Nisland

HISTORY

Nisland was settled by Volga German beet farmers responding to a opportunities brought about by a new irrigation project in 1905.

VOLGA GERMAN CONGREGATIONS

VOLGA GERMAN FAMILIES

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

Kindsfater
Rothermel from Katharinenstadt
Ruff

Sources

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