Fort Hays Studies Series
 
The Bukovina Germans in Kansas: A 200 Year History of the Lutheran Swabians

The Bukovina Germans in Kansas: A 200 Year History of the Lutheran Swabians

Irmgard Hein Ellingson, Fort Hays State University

Copyright Fort Hays State University

Description

Irmgard Hein Ellingson's account focuses on a relatively unknown group of settlers in the area around Ellis, Kansas. These settlers frequently (and mistakenly) labelled "Austrians," were in fact German colonists from Bukovina, a region of present-day Romania.