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Owendale

HISTORY

In May 1901, German Russians from Nebraska were brought to Owendale to work in the sugar beet fields.

 

VOLGA GERMAN CONGREGATIONS

 

Sources

Pickelhaupt, Bill. The Volga Germans of Michigan's Thumb (Fort Gratiot, MI: Flyblister, 2009): 13.

Sallet, Richard. Russian-German Settlement in the United States(Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974): 54.

External Links

Owendale, Michigan (Wikipedia)