A long journey West Texas Living Heritage Museum in Seminole tracks 500-year history of Mennonite community in West Texas and beyond Andy Brosig/News-Sun SEMINOLE, Texas — It’s a story 500 years in the making. From its origins in Prussia and what would become eastern Europe to a tiny West Texas community, the diaspora of the Mennonite people is woven into …

A long journey West Texas Living Heritage Museum in Seminole tracks 500-year history of Mennonite community in West Texas and beyond Andy Brosig/News-Sun SEMINOLE, Texas — It’s a story 500 years in the making. From its origins in Prussia and what would become eastern Europe to a tiny West Texas community, the diaspora of the Mennonite people is woven into …

Technically, Tina Siemens is a Mexican. She is also a Canadian and an American. She and more than 500 other members of her Mennonite faith almost lost their right to be Americans as the result of what was either an outright misrepresentation or a misunderstanding about what it would take to get permanent residential status in the United States, specifically …