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The Volga Germans were accustomed to hard work and readily adapted from farming, blacksmithing, and other occupations practiced in rural Russia to their new environment in the city. Many immigrants who settled in the Portland area worked for private employers, such as the railroads and furniture factories. Some established private businesses and became successful entrepreneurs working as garbage collectors, grocers, freight haulers, manufacturers, suppliers, retailers, and saloon keepers.
The Ludwig Miller family portrait in front of the L. Miller Dry Goods & Notions store circa 1908. Back row from left to right: Katherine, Christina and Elizabeth. Front row from left to right: Anna Maria, Mary, Henry and Ludwig. Photograph courtesy of Shanna Minarik.
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In her unpublished manuscript titled My Mother's People, Emma Schwabenland Haynes wrote:
"Although all of my Portland relatives had to begin working at an early age, I have never heard any of them complain about their childhood years. On the contrary they looked back at the 1890's with almost a feeling of nostalgia, and they often talked about the good times that they had." BUSINESS CATEGORIES
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Last updated October 21, 2023