DER BEOBACHTER HELPED GERMAN IMMIGRANTS ACCULTURATE IN UTAH Jeffrey D. Nichols History Blazer, March 1995 German Americans have long constituted one of the largest ethnic populations in the United States. Immigrants from the various German states flooded into America, especially during the 1830s-1850s. Substantial numbers stayed in eastern cities, while others went to the Midwest to farm or trade, creating …