Heritage Renewal

(X-posting this announcement from the Germans from Russia Heritage Collection)

Experience the rich history of North Dakota and take a three-day bus tour through some of the state's most treasured sites hosted by Michael M. Miller, Germans from Russia Heritage Collection director. The tour will focus on German-Russian sites in south-central North Dakota as well as the importance of heritage tourism in general.

The Dakota Memories Heritage Tour mission is to organize educational tours in North Dakota in order to provide participants with direct cultural heritage and learning experiences.

The tour group will visiting these locations: Central Grasslands Research Center, Streeter; Martin Luther Lutheran Church Cemetery, Fredonia; Lehr Tabernacle Campground, Lehr; Wishek; St. Andrew's Lutheran Church & Cemetery, Zeeland; St. Mary's Catholic Church & Cemetery, Hague; Welk Homestead, Saints Peter & Paul Catholic Church, and the Schwab Sodhouse, Strasburg; and St. Anthony's Catholic Church, Linton, ND

Tour registration is limited. The cost for the tour is $250 per person based on double-occupancy. If you wish to have your own room it will be $275 per person. The cost includes all meals and lodging. Many of the meals will include ethnic German-Russian dishes.

The tour will depart from Fargo on Friday morning. We will allow tour members to join at Jamestown and Streeter, as well.

To register for the tour or for more information, contact Acacia (Jonas) Stuckle 701-231-6596/acacia.stuckle@ndsu.edu

To learn more about the tour and view the schedule, please visit:
http://library.ndsu.edu/grhc/dakotamemories/heritage/index.html.

The folks in Ellendale continue to invest the old Opera House with all manner of cultural activities. Witness this poster, announcing an exhibit and programming focusing on Abraham Lincoln, 27 April to 2 May.

Just sent the following news to It's Happening at State.

Two PhD students from the NDSU history program were participants in the annual conference of the Organization of American Historians in Seattle, March 26-28.

Jessica Clark presented the paper, "The German-Russian Story: Reconstructing Identity through Oral Histories," drawing on her dissertation research and the Dakota Memories Oral History Project of the Germans from Russia Heritage Center, NDSU Library. (The CHR collaborates with the GRHC in the Dakota Memories project.)

Andrea Mott presented the topic, "Brotherhood and Beyond: The Farmhouse Documentation Project," at the graduate student poster session. (Watch for more news about the Farmhouse documentation project, which is being conducted by the CHR.) Mott also attended working meetings as the region's graduate representative on the OAH membership committee.

Highly recommended - the Dakota Memories Heritage Tour being organized by the Germans from Russia Heritage Collection of NDSU. Traveling by passenger coach, 18-20 September, this tour takes in the outstanding German-Russian culture sites of central North Dakota--the Lehr Tabernackle, the Schwab earth house, the Welk homestead, iron cross cemeteries, and even a good old-fashioned fall supper. Outstanding ethnic cuisine, great company, and a learning experience.