Eastwick Evans 1818

Eastwick Evan’s brief comments indicate both the wide publicity that the Swiss settlement at Vevay had received, and a commonly reported view of its efforts by first-hand visitors.

Evans's Pedestrious tour of four thousand miles--1818; reprint of the Original edition: Concord, N.H. 1819. Reprint, 1904. Thwaites, Reuben Gold (Ed) .

“In this state, on the river Ohio, is the celebrated Swiss settlement. The situation does not present a very favorable appearance, and I apprehend that much success is not experienced in the making of wine there. It appears to me that a more favorable tract for this business might be found in Kentucky. The soil of this state is lighter and warmer than that of Indiana.