Includes the following communities
Brighton, Adams Co., Colorado
Fort Lupton, Weld Co., Colorado
Henderson, Adams Co., Colorado
Hudson, Weld Co., Colorado
Lochbuie, Weld Co., Colorado
History
The first Volga Germans arrived in the Brighton area in 1886 to work in the sugar beet fields.
By the early 1900s Volga Germans from the Russian colonies Frank, Dietel, Dreispitz, Marienfeld, Oberdorf, Shcherbakovka, and Herzog settled in Brighton.
Notable Individuals
Sources
- Thomas, Adam. "Work Renders Life Sweet." Fort Collins Advance Planning Department, August 2003. [Online]
- USA Settlement List (Patricia Miller)
Resources
External Links
Brighton, Colorado (Wikipedia)
The following Volga German families settled in and around Brighton, Colorado:
Amend
Barth
Beierle
Beisel
Bender
Berger
Busch
Ehrlich
Frank
Gettmann
Heinze
Hill
Hollmann
Horst
Keller
Krämer
Kraus
Lutz
Meier
Michel
Miltenberger
Richter
Ritter
Schäfer
Schmidt
Schön
Schwab
Wagner
Zeiler
Ziegler
Colonies
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Volga Colonies
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