Bayard, Morrill Co., Nebraska
Following the sugar beet industry, Volga Germans first settled in Bayard in January, 1913, having first stopped in Gering. This first group of five families were from Franzosen and had earlier settled in Sugar City, Colorado.
The Great Western sugar beet factory was built in Bayard in 1917.
The following Volga German families are known to have lived in and around Bayard:
Buxbaum
Deines from Kratzke
Heil from Laub
Heimbichner
Kammerzell from Frank
- Sallet, Richard. Russian-German Settlement in the United States (Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974): 52.
- Bayard Cemetery (findagrave.com)
- Bayard Cemetery (gravestones.org)
Bayard, Nebraska (Wikipedia)
Pre-Volga Origin
Great Western sugar beet factory under construction in Bayard, Nebraska.
Began operation in 1917.
Source: Western Sugar Cooperative.