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    As America’s frontier moved westward, Revolutionary War veterans, poor New England families, adventurers, and speculators headed into Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Ohio, and soon eyed Indiana. As Americans pushed further inland, they pushed Native American tribes from their lands. They brought new industries and established farms across the prairie. By the mid-19thcentury, both Americans and European immigrants from Germany, Italy, and Holland were putting down stakes in Iowa, Nebraska, and the Dakotas—and leaving their distinct imprints on the American Midwest.

    1775–1800 Westbound After the Revolution

    After the Revolution, Americans, including veterans who received land grants, moved west into Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and North Carolina. Pennsylvania paid veterans with land in western Pennsylvania. Those who made their way to Kentucky came via the narrow Cumberland Gap. They were generally farmers. Towns also emerged quickly west of the Alleghenies, including Hopewell, which was renamed to Paris to honor France’s aid during the Revolution. It was in Paris that Bourbon whiskey was first distilled. When a national tax on whiskey was passed in 1791, Pennsylvanians and Kentuckians resisted. Their Whiskey Rebellion was the first large-scale citizen rebellion against the new government.


    1800–1825 The New Frontier


    As Americans trekked west, many settled around Pittsburgh, where industries like boat building and glassworks were growing. Pittsburgh was also the original “Gateway to the West,” especially after Robert Fulton launched his first steamboat from the city. Further down the Ohio River, hotels, restaurants, steamboat manufacturers, and meatpackers were foundational businesses for Cincinnati. Meanwhile, Pennsylvanian Scots-Irish moved to cities like Flemingsburg in Western Kentucky. Most Kentuckians farmed, growing corn or cotton and raising livestock like hogs. Small-scale farmers lived in one- or two-room houses, owned under 50 areas of land, and weren’t slaveowners. Wealthy farmers often depended on enslaved laborers, lived in large homes, and had outbuildings like stock barns.

    1825–1850 Life as a Pioneer

    The National Road, Ohio River, and Erie Canalall made traveling easier for Americans heading west. Many of these pioneers had to be mostly self-sufficient, raising their own food and livestock and making their household items and clothes. Outside of cities, homes were generally log cabins, and typical farms were no larger than 80 acres. Cooking was done primarily over the open hearth. Meat was hunted or raised, and sausage stuffers and lard presses were common in kitchens. Many pioneers to Ohio came from New England and brought their New England recipes for baked beans, salt pork, and dumplings with them.

    1850–1875 Germans to the Midwest

    Failed revolutions and poverty across Germany spurred many to leave for the American Midwest. Most Germans who moved to Iowa came with families or close friends and relatives. Initially, they settled near the Mississippi River, where towns like Dubuque and Davenport quickly became hubs for Germans to push further upriver and inland to start more rural communities. The Germans foundedTurnvereins, enjoyed outdoor picnics, and even practiced “continental Sunday,” which included public recreation and socializing with beer and music, much to the chagrin of other Protestant groups. They also started German newspapers like theNordwestlicheDemokratand small shops and businesses.

    1875–1900 The German-Iowa Connection

    As Germans continued moving to Iowa, many settled along the road that connected Des Moines to Denison. They lived in one-room log cabins and were virtually isolated out on the plains. Life was incredibly difficult. Swarms of insects like locusts could destroy an entire crop, and winters were bitterly cold. They built frame houses as they prospered and families grew. Those who lived in more urban areas like Dubuque and Davenport became craftsmen such as furniture makers, entered service professions such as clerks or hotel keepers, and became professionals like doctors or lawyers. Another wave of German immigrants pushed further west into areas around Lincoln, Nebraska.

    1900–1925 Italians & Dutch

    Early Italian immigrants Joseph and Sebastian Salerno recruited Sicilians, loaned them money for the trip to America, and helped them find work on the railroads. Eventually, more than half of the village of Carlentini moved to Omaha. Dutch immigrants moved to the area by Lake Michigan, particularly around Chicago. They came as families and mostly settled in Dutch communities. Hollanders were mostly farmers, laborers, and artisans, though others worked for the Chicago Pullman Car Company or Paterson textile mills. However, most urban Hollanders preferred independence and started small businesses like building contractors. Dutch communities kept village distinctions from their homeland, and most were Protestant Calvinists.

