Here is a link to a Danube Schwabian genealogy group from Hrastovac http://www.hrastovac.com/ Robert Jerin ----- Original Message ----- From: "ray" <restraile@talon.net> To: <CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 1:12 AM Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] Pittsburg and St. Louis industries? > I do not know about St Louis, but Pittsburgh & the Ohio valley I do know. > > Many Croatians, Serbs, Hungarians, Yugoslavs etc even Russians settled in > the Ohio valley. Large numbers of them worked in the steel mills of > Pittsburgh, Aliquippa, Ambridge etc. Many also worked in clay and coal > mines and brick yards. A goodly number also went to the railroads. There > were three major lines in and around Pittsburgh: the B&O, Pennsylvania, the > C&O and the railroad owned by US Steel in Aliquippa (the A&S). It was used > to ferry things around the mills. My Grandfather emigrated from Hrastovac, > Croatia in 1907 and settled in Conway, PA the site of one of the largest (if > not the largest) rail yards in the country. He worked on the railroad for > many years and later was employed by American Bridge in Ambridge. American > Bridge built many bridges, and the locks for the panama Canal. During WW II > the Dravo Co. as well as American Bridge built LSTs and ferried them down > the Ohio & Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico and thence to Europe. Several > of my uncles from Croatia as well as my father worked at the bridge works. > Bessemer Steel also had a big open hearth furnace plant in Ambridge. There > were also many smaller steel fabricating plants in the area. Babcock & > Wilcox had a large electric furnace steel plant in Beaver Falls. This is > only a partial listing of the sources of employment of emigrants from > southeastern Europe. Thee are a goodly numbe of books relating to this > subject. Check in at your local library. > > Ray Straile > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "K. Doyle" <kdoyle@charter.net> > To: <CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 08:41 PM > Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] Pittsburg and St. Louis industries? > > > > On Monday, May 20, 2002, at 10:30 AM, Birkholz, James wrote: > > > Does anyone have specific knowledge of the probable industry/employer > for > these locations? I presume the Pittsburg area would be steel mills. > > > Seize the moment because tomorrow you might be dead. > > -Buffy the Vampire Slayer > > > >