Minatare, Scotts Bluff Co., Nebraska
Following development of the sugar beet industry in the area, Volga Germans settled in Minatare beginning in 1912.
The following Volga German families are known to have settled in and around Minatare:
Arends
Arndt
Burbach
Deines
Freouf
Fritzler
Heilbrun
Leinweber
Lenz
Nagel
Schnell
Schwartzkopf
Schwindt
Ulrich
Vogel
Wacker / Walker
Wamboldt
Zwetzig
- Sallet, Richard. Russian-German Settlement in the United States (Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974): 52.
East Lawn Cemetery (findagrave.com)
- City History (Minatare)
- Minatare, Nebraska (Wikipedia)
Pre-Volga Origin
Great Western Sugarbeet Factory in Minatare, Nebraska.
Built in 1925; in operation until 1948.
Source: Western Sugar Cooperative.
Sugar beet wagons on Main Street in Minatare (1915).
Source: Vintage Nebraska.