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Hardin, Big Horn Co., Montana

Includes the following communities
Hardin, Big Horn Co., Montana
Foster, Big Horn Co., Montana
History

Hardin was settled by immigrants from Dietel and Kautz.

Volga German Families

The following Volga German families are known to have settled in and around Hardin, Montana:

Adler from Dietel
Besel from Hussenbach
Brenning from Kutter
DeWald from Hussenbach
Dumler from Grimm
Flagler
Flegler from Dietel
Fox from Kautz
Frickel from Kautz
Fritz from Friedenfeld
Gable from Norka
George
Hankel from Dönhof
Jerger
Jordan
Kern
Koch from Kolb
Krug from Kratzke
Kukes from Kukkus
Lackman from Dietel
Leckmann
Lind from Dönhof
Maul from Schilling
Nedens from Gnadentau
Paul
Pitsch from Dietel
Reichert from Dietel
Schell from Sewald
Seder from Norka
Spomer from Beideck
Stahley
Steinmetz from Dietel
Wacker from Frank
Weigand
Zeiler from Frank
Zier from Dietel
Zimmerman

Notable Individuals
Sources

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

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