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