Oral Histories & Stories

Individual stories of Greek immigrants β€” in their own words, or told by those who knew them.

Clear

Showing stories tagged: discrimination

2 stories found
The Men of Carbon County: Greek Miners in the American West
Labor & Trades Β·1902

The Men of Carbon County: Greek Miners in the American West

β€” Greek Immigrant Miners of Utah, from Crete, Peloponnese, and various regions of Greece

From the villages of Crete and the Peloponnese, thousands of young Greek men came to the coal mines and copper smelters of Utah in…

Read Story β†’
Miles of Track: Greek Railroad Workers in the American West
Labor & Trades Β·1900

Miles of Track: Greek Railroad Workers in the American West

β€” Greek Railroad Workers of the American West, from Various regions of Greece

In the early 1900s, thousands of Greek men spread across the railroad lines of the American West β€” laying track in Wyoming, Oreg…

Read Story β†’