Montrose officially became a town in 1882. The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Co. built its narrow gauge mainline railroad through Montrose (connecting Denver and Salt Lake City). Standard gauge was completed in 1906. The Gunnison Tunnel, constructed to provide irrigation water to the valley, opened in 1909.
Volga German families have been living in the Uncompahgre Valley for more than 100 years.
The following Volga German families are known to have settled in and around Montrose:
Appelhanz / Applehanz from Rothammel
Aschenbrenner
Basgall
Bastron
Bieber from Rothammel
Bohl from Huck
Brack from Schönfeld
Burbach from Norka
Distel from Rothammel
Dittloff from Semenovka
Dome from Pfeifer
Eckerdt from Huck
Eichhorn from Dönhof
Frank from Dönhof
Frick
Geier
George from Norka
Holzmeister from Pfeifer
Katzdorn from Zug
Kindsvater
Kloberdanz
Kraus from Dönhof
Lechman from Rothammel
Lehl
Lesser from Frank
Schaaf from Huck
Schleich from Huck
Schmall
Schumann
Schäfer
Schiel from Göbel
Schlauger from Norka
Schneider
Sinner
Sittner from Huck
Spetter from Kamenka
Steinmark from Unterdorf
Suppes from Pfeifer
Wollert from Dreispitz
History (City of Montrose)
- Montrose, Colorado (Wikipedia)
- City of Montrose (city website)