Sheridan, Sheridan Co., Wyoming
The city was named after General Philip Sheridan, Union cavalry leader in the American Civil War.
The expansion of Volga German settlement in Sheridan is an extension of the sugarbeet industry in Montana.
The following Volga German families are known to have settled in and around Sheridan:
Bauer from Frank
Becker
Besel from Hussenbach
Bitter / Bitters
Bott
Braun / Brown from Husaren
Brug from Bauer
Chrispens from Dobrinka
Deines from Kratzke
Deutsch
Fahrenbruch from Frank
Felde
Fritz from Friedenfeld
Glantz from Neu-Norka
Goodman from Brunnental
Haler from Jost
Hauf from Merkel
Hergert
Hill
Kaiser
Kammerzell from Frank
Kaufman from Frank
Koch
Lofing from Norka
Lungren from Franzosen
Macht from Köhler
Mohr
Müller from Dietel
Needens / Niedens from Gnadentau
Pabst from Beideck
Reifschneider
Schiffelbein
Schillreff from Langenfeld
Schuhmann
Spomer from Beideck
Stroh from Frank
Traudt / Troutt
Vogel
Wagner
Weber from Laub
- Sheridan Municipal Cemetery - formerly Mount Hope Cemetery (GenWeb Project)
Sheridan, Wyoming (Wikipedia)