Pioneer Family Village Cross - Victoria, Kansas
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BruceS
N 38° 51.428 W 099° 09.089
14S E 486856 N 4300933
Sculpture depicting a Volga-German pioneer family with village cross, located in Victoria, Kansas.
Waymark Code: WM1ZQ7
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 08/10/2007
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Pioneer Family
The first twenty-three families of Volga-Germans arrived in Victoria on
April 6, 1876, and established the village of Herzog in this area north of this
point. The first religious activities of these settlers centered around
the village cross, in the following months and years they were joined by many
more Volga-German immigrants. The community outgrew three church buildings
before the present church was completed in 1912. This statue, a tribute to
these pioneers, was dedicated July 23, 1976. ~ text of plaque