GO:
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
ne of the greatest events in all of history
was the American westward movement
of European settlers. It changed America
– and America changed the world. The
settlement movement across America left
a gigantic mosaic of ethnic settlements in
its wake. In Kansas, there were
settlements established by Russian Volga
German Catholics, Russian Jews, Russian
and Polish Mennonites; Czech, French,
English, Swedish, German, and Polish
immigrants; Abolitionists from New
England, African Americans, and other
groups. West Marion and East-central
McPherson counties in central Kansas
played a unique role in that movement.
Here, starting in 1874, Russian and Polish
Mennonites built some fourteen settlement
villages.
The Mennonite Settlement Museum celebrates that facet of the American mosaic represented by the Russian and Polish refugee
Mennonites from eastern Europe who settled here in the early 1870s. Two of these villages, Hoffnungsthal and Gnadenau, are
represented at the Mennonite Settlement Museum by the Peter Paul Loewen House and the Jacob Friesen Mill, respectively.
Mennonites from eastern Europe who settled here in the early 1870s. Two of these villages, Hoffnungsthal and Gnadenau, are
represented at the Mennonite Settlement Museum by the Peter Paul Loewen House and the Jacob Friesen Mill, respectively.
| OPEN FOR TOURS Adults: $3.00 Students and accompanying Teachers: $1.00 Please see the Contact us page. |
|
| |||||
History is for everyone!