Belle Fourche, Butte Co., South Dakota
Includes the following communities:
Belle Fourche, Butte Co., South Dakota
Fruitdale, Butte Co., South Dakota
History:
Belle Fourche was settled by Volga German immigrants who came to work in the sugar beet fields that were made possible by an irrigation project in 1905.
Surnames:
Volga German Families:
The following Volga German families settled in and around Belle Fourche:
Amen
Dahlinger from Rosenberg
Keil from Katharinental
Kindsfater from Dietel
Kling from Oberdorf
Kuenzel from Warenburg
Lungren from Franzosen
Pflaumer from Straßburg
Pister from Merkel
Rieb from Nieder-Monjou
Romig (Romick) from Rosenberg
Rothermel from Katharinenstadt
Ruff
Schott from Grimm
Zwetzig from Morgentau
Volga Colonies:
Sources:
- Sallet, Richard. Russian-German Settlement in the United States (Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974): 53.
Resources:
Pine Slope Cemetery (findagrave.com)
External Links:
Belle Fourche, South Dakota (Wikipedia)