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The Mennonites of Mountain Lake, Minnesota
With the railroad expanding westward, Minnesota needed farmers and laborers to work in the new settlements along the railroad line. Minnesota State Board of Immigration member William Seeger advocated for a group of Russian Mennonites to come and live in the new settlement of Mountain Lake.
Image: Evangelical Mennonite Church, half-mile north of Mountain Lake, Minnesota, 1959. [credit: MN Historical Society]
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With the railroad expanding westward, Minnesota needed farmers and laborers to work in the new settlements along the railroad line. Minnesota State Board of Immigration member William Seeger advocated for a group of Russian Mennonites to come and live in the new settlement of Mountain Lake.
Image: Evangelical Mennonite Church, half-mile north of Mountain Lake, Minnesota, 1959. [credit: MN Historical Society]
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