Non-Chapter Activities and Events

Presentation

Richard Sallet, in the foreword to his book, Russian-German Settlements in the United States, notes "two important advances which the
American people owe to Russian-German initiative." The first was Bernhard Warkentin's introduction of Turkey [Red] wheat on his farm
in Kansas. The second was Carl C. Young (Jung)'s, travel "to Russian Turkestan to negotiate the first importation, to his Texas ranch,
of Karakul sheep."

This presentation will provide an overview of Carl Young's amazing and unusual career. Dr. Charles Christian Young, a Bessarabian German
from Neu-Elft imported the first Karakul sheep into the United States and established the breed in North America. His remarkable life
story starts with his birth as Karl Jung in Bessarabia, his immigration to the U.S., his training as a medical doctor, his personal
friendship with President Theodore Roosevelt, and his return to Russia, where the Tsar's government assisted his procurement of Karakul
sheep from local tribesmen in Central Asia. As a naturalized American citizen, Young traveled widely in Russia, wrote a book describing
his travels, and lectured on the Chautauqua Circuit, including a lecture at Carnegie Hall in New York. Selections from his passport
application files, articles written by Young in historic newspapers, and documents provided by the Young family will be used to illustrate
this story of accomplishment and adventure, which is still largely unknown to the Germans from Russia community.

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July 17-20, 2024
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By Windham in Mandan, ND
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