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Shafter CA 1914 |
N Dakota 1900 |
MBtoSDA 1881 |
S Dakota 1876 |
Kansas 1874 |
Russia 1820 |
Prussia 1760 |
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These German speaking Mennonite immigrants from Russia formed Dakota Territory's Brothersfield Mennonite Brethren congregation in 1877. 
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The Brothersfield Mennonite Brethren were fond of flashy clothing, a departure from past practice and troubling to many of the immigrants. No doubt the Seventh-day Adventist proselytizers, already working in these new "Mission Fields at Home", were eager to recruit the new immigrants.
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Adventist prosyletizer, and personal secretary to James White, Louis R Conradi was sent to Dakota Territory.
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Mennonite Brethren Elder Heinrich Adrian wrote of the resulting conflicts within his Brothersfield congregation.
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Sources: As the Adventist homesteads became deeded property, about 1885-90, they began to sell, most moving north to Richville, North Dakota. The much-reduced Mennonite Brethren transferred to nearby Silver Lake or moved to Waldheim, Canada where they formed the still-active Bruderfeld congregation.
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