The descendants of Volga German colonists from Frank, Huck, and Norka arrived in Culbertson in 1879, having earlier settled in Sutton.
The following Volga German families are known to have settled in and around Culbertson:
Amen
Brecht from Schöntal
Brehm from Norka
Brenning from Kutter
Brotzman from Huck
Deines
Dietz from Walter
Eisenach from Frank
Fahrenbruch from Frank
Feuerstein / Fierstein from Brunnental
Frick from Frank
Ganshorn from Anton
Glanz from Norka
Graf from Schilling
Hein from Frank
Heitzenreder
Kern from Norka
Lenhart from Frank
Lesser from Frank
Meininger
Rosenoff from Kolb
Schäfer from Frank
Schaub from Frank
Scheidt from Stahl am Tarlyk
Schlager from Merkel
Schlitt from Norka
Schoessler from Walter
Wacker from Frank
Willmann from Frank
Yeager from Norka
Zitzman
- Sallet, Richard. Russian-German Settlement in the United States (Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974): 44.
- Culbertson Cemetery (findagrave.com)
Culbertson, Nebraska (Wikipedia)