Includes the following communities
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.
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)
The following Volga German families settled in Mountain Lake, Minnesota:
Colonies
43.938889, -94.929722
Migrated From
49.103333, 8.855
49.095833, 7.787222
48.714722, 9.523611