Eagle Grove, Wright Co., Iowa
Includes the following communities:
Eagle Grove, Wright Co., Iowa
Goldfield, Wright Co., Iowa
History:
Volga German immigrants settling in Eagle Grove found work in the railroad maintenance shops.
Surnames:
Volga German Families:
The following Volga German families settled in Eagle Grove, Iowa:
Glantz from Norka
Leever from Kraft
Worster from Schilling
Sources:
- Sallet, Richard. Russian-German Settlement in the United States (Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974): 53.
External Links:
Eagle Grove, Iowa (Wikipedia)