|St. Aloysius Catholic Church, near Hague and Strasburg, Emmons
County, North Dakota, June 17, 1917 St. Aloysius Catholic Church
History of Creek Settlement, St. Aloysius Church, Located Near
Hague and Strasburg, Emmons County, By Father Richard Steinemann
Before talking about St. Aloysius Church, a little background
may prove very interesting. The slogan, "Times Change", makes an
impression when attention is called to the changes in our own
locality. Going back 50 years and more, we leave the
conveniences of electricity, cars, tractors and machinery of all
kinds, and end up with the bare necessities of pioneer life. It
was like that right here in Emmons county, not too many years
ago. Back in 1886, the Anton Senger family was the first to move
into this new locality. This family--as did others who followed
--came from Russia. About 100 years before their folks had left
Germany at the invitation of Czar Alexander I of Russia. He
promised these German people about 100 acres of Crown land in
the Ukraine, religio