Alva Review-Courier -

Dr. Eric Schmaltz, chair of the department of social sciences at Northwestern Oklahoma State University, recently presented at the Prairie Village Museum in Rugby, North Dakota.

A generous grant through Humanities North Dakota made it possible for the museum to host this public forum.

Schmaltz gave his presentation on "A People on the Move (Volk auf dem Weg): The German from Russia Legacy as Reflected in the American Dream."

An audience of nearly 70 attended this event, which explored the history of ethnic Germans from Russia who settled in North Dakota and on the northern plains in vast numbe...