Mining industry brought immigrants to area

Genealogy CornerThe one occupation or industry which brought many people to Cherokee and Crawford Counties was coal mining. Americans migrated from different states in the Midwest, the Appalachian area and the South. Other miners immigrated from Italy, Austria, Yugoslavia, England, Scotland, Wales, Germany France and Belgium. That is why this area of Kansas is known as the “Little Balk...

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