History of the Finns in Michigan (Great Lakes Books Series)

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Michigan’s Upper Peninsula was once an immense destination for Finns all through the peak years of migration within the nineteenth century and the early decades of the 20th century. A couple of Upper Peninsula communities had large Finnish populations and Finnish churches, lodges, cooperative stores, and temperance societies. Ishpeming and Hancock, especially, were necessary nationally as Finnish cultural centers.
Originally published in Finnish in 1967 by Armas K. E. Holmio, History of the Finns in Michigan, translated into English by Ellen M. Ryynanen, brings the tale of the contribution of Finnish immigrants into the mainstream of Michigan history. Holmio combines firsthand experience and personal contact with the primary generation of Finnish immigrants with research in Finnish-language sources to create crucial and compelling story of an immigrant group and its role within the development of Michigan.

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