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Chortitz: Hiebert residential houses
The photo shows the Hiebert residential houses in Chortitz. The buildings are made of mud bricks and thatched roofs. Several people are standing in the doorways.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929
Edited "Hoffnungsfeld, carrying poles."
The photo shows two indigenous men transporting poles on a primitive cart with wooden wheels across grassland at Hoffnungsfeld. The bush is in the background.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929
Edited "Hoffnungsfeld, Indians cutting poles."
The photo shows five indigenous workers chopping a tree trunk into poles at Hoffnungsfeld. In the foreground is grassland with the Chaco bush in the background.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929
Edited "Hoffnungsfeld, Indians plowing."
The photo shows an indigenous man and woman using a primitive plow hitched up to a pair of oxen to plow a field at Hoffnungsfeld. There are a couple of trees scattered throughout the field with denser bush surrounding the field.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929
Edited "Hoffnungsfeld, Mennonites working at the nursery garden."
Three Mennonite men are working with hoes along straight rows in the nursery garden at Hoffnungsfeld, while another man and women appear to be seeding by hand. The garden is surrounded by bush.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929
Edited "Hoffnungsfeld, the entrance to the plantation from the west."
The photo shows the dirt road western entrance to the plantation at Hoffnungsfeld, with the Chaco bush in the background.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929
Edited "Hoffnungsfeld, the future nursery garden, view to the south."
The photo shows the southward view of the future nursery garden at Hoffnungsfeld. There is scrub vegetation in the foreground and the Chaco bush in the background.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929
Edited "Hoffnungsfeld, the future nursery garden, view to the west."
The photo shows the westward view of the future nursery garden at Hoffnungsfeld. A row of fenceposts give evidence a fence surrounded the area and two people are working in front of the fence. A building and the Chaco bush are in the background.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929
Edited "Hoffnungsfeld, the monument of the first delegation in the year 1921."
The photo shows a man standing beside the monument of the first delegation of settlers in 1921 at Hoffnungsfeld. [The initials A E appear to be carved into the monument.?] The surrounding area is scrub vegetation with the Chaco bush in the background.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929
Edited "Railroad from Puerto Casado to the colony, freight train at Km 63."
A train is on the railroad at Kilometer 63 from Puerto Casado to the colony. There a two people in the foreground and trees of the Chaco bush in the background.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929
The photo shows Km 104 along the railroad from Puerto Casado to the colony where the cargo for the colony was handled. There are two buildings and offloaded cargo alongside the railroad track surrounded by the Chaco bush.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929
edited "Railroad from Puerto Casado to the colony, turn at Km 104."
The photo shows a railroad line coming from Puerto Casado and going to the colony through the Chaco bush at Km 104.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929
Edited "Road from Km 145 to the colony, embankment with a bridge near to Pozo Azul."
The photo shows two men standing in front of a bridge on a raised road bed going from Km 145 to the colony approaching Pozo Azul. The Chaco bush is in the background.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929
The photo shows several people on a trip exploring the land and encountering a large group of indigenous people. The box car like wagon used for exploring is pulled by a team of oxen with a horse tethered to the back of the wagon. There is a large area of grassland in the foreground and the Chaco bush in the background.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929