Belle Forche

HISTORY

Belle Fourche was settled by Volga German immigrants who came to work in the sugar beet fields that were made possible by an irrigation project in 1905.

VOLGA GERMAN CONGREGATIONS

 

VOLGA GERMAN FAMILIES

The following Volga German families are known to have settled in or around Belle Fourche:

Amen
Keil
Kindsfater from Dietel
Rothermel from Katharinenstadt
Ruff

Sources

Sallet, Richard. Russian-German Settlement in the United States(Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974): 53.