United States After sending scouts to North America in 1873 along with a Mennonite delegation, almost all Hutterites, totaling 1,265 individuals, migrated to the United States between 1874 and 1879 in response to the new Russian military service law. Of these, some 800 identified as (literally, "owners") and acquired individual farms according to the Homestead Act of 1862, whereas some 400 identified as (literally, "community people") and started three communities with community of goods.
United States After sending scouts to North America in 1873 along with a Mennonite delegation, alm,ost all Hutterites, totaling 1265 individuals, migrated to the United States between 1874 and 1879 in response to the new Russian military service law. Of these, some 800 identified as (literally, "owners") and acquired individual farms according to the Homestead Act of 1862, whereas some 400 identified as (literally, "community people") and started three communities with community of goods.