by John Gingerich | Dec 8, 2021 | Blog, Stories
Edward Kenagy lived at Hubbard, Oregon, his birthplace. Most of this life was spent on the farm and at the time of this story had one-half interest in the Needy Brick and Tile Factory. He was also active in Sunday School work and as sponsor of the local Young...
by John Gingerich | Dec 1, 2021 | Blog, Stories
In the February, 1949 issue of The Mennonite Community periodical, there was a 6 page article by Emma Sommers titled “The Zion Community at Hubbard Oregon” Emma Sommers of Kokoma, Indiana, spent the summer of 1947 living and working in the Hubbard, Oregon...
by John Gingerich | Jun 16, 2021 | Blog, Stories
Bethel College should be applauded for taking the leadership to organize the “Mennonites and the Holocaust” conference March 16-17, 2018. Read this article at this link. For additional perspective on this topic, read Mennonites and The Holocaust Syllabus.
by John Gingerich | Jun 16, 2021 | Blog, Stories
Tobin Miller Shearer is associate professor of history and director of the African-American Studies Program at the University of Montana. He has written widely on religion, race, and Mennonites in the civil rights movement; his most recent book is Two Weeks Every...
by John Gingerich | May 27, 2020 | Blog, Stories
Branch Valley Characters (Part 1)...
by John Gingerich | Jan 2, 2020 | Blog, Stories
Historian Dr. John L. Ruth speaking at the Mennonite Heritage Center on the topic of the 1717 Mennonite emigration from Europe to Pennsylvania, his 9.14.2017 talk entitled “Three Boatloads. Three Centuries. Three Perspectives: The 1717 Mennonite Emigration to...
