Volga Germans seeking work in the sugarbeet industry settled in Sidney, along the Yellowstone River.
The following Volga German families settled in and around Sidney:
Badt from Dietel
Bostrom from Frank
Brese from Konstantinovka
Buxbaum from Franzosen
Damm from Schilling
Frank
Karst
Kukes / Kukus from Kukkus
Lai
Leikam from Laub
Linker
Lorenz
Marker from Hussenbach
Miller
Peil
Propp from Hussenbach
Rein from Konstantinovka
Riedel
Rosenow
Rupp from Strassendorf
Strasheim from Frank
Troudt from Norka
Yager
Zeiler from Frank
- Sallet, Richard. Russian-German Settlement in the United States (Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974): 51.
- Sidney Cemetery (FindAGrave.com)
Sidney, Montana (Wikipedia)
Holly Sugarbeet Factory in Sidney, Montana (1930s).
Source: Judy A. Remmick-Hubert.