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Thousands of Swedes settled in Moline, Illinois, from the late 1840s through the 1920s. For many years they made up the largest ethnic group in the city. They came to work in the plow factories and to join relatives who were here before them. Lilly Setterdahl has drawn from many different sources and brought forward a mosaic of facts and photographs. The reader will learn about the environment facing the new immigrants, how they conquered the challenges of adapting to another culture and language to become Americans and, in many cases, significant contributors to society. Other immigrants groups, no doubt, experienced the same tribulations and rewards.
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The first time I approached western Illinois by car from the east, I could not help reflecting on how long the road must have seemed for the immigrants who traveled by foot. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Rock Island, East Moline, John Deere, Augustana College, New York, United States, Riverside Cemetery, New Windsor, Ellis Island, Moline Furniture Works, South Dakota, Salem Lutheran Church, City Directory, Free Church, Moline Plow Company, Swedish Methodist Church, Lutheran Hospital, Bishop Hill, Trinity Lutheran Church, Anna Lisa, Augustana Book Concern, Augustana Synod, Gustaf Swenson, Federal Census, International Harvester New!
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The first time I approached western Illinois by car from the east, I could not help reflecting on how long the road must have seemed for the immigrants who traveled by foot. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Rock Island, East Moline, John Deere, Augustana College, New York, United States, Riverside Cemetery, New Windsor, Ellis Island, Moline Furniture Works, South Dakota, Salem Lutheran Church, City Directory, Free Church, Moline Plow Company, Swedish Methodist Church, Lutheran Hospital, Bishop Hill, Trinity Lutheran Church, Anna Lisa, Augustana Book Concern, Augustana Synod, Gustaf Swenson, Federal Census, International Harvester New!
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