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Mountain Lake, Cottonwood Co., Minnesota

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Mountain Lake, Cottonwood Co., Minnesota
History

Volga German immigrants from Dreispitz settled in Mountain Lake where they farmed wheat and corn.

Most of the families that settled in the Mountain Lake, Minnesota, are are Russian Mennonites. There are some Volga German families that settled in and around Mountain Lake.

Surnames
Adler (Grimm)
Bai
Beisel
Dieck
Feil (Dreispitz)
Schmies
Volga German Families

The following Volga German families settled in Mountain Lake, Minnesota:

Adler from Dietel
Bay from Dreispitz
Beisel from Dreispitz
Dick from Dreispitz
Feil from Blumenfeld
Schmies from Dreispitz

Volga Colonies
Blumenfeld (am Belaya Kuba)
Dietel
Dreispitz
Sources

- Sallet, Richard. Russian-German Settlement in the United States (Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974): 53.
- USA Settlement List (Patricia Miller)

External Links

Mountain Lake, Minnesota (Wikipedia)

43.938889, -94.929722

Volga Colonies

Dreispitz
50.366667, 45.66
Dietel
50.898333, 45.17
Blumenfeld (am Belaya Kuba)
50.34911, 46.750019

Migrated From