Music. culture and entertainment Steinbach Music Festival grew aunt of hard times ........................ 235 The Mennonite Village Museum ....................................... 244 The first circus was just a hit too much ................................. 249 Cordu my to pavement — the story of our reads and highways ............................ 251 The Mennonites had their own tire insurance ................... 252 Police and crime ................................................ 268 The early Mennonites shunned politics .......................... 274 "Peace we can promise you.” ...the Mennonites, military service and the two world wars ......................................... 284 Education in Steinbach The private school problem and the trek ta Paraguay .................... 300 Blumenort was founded in 1874L ................................ 307 The Clearsprings settlers preceded the Mennonites ............ 311 The Friedensfeld settlers arrived 1891-92 ..................... 320 Grunthal was first settled in 1876 ............................... 325 Kleefeld, the first Mennonite village ............................. 336 The first Landmark settlers arrived in 1907 ..................... 343 Niverville ............................ _ ........................... 350 The first Ukrainians came in 1896 .............................. 358 Lord Dufferin's visit in 1877" and others ......................... 361 The 1950 flood and the Vita disaster ............................ 367