Includes the following communities
Gering, Scotts Bluff Co., Nebraska
History
Gering was incorporated in 1890. After irrigation arrived in the area in 1902, the sugarbeet industry flourished and a sugar factory was built there in 1915. Volga German families moved there from Fort Collins and other areas to work in the sugar beet industry.
Congregations
Notable Individuals
Sources
- Sallet, Richard. Russian-German Settlement in the United States (Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974): 52.
Resources
West Lawn Cemetery (findagrave.com)
External Links
Gering, Nebraska (Wikipedia)
The following Volga German families settled in and around Gering:
Colonies
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Volga Colonies
Migrated From
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