I thought I posted this to the list but I haven't seen it. If this is a repeat, you have my apologies. D.M. >Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 08:42:01 -0700 >To: "Birkholz, James" <James.Birkholz@usa.okmetic.com> >From: "D. A. 'Dutch' Martinich" <dutchm@dcn.davis.ca.us> >Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] US Croatian hot spots >Cc: >Bcc: >X-Attachments: > >> I'm curious about settlement patterns of Croatians in the US. >> >>I know that large groups settled in mining areas, such as Pennsylvania, >>Michigan's Upper Pennisula, and western Montana. > >On the West Coast, major Croatian settlements were Tacoma and the >Pudget Sound region, and San Francisco and San Pedro in California. >Also, New Orleans, LA, and Biloxi, MS on the Gulf Coast have >Croatian communities dating back to before the Civil War. > >In California, Croatians arrived in San Francisco with the discovery >of gold in 1849. Many continued to immigrate to work in the mines >into the 20th century. They tended to go to the area of the >Motherlode mining district known as the "Southern Mines" which >included Amador, Calaveras, and Tuolumne Counties. Sacramento >became home to immigrants and ex-miners who found employment with >the railroads. Farming regions with Croatian settlers included the >Santa Clara Valley, the Pajaro Valley (Watsonville), and Eastern >Fresno County. Los Angeles and in particular, San Pedro, still has >a sizable group, many of who, worked in the tuna fleet and related >canneries. > >Many of the Pacific and Gulf Coast Croatians came from Dalmatia and >other coastal regions on the Adriatic. A surprisingly large number >seem to come from the island of Brac. > >Don Martinich >researching MARTINIC, MARANGUNIC and PERUZOVIC from Bobovisca and Milna, Brac. > > > >-- --