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One of three [[Utopia]]n Society settlements in North Louisiana, the Germantown Colony, located off Louisiana Highway 531, was the most successful and lasted the longest, having peaked at fifty to sixty pioneers but usually with fewer than forty. The settlement had been planned by Bernhard Müller, but he died at Grand Ecore on August 29, 1834, of [[yellow fever]].<ref>Brochure, Germantown Colony & Museum, 120 Museum Road, Minden, Louisiana 71055</ref><ref>A ''Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' attributes Berhnard Müller's death to [[cholera]].</ref>

One of three [[Utopia]]n Society settlements in North Louisiana, the Germantown Colony, located off Louisiana Highway 531, was the most successful and lasted the longest, having peaked at fifty to sixty pioneers but usually with fewer than forty. The settlement had been planned by Bernhard Müller, but he died at Grand Ecore on August 29, 1834, of [[yellow fever]].<ref>Brochure, Germantown Colony & Museum, 120 Museum Road, Minden, Louisiana 71055</ref><ref>A ''Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' attributes Berhnard Müller's death to [[cholera]].</ref>

The Countess is remembered for having maintained Old World grace and culture in rural Louisiana.<ref name=lahist/>Though it is believed that Countess Leon died in Hot Springs in 1881, ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography,'' a publication of the [[Louisiana Historical Association]], maintains that the death year is unsubstantiated. The publication uses two principal sources for its sketch of Countess von Leon: Pauline Jennings, "Elisa Leon: First Lady of the Germantown Colony," ''[[North Louisiana History]],'' formerly known as the ''North Louisiana Historical Association Journal," VIII, No. 2 (Winter 1977), and Rita Moore Krouse (1921-1995) of Minden, ''Fragments of a Dream: The Story of Germantown'' (1962), VIII, No. 2 (Winter 1977).</ref>

The Countess is remembered for having maintained Old World grace and culture in rural Louisiana.<ref name=lahist/>Though it is believed that Countess Leon died in Hot Springs in 1881, ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography,'' a publication of the [[Louisiana Historical Association]], maintains that the death year is unsubstantiated. The publication uses two principal sources for its sketch of Countess von Leon: Pauline Jennings, "Elisa Leon: First Lady of the Germantown Colony," ''[[North Louisiana History]],'' formerly known as the ''North Louisiana Historical Association Journal," VIII, No. 2 (Winter 1977), and Rita Moore Krouse (1921-1995) of Minden, ''Fragments of a Dream: The Story of Germantown'' (1962), VIII, No. 2 (Winter 1977).

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