This photo is of Carlos Casado del Alisal (1833 -1899). He was a wealthy Spanish-Argentinian business-man who owned vast tracks of land in the Paraguayan Chaco. He was the founder of Puerto Casado, a small town with a port on the Paraguay River. When the Mennonites arrived in the Chaco in the late 1920s and early 1930s, the infrastructure of Puerto Casado with its rail road was a great help to them. Used in the book" Garden in the Wilderness", by Edgar Stoesz p. 18. Photo provided by Jorge Rubiani.
This photo is of Carlos Casado, a Spanish business man who came to Argentina in 1857 at the age of 24, and became a wealthy banker, businessman, and land owner. In the 1870s he bought vast tracks of land in the Paraguayan Chaco. Part of this land was acquired by Canadian Mennonites in the 1920s, where they founded the Menno Colony.
This photo is of a carriage [wagon] loaded with cotton and pulled by oxen and horses stuck in water and mud in a Mennonite colony in the Paraguayan Chaco. Transportation from the field to the market was slow in the first few decades after settlement, which in turn impeded economic growth. Only with the completion of the Trans-Chaco Highway in 1951 did the situation change.
This photo is of a group of young adults carrying the coffin of their friend, who died of head injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident. Menno Colony, Paraguay.
Man carrying two bags of peanut shells at the peanut factory in the Menno Colony, Paraguay. Used in the book" Garden in the Wilderness", by Edgar Stoesz p. 97.
This photo is of the parade and judging of cattle at Rodeo Isla Poi, Menno Colony, Paraguay. Used in the book" Garden in the Wilderness", by Edgar Stoesz p. 104.
This photo is of Epp riding horse back, corralling his Brahma cattle at his ranch in Fernheim Colony. Used in the book" Garden in the Wilderness", by Edgar Stoesz p. 187.
This photo is of Rudolf Duerksen, CD (Christlicher Dienst) director with his arms around a young boy from the Mennonite shelter for homeless children in Asuncion, Paraguay. Duerksen currently (2013) resides in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and is the board chair at Global Family Foundation.
This photo is of children sitting in the front pews of the full sanctuary in the Mennonite Church in Filadelfia, Fernheim Colony. The second child from the left is Tanja Dueck. Used in the book" Garden in the Wilderness", by Edgar Stoesz p. 159.
Aboriginal school children at the garden in their school residence in Yalve Sanga. This residence is home to both Latin Paraguayan and Aboriginal students in elementary school.
This photo is of a group of homeless children in Asuncion, Paraguay, who have found a home at "El Abrigo" (The Coat), the Mennonite shelter for homeless children in Asuncion. Used in the book" Garden in the Wilderness", by Edgar Stoesz p. 169.
