(Background notes: The church mentioned in this section of the Olfert’s Montana homesteading story is the Lustre Mennonite Brethren Church.…
(Introductory notes: The Anna described in the first paragraph, being Kathrina Franz Olfert’s sister, was also the sister of Grandma…
(The saga of Montana homesteading by Dietrich and Kathrina Olfert continues . . .) The first summer we had Sunday…
(Introductory notes: Some of the Olferts’ children are mentioned in this portion of their homesteading story. As you can see…
After a while we really got big. Each family got a little Ford truck—a one-ton truck. Then we put a…
Some of Kathrina’s family also came to Lustre to homestead. Her brother Henry came in 1921 and bought a farm…
Our second trip out included materials for building a 16×24 frame building. We got the studding up for a slant…
The latter part of March (1916) we loaded an immigrant railroad car in Mountain Lake, Minnesota. Peter Franz, Kathrina’s brother,…
(Dietrich and Kathrina Olfert continue their life story. You may notice a discrepancy in the spelling of the name of…
In Kathrina’s family the work was divided among the children. My sister Susan was not so strong, so she did…