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La Junta, Otero Co., Colorado

Includes the following communities
La Junta, Otero Co., Colorado
LaJunta, Otero Co., Colorado
Swink, Otero Co., Colorado
History

By the early 1900s Volga Germans from the Russian colonies Galka, Kukkus, Marienfeld, and Rothammel settled in La Junta.

Congregations
German Congregational Church - La Junta
Sources

- USA Settlement List (Patricia Miller)

Resources

Otero County Census Indices (1900, 1910, 1920)

External Links

La Junta, Colorado (Wikipedia)

The following Volga German families lived in La Junta:
Arnhold
from
Beauregard
Basgall
from
Rothammel
Bender
from
Kratzke
Bohl
from
Huck
Burbach
from
Norka
Dorsch
Ehrlich
Freidenberger
from
Friedenberg
Geist
from
Ober-Monjou
Gerlock
from
Norka
Goodman
Helzer
from
Norka
Johannes
from
Kukkus
Laubhan
from
Shcherbakovka
Pfeifer
from
Pfeifer
Rein
from
Konstantinovka
Riffel
from
Galka
Rosen
Schimpf
from
Oberdorf
Schleich
from
Huck
Schott
from
Dietel
Schwein
from
Kratzke
Spadi
from
Norka
Stoecklein
from
Zug
Walker
Wollert
from
Dreispitz
Yergert
from
Eckheim

Colonies

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Volga Colonies

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