HISTORY
Belle Fourche was settled by Volga German immigrants who came to work in the sugar beet fields that were made possible by an irrigation project in 1905.
VOLGA GERMAN CONGREGATIONS
VOLGA GERMAN FAMILIES
The following Volga German families are known to have settled in or around Belle Fourche:
Amen
Keil
Kindsfater from Dietel
Rothermel from Katharinenstadt
Ruff
Sources
Sallet, Richard. Russian-German Settlement in the United States(Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974): 53.
External Links
Pine Slope Cemetery (findagrave.com)
Belle Fourche, South Dakota (Wikipedia)