    1925–1950 Sicilians in Omaha

    North Omaha’s streets were flooded with Italian mom and pop businesses like grocery stores and bakeries. The Holy Family Catholic church was the center of life for most Omaha Italians. It hosted weddings, festivals, and even provided a school for Italian children. Many Italians in Omaha were also members of the Saint Alfonso Society, which focused on mutual aid and social justice for Italian immigrants. Chicago continued to serve as the Midwest’s industrial hub and launching pad for movement further west. Minneapolis, another emerging Midwestern city, was directly connected to Chicago by rail, and many people moved to Minneapolis to work in the lumber and flour mills.

    1950–1975 Postwar Chicago

    Following World War II, Chicago’s population shrank for the first time as factory and manufacturing output declined and urban poverty grew. Many Chicagoans moved to California to escape the industrial Midwest and look for new job opportunities. Most would have taken the historic US Highway 66. Chicagoans also moved into Minneapolis, another growing Midwestern city. Chicago, Los Angeles, and Minneapolis all experienced race riots and civil unrest in the late 1960s. While the Minneapolis and Los Angeles riots were related to community unrest and inequality, the Chicago Riots were in direct response to the assassination of Martin Luther King.

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    The Chesapeake Bay and Delaware River valleys were popular destinations for colonial migrants from England, Scotland, and German-speaking territories. Searching for a good place to farm, many descendants of these people followed the Great Wagon Road south into Virginia’s backcountry. The drive for economic opportunity also fueled westward migration to the Midwest and ended in California in the 20th century. These Americans usually migrated in family and community groups and established new settlements across the country.

    1700–1725 German Recruits


    Germans were recruited to Pennsylvania and the northern Chesapeake region. Promoters often worked through religious networks, so groups such as the Mennonites, Dunkers, and English Quakers emigrated and joined those who had emigrated previously. Miners from the Rhine River valley responded to advertising by Virginia’s governor, establishing the mining town of Germanna on the Rapidan River. In the Chesapeake, people preferred building plantations along the rivers because the creeks and rivers were often the best way to travel and send crops to market. Farmers grew tobacco for export, as well as wheat and produce to feed their families. In Pennsylvania, Germans often settled on farms in Lancaster County, where they grew wheat, rye, and barley.




    1725–1750 Shenandoah Valley

    Colonists from the Philadelphia area and the coastal Chesapeake began settling Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley region. Over half were Scots-Irish, with English and Germans the next largest groups. Most had come recently to America through Philadelphia. Some came directly upon arrival to Virginia, while others spent 7 to 10 years in Pennsylvania as indentured servants or farmers first. The valleys were isolated, so most families grew a variety of crops, including corn, wheat, rye, flax, vegetables, and fruit. They also kept a few cattle, horses, and pigs. Some settlers followed the valleys into western Maryland, where they exported cattle, horses, butter, deerskins, hides, and whiskey to purchase salt, sugar, iron, nails, and cloth.

    1750–1775 French and Indian War


    Emigration from Scotland and from Germanic Europe to America was interrupted in the mid 1750s by the French and Indian War, where fighting took place mostly in Pennsylvania’s central and western regions. After the war, migration resumed as farmers in Pennsylvania, the Chesapeake, and the Appalachian valleys prospered and were able to support their families and produce extra to trade. Men grew wheat to sell in cities and to colonies in the South and the Caribbean. Women managed “kitchen gardens,” up to an acre in size, growing the produce necessary to feed their families. They were also responsible for making cheese and butter to sell.

    1775–1800 Kentucky Bound


    A post-Revolutionary War depression hit farmers hard in Pennsylvania and the Chesapeake and inspired many to move to Kentucky to find better land. These migrants typically moved in community and family groups. In Kentucky, men would leave their farms to hunt, primarily to feed their families, leaving their wives alone for long periods of time to care for family and farm. Women banded together to help each other, especially in caring for the sick or in acting as midwives. Settlers’ journals record a high number of intestinal illnesses and malaria, but they also wrote about their appreciation for their snug cabin homes and the beauty of Kentucky’s hills.

    1800–1825 Draw of Land in the West

    Migrants moved even further west into Ohio and Indiana after the War of 1812 and the defeat of various Native American tribes in the Midwest. Travel west from Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Maryland was made easier in 1818 when the U.S. government completed the first national road—the Cumberland Road—which linked the upper Potomac River to Wheeling on the Ohio River. Over time the road was extended into Ohio and Indiana. Eastern migrants, mostly farmers, were drawn to the flat, rich soils of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. In addition, Revolutionary War veterans were eligible for land grants in Ohio and northern Kentucky in lieu of a pension.

