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Monroe Street: Detroit's Greektown and the Neighborhood That Outlasted the City Around It
Detroit's Greektown was built by immigrants who came for the auto industry and stayed to build churches, restaurants, and a commun…
The Men of Carbon County: Greek Miners in the American West
— 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…
Miles of Track: Greek Railroad Workers in the American West
— 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 — laying track in Wyoming, Oreg…
The Kafeneion: Greek Coffeehouses and the Making of an Immigrant Community
— Greek Immigrant Communities across America, from Various regions of Greece
In every American city where Greeks settled in significant numbers, the coffeehouse was the first institution they built — befor…
The Man on the Corner: Greek Street Vendors and Shoeshine Men in Early America
— Greek Street Vendors and Shoeshine Men, from Various regions of Greece
Before the diner, before the restaurant, before the candy store — the Greek immigrant built his foothold in America on a shoeshi…
The City of Spindles: Greek Women in the Lowell Mills
— Greek Women Mill Workers of Lowell, Massachusetts, from Various regions of Greece
By 1920, Lowell, Massachusetts was home to the third-largest Greek community in the United States. The women who came there — ma…