HISTORY
Volga German immigrants from Norka settled in Mason City where many found work in the packing plants.
The following Volga German families are known to have settled in Mason City:
Beisel
Bernhardt
Borger
Els
Felde
Frank
Hanschu
Hartmann
Kerbs
Kloberdanz
Lauer
Lofing
Marten
Nagel
Pauli
Riffel
Schneider
Speaker
Weitzel
Wolf
Zeller
Sources
Sallet, Richard. Russian-German Settlement in the United States(Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974): 53.
External Links
Mason City, Iowa (Wikipedia)