    1825–1850 Moving to the Midwest

    Ethnic Germans, English, and Scots moved to the Midwest in large numbers. About $500 to $1,000 was needed to buy land, seed, wagons, and tools. Even more was needed to buy oxen, horses, cattle, hogs, and chickens. Families also had to bring supplies to support themselves in the early years as they waited for crops and orchards to grow. Many farmers took other jobs, such as fur trapping or carpentry. Women sewed and sold butter and eggs. Because it was hard to establish profitable farms, pioneers moved a lot in search of better land and circumstances. Some settled in cities, with the promise of jobs such as meatpacking and shipping.

    1850–1875 Civil War


    As a border state between the Union and the Confederacy, Kentucky was sharply divided over the Civil War. Some Kentuckians supported the Confederacy and others opposed it. German immigration increased mid-century and after the war. People were drawn to Cincinnati and St. Louis by factory jobs. Others farmed in Illinois, Iowa, and northern Missouri. So many came that over half of Cincinnati was either born in Germany or had German parents. There were German-language newspapers, churches, mutual-aid societies, trade unions, and charities. The Homestead Act drew immigrants to the area with free land. Families often migrated together, helping each other raise crops, construct buildings, and carry goods to market.

    1875–1900 Chicago and the Plains

    At the end of the century, Chicago’s population grew, to become the second-largest city in America. Millions attended Chicago’s 1893 World’s Columbian Exhibition, which featured electric lights and the first Ferris wheel. Bicycles were first manufactured in the U.S. and “wheeling” became a popular pastime for the middle class. Rural children, by contrast, were highly independent, and their work was demanding. Very young children carried kindling, wiped dishes, tended babies, and assisted in the barnyard. A young boy might be gone for a few days by himself, rounding up stray cattle. Schooling was in a one-room schoolhouse and was the only reliable time for recreation with other kids.

    1900–1925 Baseball & the Homefront

    People living in cities found a new pastime when professional baseball leagues were formed. The American League fielded teams in Chicago, Cleveland, and Milwaukee, and many other towns had semi-professional or minor league teams. Middle class and factory workers enjoyed games in stadiums like Wrigley Field in Chicago. There were also times of sacrifice. During World War I, women and children were encouraged to help the war effort. They planted Victory Gardens and added chicken coops, even in cities. Families used recipes that conserved sugar, wheat, and meat, instead favoring pasta and vegetables. Women gave speeches encouraging conservation, and gardening was added to the curriculum in some schools.

    1925–1950 Economic Boom

    The industrial might of cities such as Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, and Indianapolis drew people in from rural communities. During World War II, factories converted to producing military vehicles, airplanes, and weapons, which added jobs. Wages more than doubled during the war, and women joined the workforce in large numbers. People in northern Kentucky commuted to factory jobs, manufacturing consumer goods, steel, autos, tires, and more. For others, the lure of a mild climate, orange groves, Hollywood, and jobs drew Midwesterners to California, and Los Angeles’ population exploded to over a million people. Boosters touted the city as an agricultural empire. The region also became known for its aircraft and petroleum industries.

    1950–1975 Southern California

    In cities like Detroit and Chicago, factory jobs provided a middle-class living and benefits like health care insurance to blue collar families. But social unrest and economic difficulties in the 1960s inspired many Midwesterners to move to the west coast, especially to Los Angeles and San Diego. People found factory jobs making automobiles, tires, furniture, and clothing. World War II veterans used their government benefits to purchase new homes in tract developments throughout the region. Midwesterners arriving in Southern California found large Asian, African American, and Latin American populations. But while workplaces could be diverse, people tended to live in racially segregated neighborhoods after World War II.

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    you have a little spanish in you maybe?

    do you have any known ancestors from Iberia ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mopi View Post
    you have a little spanish in you maybe?

    do you have any known ancestors from Iberia ?
    None known of. I supposedly have a distant Italian ancestor. I can't rule out 2% though, whose genealogy is that complete?

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    Having a Norwegian community should mean that you get your share of Norwegians Pension Fund. $$$

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    Quote Originally Posted by Graham View Post
    Having a Norwegian community should mean that you get your share of Norwegians Pension Fund. $$$

    At least acceptance into some Sons of Norway lodge. But yeah, give me dat oil money

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    2% by test, 100% by heart and soul - you are Suomalainen

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    Quote Originally Posted by Veljo View Post
    2% by test, 100% by heart and soul - you are Suomalainen
    The 1-2% Finnish I score has been resolute all this time. Haha

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