The Men of Carbon County
Greek miners in the coal and copper mines of the American West.
From Aegean villages to American cities — explore where Greek immigrants came from, how they arrived, and where they built new lives.
Each location on this map has a human story behind it. Explore the oral histories connected to these places.
Greek miners in the coal and copper mines of the American West.
Dodecanese divers who built a Greek city on the Gulf Coast.
The Greek immigrants who built New York's diner culture.
Greek women in the textile mills of New England.
Greek railroad workers who laid track across the American West.
The 1924 quota act and the Greeks who found another way in.