History on Foot

Germans From Russia

Below are images that accompany the Museum’s walking tour.

Start

: Catherine the Great and Peter III

: Copy of the Inducements original document.

: Official Portrait of Czar Alexander the II

List of inducements Translated into English.

300 S. Baltimore Ave.

: Steinke headstone

: Stainka headstone

Steinke, Stanka headstones. The Stanka stone is for their children who died in infancy. The Steinke stone if for the parents.

309 S. Baltimore Ave.

: Corporal Adam Adler, The Hastings Daily Tribune (Hastings, Nebraska) · Wed, Dec 4, 1

400 S. Baltimore Ave

: Grocery Store Ad with listings. This newspaper advertisement from the Hastings Tribune lists many of the Germans from Russia Grocery Stores on our tour today.

Intersection of B and Baltimore

: NAD bus route

: Frank Barth

The first image of the NAD bus route that was modified to add more stops in the Germans from Russia West settlement area. The second image is of German Russian Frank Barth in his NAD work jumpsuit.

Two Settlements

: West-Kolb, Merkel, and Frank Settlement

: East-Norka Settlement

The West settlement is what we are covering today. The East settlement is shown in the other map and will be featured in the Adams County presentation this June.