Virtual Museum After Hours - History of the Czechs in Kansas and Elsewhere in the Midwest скачать в хорошем качестве

Virtual Museum After Hours - History of the Czechs in Kansas and Elsewhere in the Midwest

Thousands of people dreamed of leaving poor Bohemian lands, crossing the ocean, and entering the country of endless hope. The emigrants’ motivation was the vision of better living conditions and of getting rich easily, but also there was a desire to escape the political, religious, and national oppression in Bohemia, at that time part of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. Their journey carried them by railway to German ports and from there across the Atlantic to New York; Baltimore; New Bern, North Carolina; New Orleans; or Galveston. After landing, the settlers moved in various directions, their goal above all to buy farmland in the wide plains of the Midwest or the Great Lakes region. Throughout the second half of the 19th century more and more Czechs arrived. About 350,000 Czechs lived in the United States at the outbreak of World War I. Dr. Martin Nekola will focus on Czech communities in the Midwest, with a special focus on Kansas. Donations welcome. https://store.kshs.org/MakeDonation.a...