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On May 29, 2012, the first episode of American Colony: Meet the Hutterites aired on the National Geographic Channel. Filmed primarily at King Ranch Colony near Lewistown, Montana, with Jeff Collins as executive producer, the colony was paid $100,000 for permission to produce a documentary of Hutterite life. Immediately after the first airing ...
It was the only Hutterite Colony that did not relocate to Canada after World War I. 25 acres (10 ha) of the site were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [2] Bon Homme Hutterite Colony in 2012 belonged to the more conservative Committee Hutterites, also called Schmiedeleut 2. [3]
Currently there are four colonies: Altona Christian Community in Henderson, Minnesota, United States (independent since 2005) Elmendorf Christian Community in Mountain Lake, Minnesota (founded in 1994, independent since 2005) [1] Fort Pitt Farms Christian Community in Frenchman Butte, Saskatchewan, Canada (independent since 1999)
What today is Fort Pitt Farms Christian Community was founded in 1969 as a Hutterite colony, a division from the Ribstone Hutterite Colony. When the Fort Pitt Hutterite Colony was excommunicated from the Hutterite church in 1999, about one-third of the people of the colony decided to stay with the Dariusleut Hutterites. The colony then ...
The 2016 Hutterite Directory of the James Valley Hutterite Colony lists Elemendorf along with Altona, Fort Pitt, Grand River and Detention River as "Independent" Hutterites. These same five "Independent" Hutterite colonies compose a group of Hutterites known as the Hutterite Christian Communities, which Elmendorf is associated with.
Hutterites are German-speaking Anabaptists who live in communal agricultural colonies. They have 188 colonies in Alberta, 117 in Manitoba, 72 in Saskatchewan and 3 in British Columbia. These Canadian colonies began with 18 colonies founded in 1919. [4] [5] Map
Miller Colony is a Hutterite community [3] and census-designated place (CDP) in Teton County, Montana, United States. It is in the north-central part of the county, just west of U.S. Route 89, 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Choteau, the county seat, and 4 miles (6 km) south of Bynum. Miller Colony was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 ...
Spring Creek Colony is a Hutterite community [3] and census-designated place (CDP) in Fergus County, Montana, United States. It is in the western part of the county, along Big Spring Creek , a northwest-flowing tributary of the Judith River , which in turn flows north to the Missouri River .