Hutterites South Dakota Map Colonies. Tour Bon Homme Hutterite Colony in South Dakota. YouTube A total of 559 colonies are scattered throughout the plains of North America Beadle Hutterite Colony (Beadle County, South Dakota, USA) Blue Sky Hutterite Colony (Revillo, South Dakota, USA) Blumengard Hutterite Colony (Faulkton, South Dakota, USA)
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Amherst, South Dakota (SD), US Hutterites (German: Hutterer) are a communal branch of Anabaptists who, like the Amish and Mennonites, trace their roots to the Radical Reformation of the 16th century Preacher Michael Waldner reinstated communal living in Russia in 1859, supported by Jakob Hofer, who was later chosen preacher.But when Russia introduced universal military service these two preachers with several families immigrated to America and founded the first Hutterite.
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They chose Dakota Territory because it looked similar to the land they farmed in Russia Approximately 70% of all Hutterites reside in Canada, with the remaining 30% in the USA. These days there are at least 62 colonies in the Mount Rushmore State, and a population of around 40,000 spread across Western Canada, Montana, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Minnesota
Tour Bon Homme Hutterite Colony in South Dakota. YouTube. In 1874, three Hutterite groups settled in Dakota Territory The total number of Hutterites in NA hovers around 50,000
Graveyard at Rockport Hutterite Colony in South Dakota Stock Photo. It was founded in 1874 by Hutterite immigrants from what is today Ukraine under the leadership of Michael Waldner (1834-1889), who reestablished communal living among the. • 4 South Dakota Counties have a population in which more than 10% are Hutterite