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Chinook, Blaine Co., Montana

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.

Billings, Yellowstone Co., Montana

Billings was settled by immigrants from Beideck, Frank, Kautz, Susannental, and Walter.

In 1906 the first sugar beet refinery was built and this drew in Volga Germans from other states such as Nebraska and Colorado. From Billings the Volga Germans settled along the Yellowstone River building other settlements centered around the sugar beet industry.