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Hebron Colony Records, 1882-1914, 1958
Collection Overview
Title: Hebron Colony Records, 1882-1914, 1958
ID: OGLMC010
Extent: 0.25 Linear Feet
Date Acquired: 00/00/1952. More info below under Accruals.
Subjects: Ethnicity - German, Hebron, North Dakota, New Salem, North Dakota, Pioneer Life, Religion
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Collection Historical Note
"Encouraged by the example of the society just discussed, other Evangelical Germans banded themselves together to found a similar organization under the title of German Evangelical Colonization Association of Chicago, Illinois. This body perfected its organization on October 16, 1884. Its purpose, too, was that of settling in the Northwest and of transplanting the Evangelical church into that region. They, too, sent out a deputation to locate a suitable site for settlement. After extensive wanderings the site of the present town of Hebron was decided upon as a nucleus of the proposed colony. They had the benefit of the experience of the New Salem colony and in many ways followed its example. One measure which the officers of the younger organization constantly insisted upon was this, that only such men as were able bodied and willing to battle with the wilderness, and who had at least $500.00 in cash, should venture to go to the settlement. Due, no doubt, to such precautionary measures, the Hebron colony was spared certain unpleasant experiences which a better mutual understanding might have avoided at New Salem. Early in April, 1885, the first allotment of settlers arrived at the present site of Hebron, then a vast unimproved prairie country.
The centralizing factor in these two settlements was and is, even today, the German Evangelical Church."
Source: "Some Facts Concerning the Germans of North Dakota" by Dr. William G. Bek in The Quarterly Journal of the University of North Dakota. vol. 5 (1915): p. 338.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections
Accruals: Additional material was donated by Jim Mellhouse on June 18, 1970.
Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.
Acquisition Source: Mrs. William G. Bek, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Acquisition Method: Donation
Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Hebron Colony Records. OGLMC 10, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid input into Archon in August 2014.
Box and Folder Listing
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- Photographs :
- Photograph 1: Reverend August Debus, Hebron, North Dakota
- Photograph 2: German Evangelical Church, New Salem, North Dakota
- Photograph 3: Louis Burkhardt, Hebron, North Dakota
- Writing on back of photo reads: "Soldier, prisoner at Andersonville. Member of Custer's Co. on furlough at time of battle"
- Photograph 4: Cows in a pasture, along with an unidentified man
- Photograph 5: Mr. and Mrs. Wiegmann, New Salem, North Dakota
- Photograph 6: Unidentified house
- Photograph 7: Brick wall
- Photograph 8: Unidentified house
- Photograph 9: Unidentified man
- Photograph 10: Unidentified outdoor scene
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