Santa Teresa was founded in the Gautraché Departamento (District) in La Pampa Province on 15 October 1921 on land donated by Alexander Rost.
The following men and their families were founders of the colony:
Alexander (Alejandro) Rost
Jakob (Jacobo) Duckardt
Michael (Miguel) Schroh
Heinrich (Enrique) Holzmann
Andreas (Andrés) Rau
Johann (Juan) Loos
Michael (Miguel) Loos
Georg (Jorge) Schwab
Michael (Miguel) Rost
Johann (Juan) Specht
Solomon (Salomón) König
Johann Peter (Juan Pedro) Kette
Peter (Pedro) Prost
Most of the inhabitants of Santa Teresa are descendants of Volga German immigrants who had originally settled in the Coronel Suarez colonies in Buenos Aires Province. There are also German-Russian families from the Black Sea settled in Santa Teresa.
- Colonia Santa Teresa
- La Pampa (Guia en La Pampa)
- Obituaries published in Argentinisches Volksfreund
Santa Teresa (La Pampa) (Wikipedia) - in Spanish
Santa Teresa, La Pampa