George & Ruth (née Peppler) Culver purchased the A&W Restaurant on Phillips Boulevard in Sauk City, Wisconsin, in 1961. It is on this site that they opened their first Culver's Restaurant in 1984. By the time of George's death in 2011, there were 435 casual dining restaurants nation-wide bearing his name. George and Ruth's legacy of quality food and service lives on through Culver’s where his son, Craig Culver, is CEO.
Volga German families from Dietel began settling in Rusk County about 1915.
St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church was founded in 2001 in Saratov. It is part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria (ELCI). There is a chapel in Saratov, and the pastor serving there is Olav Panchu.
The Pope established the Diocese of Tiraspol, headquartered in Saratov on 3 July 1848. During its existence, there were five bishops:
Ferdinand Helanus Kahn (1850-1864)
Franz Xavier Zottmann (1872-1888)
Anton Johann Zerr (1889-1902)
Eduard von der Ropp (1902-1903)
Joseph Aloysius Kessler (1904-1930)
This diocese went inactive in 1930 with the resignation of Bishop Kessler and officially vacant in 1933 when he died. It was formally "surpressed" in 2002 when the new Diocese of St. Clement in Saratov was established.
The Lutheran parish in Saratov was officially organized in 1793, although Pastor Ahlbaum was active in the city before then.
St. Mary Lutheran Church was built in Saratov. A new building was constructed in the 1870s. It is a twin to the church that was built in Zürich. This building was torn down in 1971.
Construction on the new St. Mary's church was begun in a neighborhood south of downtown. It was consecrated on 13 May 2018, 225 years after the parish was founded.
Many Volga German families settled in and around Garden City, Kansas. The development of the sugar beet industry in the early twentieth century drew many to the area.
Soon after the founding of Katharinenstadt, a Reformed parish was established in north Katharinenstadt and a Lutheran Parish in south Katharinenstadt.
Some years later a Roman Catholic parish was also established in Katharinenstadt.
The Catholic church, built in the Kontor style near the Lutheran church, was made of wood in 1815 when the Jesuits were providing priests to the parish. It was finally completed in 1824, and consecrated in that year.
The territory in which Usingen is located was part of the Duchy of Nassau in 1326.
Soon after the founding of Katharinenstadt, a Reformed parish was established in north Katharinenstadt and a Lutheran Parish in south Katharinenstadt. The Reformed pastors of the Katharinenstadt (North) parish served the Wiesenseite's Reformed colonies. The Lutheran pastors of the Katharinenstadt (South) parish served the Wiesenseite's original 21 Lutheran colonies. Beginning in 1820, the distinction between Reformed and Lutheran parishes was removed by Imperial Edict. In September 1905, the North and South parishes were merged into a single Katharinenstadt parish.
Many Volga German families have settled in and around Hutchinson, Kansas.