McCook, Red Willow Co., Nebraska
McCook had been platted in 1882 when the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad reached the area. It was named after Alexander McDowell McCook, and Union General during the Civil War.
Colonists from Frank were the first to settle in McCook. They came as railroad workers in 1892. Others arrived from Kutter and Hussenbach and soon there were about 100 families living there.
First Congregational Church
Peace Lutheran Church
Over the years, the following Volga German families settled in and around McCook, Nebraska:
Amen
Bauer
Bernhardt
Bieker from Ober-Monjou
Brattigan from Kolb
Brecht from Schöntal
Brehm from Norka
Brenning from Kutter
Brungardt
Bruntz from Merkel
Eckhardt from Frank
Fahrenbruch
Felker from Brunnental
Foose from Frank
Frank from Frank
Frick from Frank
Fries
Geist
Gettmann from Frank
Graf from Schilling
Hein from Frank
Hepp from Liebental
Herrmann
Hettinger from Dietel
Hilzer from Norka
Hofferber
Kauffman
Kern
Kilburn
Kissler from Norka
Klaus
Klein from Frank
Knoll from Herzog
Krieger from Norka
Lebsack
Leikam from Laub
Lenhart / Leonhardt from Frank
Lichtenwaldt from Dönhof
Maul from Schilling
Mohr
Propp from Hussenbach
Rommel from Hussenbach
Rothe from Frank
Rutz
Sauerbrei(t) from Hussenbach
Scheidemann
Scheidt from Stahl am Tarlyk
Schillereff from Kolb
Schlager from Merkel
Schlecht
Schmerr
Schneider
Steinbrecker from Dönhof
Stramel from Kamenka
Traudt
Trupp
Völker
Wacker from Frank
Wagner
Walker from Norka
Walter
Washenfelder / Weshenfelder from Hussenbach
Webber from Frank
Wiedemann
Willmann from Frank
Yeager from Norka
Yost from Norka
Zeiler from Frank
- Sallet, Richard. Russian-German Settlement in the United States (Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974): 44.
- Memorial Park Cemetery (findagrave.com)
- Peace Lutheran Church Records (AHSGR Denver Metro Chapter)
- Riverview Cemetery (findagrave.com)
McCook, Nebraska (Wikipedia)