Includes the following communities
Alliance, Box Butte Co., Nebraska
History
The town was originally named Grand Lake. When the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad came to Grand Lake in 1888, the railroad superintendent, G.W. Holdrege, wanted to change it to a simple one-word name closer to the beginning of the alphabet, which he thought would be better for business. He picked "Alliance" for the new name of the town. It was incorporated as a city in 1891.
Many Volga German families moved to Alliance to work for the railroad.
Congregations
Resources
- Alliance (Greenwood) Cemetery (findagrave.com)
External Links
Alliance, Nebraska (Wikipedia)
The following Volga German families settled in and around Alliance:
Bauer
Becker
Behm
Brehm
Ebel
Koch
Krenzer
Lohmeyer
Martin
Miller
Specht
Vogel
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