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Chinook, Blaine Co., Montana

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Chinook, Blaine Co., Montana
History

Many Volga German families moved to Milk River Valley town of Chinook to work in the sugarbeet industry in 1923.

In 1924, the Utah-Idaho Sugarbeet Company moved its plant from Union Gap, Washington, to Chinook. The grand opening took place on 1 October 1925, and the factory remained open for 26 years.

Sources

- Sallet, Richard. Russian-German Settlement in the United States (Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974): 51.

Resources

- Kuper Memorial Cemetery (FindAGrave.com)

External Links

- Chinook, Montana (Wikipedia)
- The History of Chinook, Montana (Chinook Area Chamber of Commerce)

The following Volga German families settled in and around Chinook:
Allman
from
Streckerau
Benner
Brese
from
Konstantinovka
Feil
from
Blumenfeld
Green
from
Neu-Norka
Koenig
from
Semenovka
Neibauer
from
Kautz
Reinhardt
Zinn
from
Hussenbach

Colonies

Utah-Idaho Sugarbeet Factory in Chinook, Montana

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Volga Colonies

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