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Lamar, Prowers Co., Colorado

Includes the following communities
Lamar, Prowers Co., Colorado
Wiley, Prowers Co., Colorado
History

Lamar was founded in Prowers County, along the Arkansas River. Many Volga German families settled in Lamar.

Notable Individuals
Eichler, George
External Links

- City of Lamar (official website)
- Lamar, Colorado (Wikipedia)

The following Volga German families settled in and around Lamar, Colorado:
Bauer
Betzhold
Dechant
from
Ober-Monjou
Denning
from
Herzog
Distel
from
Rothammel
Dreiling
from
Herzog
Eichmann
from
Schwab
Ernst
Geier
from
Graf
Gerlock
from
Norka
Graf
Grauberger
from
Oberdorf
Gross
Hammerschmidt
from
Herzog
Heinze
Helmer
Jacobs
from
Pfeifer
Kling
Koehler
Lungren
from
Franzosen
Maurer
May
from
Holstein
Meier
Mohr
Munch
from
Schönchen
Nazarenus
Obholz
from
Mariental
Piel
Reifschneider
from
Langenfeld
Reigenborn
from
Köhler
Schibbelhut
from
Rosenberg
Schick
from
Galka
Schneider
Schreiber
Stecklein
from
Zug
Steinle
from
Dreispitz
Steinley
from
Dreispitz
Thorn
Unrein
from
Ober-Monjou
Volmer
Wagner
Weber
Weigel
from
Herzog
Weimer
from
Neu-Weimar
Whitman
from
Rohleder
Wittig
from
Pobochnaya
Wollert
from
Dreispitz

Colonies

38.087231, -102.62075

Volga Colonies

Migrated From