Organizers from the Germans from Russia Heritage Collection have planned the Dakota Memories Heritage Tour for Sept. 18-20. Participants will experience the rich history of North Dakota while taking a three-day bus tour through German-Russian sites in south-central North Dakota.
A welcome reception is planned for Thursday, Sept. 17, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the NDSU Main Library. The tour will depart from Fargo on Friday, Sept. 18, at 8 a.m. The bus also will pick up tour participants in Jamestown and Streeter.
Throughout the weekend, stops are planned for Streeter, Fredonia, Lehr, Wishek, Zeeland, Hague, Linton and Strasburg. Organizers have planned several presentations that are free and open to the public.
Allan Ashworth, NDSU Distinguished Professor, will deliver a presentation on Friday, Sept. 18, at 1 p.m. at the Central Grasslands Research Center in Streeter. To register for a noon lunch before the presentation, contact Acacia (Jonas) Stuckle at (701) 231-6596 or acacia.stuckle@ndsu.edu by Sept. 4.
Jessica Clark, Dakota Memories Coordinator and Childhood Historian, will deliver a presentation on Friday, Sept. 18, at 7:45 p.m. at the Lehr Tabernacle. To register for a German meal before the presentation, contact Stuckle by Sept. 4. The cost for the meal is $11.50.
Bob Dambach, director of television for Prairie Public Broadcasting, will deliver a presentation on Saturday, Sept. 19, at 8 p.m. at Sisters' Café in Linton.
Tom Isern, NDSU Distinguished Professor and project scholar, will deliver a presentation on Sunday, Sept. 20, at 12:30 p.m. at the Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Strasburg.
Ethnic foods, including strudels, borscht, kuchen, plachenda, knoephla soup, homemade sausage, German potato salad and kase knoephla, will be served on the tour. To register or for more information, contact Stuckle or go to www.ndsu.edu/grhc/dakotamemories.
Michael M. Miller, Germans from Russia Heritage Collection director, will host the Dakota Memories Heritage Tour. The sponsors for the event include the Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, The NDSU Extension Service, Center for Community Vitality, Center for Heritage Renewal, Prairie Public Broadcasting and NDSU Libraries.