Billings was settled by immigrants from Beideck, Frank, Kautz, Susannental, and Walter.
In 1906 the first sugar beet refinery was built and this drew in Volga Germans from other states such as Nebraska and Colorado. From Billings the Volga Germans settled along the Yellowstone River building other settlements centered around the sugar beet industry.
- Sallet, Richard. Russian-German Settlement in the United States (Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974): 51.
- Calvary Cemetery (findagrave)
- Holy Cross Cemetery (findagrave)
- Mountview Cemetery (findagrave)
- Sunset Memorial Gardens (findagrave)
Billings, Montana (Wikipedia)
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Great Western Sugarbeet Factory in Billings, Montana
Source: Daily Inter Lake (11 April 1932)
Great Western Sugarbeet Factory in Billings, Montana