2011 Schedule

{Optional NDSU Libraries' Reception - Lodging not included}
Thursday, 15 September 2011

• Welcome Reception - GRHC, NDSU Libraries,
  • 4:00-6:30 p.m.
• Welome and Introduction - Michele Reid, Dean of Libraries
• Dr. Clifford Canku – North Dakota Studies Program
• Introduction to North Dakota State University Libraries’ Institute for Regional Studies, Archives (John Bye, Director) & Germans from Russia Heritage Collection (Michael Miller, Director & Bibliographer)

Refreshments Served.

Friday, 16 September 2011

• Depart from Fargo, ND at 8 a.m.
• Jamestown     
• National  Buffalo Museum
• Tour
• “A Heritage of Landscapes: The Geologic Setting of Settlement” – Dr. Donald P. Schwert
• Streeter            
• Central Grasslands Research Center, North Dakota State University
• Lunch
• Presentation –Paul E. Nyren
• Tour
• Napoleon         
• Tour Logan County Historical Society Museum
• Dinner & Musical Entertainment at Reuben’s Restaurant
• “The German-Russian Brauche (Faith Healing) Tradition: History and Practice” - Dr. Homer Rudolf
• Lodging in Wishek, ND

Saturday, 17 September 2011

• Breakfast in Wishek, ND
• Strasburg
• Ludwig & Christina (Schwahn) Welk Homestead Tour
• Sts. Peter & Paul’s Catholic Church Tour
• Shopping at The Little German House
• Lunch at Strasburg’s famous Blue Room
• Hague
• St. Mary’s Catholic Church & Cemetery Tour
• Ashley
• Tour & Kuchen at McIntosh County Heritage Center
• Wishek
• History – Heritage – Culture Event at Wishek Civic Center
  • Dinner
  • Musical Entertainment by the Wishek High School Band and Choir
  • “All in One Sack: Humor and Tragedy of the Germans from Russia”– Ronald J. Vossler
• Lodging in Wishek, ND

Sunday, 18 September 2011

• Breakfast in Wishek, ND
• Rural Zeeland
  • St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church & Cemetery
    • Tour
    • Presentation – Carol Just & St. Andrew’s German Choir
• Lehr
  • Lehr Tabernacle Campground
    • Lunch
    • Tour & Presentation by Senator Robert Erbele
    • Grave witching demonstration by Joan Boschee
• Depart for Fargo, ND