1965, reporting that counts, Zeppelin was so accustomed to the an airplane runway had just been built on open air that he had trouble sleeping dur­ the very site of this historic event, which, ing his first night under a roof and had to it claimed, took place near Charles City, carry his bed out of doors. Eckener also Virginia, in 1862. The article went on to mentions the balloon ascension in St. Paul describe in vivid detail how Zeppelin, "a but denies that it had any major influence boy at the time, received permission from on Zeppelin's thinking. Union officers to make the ascent and while Just where did Zeppelin go in Minnesota? in the air he came under fire from Confed­ What did he do, how long did he stay, and erate troops." Abandoning the balloon, he what was he looking for? Who were his mys­ had to "slide dotvn a restraining cable and terious Russian companions, and lohere did burned the flesh from his hands during the he meet them? Was the balloon ascension emergency descent" — an injury which pre­ just another casual adventure, or did he vented him from making another ascent for already have a serious interest in aerial navi­ tivo weeks but somehow left him with a gation? It was clear that these questions lifelong interest in balloons.'^ could only be answered by Zeppelins oivn Having been asked his opinion of this papers — letters to his family, or perhaps a story, Mr. Bradley could only answer that diary — provided that such papers existed in according to most authorities Zeppelin had not been in the United States in 1862 and * Franz Carl Endres, "Vom Kriegsschiiler zum had made his first balloon flight over Minne­ General," in Ludwig Fischer, ed., comp., Graf sota, not Virginia. As a conscientious his­ Zeppelin: Sein Leben — Sein Werk, 64 (Munich, torian he did not let the matter rest there 1929). The author is indebted to A. Hermina Poat- gieter for a translation of the relevant passages. but sought confirmation and further details. ^ Hugo Eckener, Count Zeppelin: The Man and The Minnesota Historical Society was able His Work, translated by Leigh Pamell, 53, 54 (Lon­ to send him a copy of the count's own state­ don, 1938). It has been suggested that the term "desert area" should be translated as "wilderness." ment (as reported in Twin Cities papers) See Wingfoot Lighter-Than-Air Society, Bulletin, about his balloon ascension in St. Paul and November, 1965, p. 6. later a copy of this author's article in Minne­ " Zeppelin was twenty-four years old in 1862. The legend that his first ascension took place on the sota History. Civil War firing line seems to have been current But some question still remained. When even in the inventor's lifetime, for in his interview did Zeppelin arrive in the United States? with von Wiegand he took special pains to deny this. See Minneapolis Journal, February 9, 1915, p. 1. One biographer said he sailed from Liver- Summer 1967 267 pool on April 30,1863; another claimed that biographers had based their stories of his he was at the battle of Fredricksburg, fought Civil War experiences. This was a set of in December, 1862.'' Could he have been "Recollections" published by Zeppelin him­ with the Union Army in the peninsular cam­ self in a short-lived German periodical paign of eastern Virginia earlier that year? named Der Greif (The Griffin) in January, The final answer was provided by Miss 1914.^'^ It covered only the time from his Pearl I. Young of Hampton, Virginia, whom arrival in New York in May to his departure Mr. Bradley had also consulted.^ In the from the Union Army in late June, 1863; in New York Times of May 7,186S, she found it the count recalled his impressions and "Count de Zeppelin" listed among the pas­ adventures, but he mentioned few exact sengers arriving by ship the day before. He dates or places. Miss Young meanwhile sug­ had traveled on the Cunard steamer "Aus­ gested (correctly, as it turned out) that one tralasian," which left Liverpool April 25 and of Zeppelin's traveling companions on his docked in New York on May 6. trip west was a young man named Alexander Miss Young's interest in Zeppelin teas Davidow, second secretary to the Russian stimulated by her association with the Wing- embassy, who was acquainted with the count foot Lighter-Than-Air Society, an organiza­ in Washington. tion devoted to furthering knowledge of the But the most exciting information came history, science, and techniques of buoyant from a Wingfoot Society member in Ger­ flight. Its headquarters are in Akron, Ohio, many— Hans von Schiller, former com­ but its membership is international.
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