Includes the following communities
Ogallah, Trego Co., Kansas
History
Ogallah was platted in 1878 in what was then Ellis County. The plat was filed in Hays on 18 April 1879. Trego County was established the following June. Many of the first families to settle in Ogallah came from Illinois.
Volga German families settled in and around Ogallah.
Congregations
Volga German Families
The following Volga German families settled in and around Ogallah, Kansas:
DeWald from Hussenbach
Fabricius / Fabrizius from Kratzke
Hammerschmidt from Herzog
Herl from Wittmann
Schreiner from Herzog
Waldschmidt from Ober-Monjou
Windholz
Volga Colonies
Sources
Trego County Kansas : Ogallah, KS (GenWeb)
External Links
Ogallah, Kansas (Wikipedia)
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Migrated From
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