Swift Current Mennonite Settlement (Cuauhtemoc, Chihuahua, Mexico)
Swift Current Mennonite Settlement near Cuauhtemoc, Chihuahua, Mexico, was established in 1926 by approximately 1,000 Old Colony Mennonites from Swift Current, Saskatchewan. The settlement consists of some sixteen villages and is located northwest of the larger Manitoba Mennonite settlement. The land was purchased in the name of two settlers from each village. The settlement has its own civic administration (Oberschulze) and is an independent ecclesiastical unit with its own elder (Jacob Peters). In 1953 the population was 2,694.
Author(s) | Cornelius N Krahn |
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Date Published | 1959 |
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Krahn, Cornelius N. "Swift Current Mennonite Settlement (Cuauhtemoc, Chihuahua, Mexico)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 5 Dec 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Swift_Current_Mennonite_Settlement_(Cuauhtemoc,_Chihuahua,_Mexico)&oldid=135038.
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Krahn, Cornelius N. (1959). Swift Current Mennonite Settlement (Cuauhtemoc, Chihuahua, Mexico). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 5 December 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Swift_Current_Mennonite_Settlement_(Cuauhtemoc,_Chihuahua,_Mexico)&oldid=135038.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 669. All rights reserved.
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