Colorado German homestead on the Front Range

Germans from Russia: On the Trail to Colorado

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Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Blehm (Interviewed April 12, 1977) (Description)

Germans, Americans, and Russians (2.79 Mb; 6:06) (Description)

The church splits over language (3.92 Mb; 8:34) (Description)

Mrs. Anna K. Burkard (Interviewed March 17, 1977) (Description)

Generosity (3.97 Mb; 8:40) (Description)

Mr. Ben Fadenrecht (Interviewed May 18, 1976) (Description)

Hail wipes out the crops (2.56 Mb; 5:31) (Description)

Life in rough country (2.39 Mb; 5:13) (Description)

Mr. Henry Frank (Interviewed May 23, 1976) (Description)

In the Russian army (1.22 Mb; 2:40) (Description)

Mrs. John Geringer (Interviewed May 5, 1976) (Description)

Boys become soldiers in the Russian army (1.62 Mb; 3:33) (Description)

Ku Klux Klan in Colorado (907 Kb; 1:56) (Description)

German riddle: "In Hussenbach, in Hussenbach.." (75 Kb; 0:09) (Description)

German rhyme: "Jost ist der Mehlsack.." (111 Kb; 0:14) (Description)

German New Year's blessing (Ein Neueswunsch) (380 Kb; 0:48) (Description)

Miss Paulina Hahn (Interviewed July 5, 1977) (Description)

Making sausage (2.59 Mb; 5:39) (Description)

Early in her parents' marriage (958 kb; 2:02) (Description)

Citizenship class (490 kb; 1:02) (Description)

Multiple nationalities in school (455 kb; 0:58) (Description)

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Henkel (Interviewed March 21, 1977) (Description)

Mrs. Amalie Klein (Interviewed Sept. 18, 1975) (Description)

Beautiful Russian countryside (1.79 Mb; 3:55) (Description)

Decision to come to America (752 kb; 1:36) (Description)

Trip to America (909 kb; 1:56) (Description)

School in Hussenbach (389 kb; 0:49) (Description)

Advice to listeners (738 kb; 1:34) (Description)

Mr. Gus Lebsack (Interviewed April 2, 1977) (Description)

Mr. Philip Legler (Interviewed Feb. 23, 1977) (Description)

Mrs. Alice Herman Miller (Interviewed Feb. 9, 1977) (Description)

Working in the beet fields (1.08 Mb; 2:22) (Description)

Digging beets early in the morning (442 Kb; 0:56) (Description)

Mrs. David J. Miller (Interviewed Feb. 28, 1977) (Description)

Beet workers and farmers (802 Kb; 1:42) (Description)

Thrift (771 Kb; 1:38) (Description)

Reading (960 Kb; 2:02) (Description)

Mr. Fred Ostwald (Interviewed Jan. 13, 1976) (Description)

Mr. Fred Ostwald (Second interview, May 14, 1976) (Description)

Village education (1.68 Mb; 3:41) (Description)

Superstitions (1.64 Mb; 3:36) (Description)

Reasons for leaving Russia (800 Kb; 1:42) (Description)

From day laborer to farmer (3.0 Mb; 6:33) (Description)

Learning to grow beets (928 Kb; 1:58) (Description)

Mr. Paul Reeb (Interviewed Feb. 21, 1978) (Description)

One town, two calendars (627 Kb; 1:20) (Description)

Rock house in Colorado (554 Kb; 1:10) (Description)

Brachland farming methods (1.05 Mb; 2:17) (Description)

Mrs. Magdalena Schlichenmayer (Interviewed May 21, 1976) (Description)

Making adobe for houses (1.00 Mb; 2:12) (Description)

Mr. and Mrs. John Schritter (Interviewed May 20, 1976) (Description)

Idaho Jackrabbits (901 Kb; 1:55) (Description)

Being German in America during World War I (1.39 Mb; 3:02) (Description)

Mr. John Schulz (Interviewed Oct. 7, 1976) (Description)

Wolves on the highway (1.67 Mb; 3:40) (Description)

Homesteading in Colorado (4.83 Mb; 10:34) (Description)

Homesteaders and ranchers (1.79 Mb; 3:55) (Description)

Appendicitis on the homestead (1.91 Mb; 4:11) (Description)

Mr. Peter Stoll (Interviewed April 20, 1977) (Description)

Irrigation farming in Russia (1.65 Mb; 3:36) (Description)

Description of a farm in Russia (1.62 Mb; 3:33) (Description)

The importance of confirmation (2.39 Mb; 5:14) (Description)

Working at the Great Western beet seed farm (1.96 Mb; 4:17) (Description)

Mrs. Amelia Luft Vendegna (Interviewed Jan. 21, 1976) (Description)

Farming in Russia (2.94 Mb; 6:26) (Description)

Coming to America (2.33 Mb; 5:06) (Description)

Beet farming in Colorado (3.19 Mb; 6:57) (Description)

Cooking and gardening (2.01 Mb; 4:23) (Description)

Mrs. Sarah Wolf (Interviewed Oct. 8, 1977) (Description)

Globeville, the German-Russian settlement in Denver (1.82 Mb; 3:58) (Description)

Marriage traditions: ceremony and invitations (1.07 Mb; 2:20) (Description)

Marriage traditions: reception and celebration (1.75 Mb; 3:49) (Description)

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