History of the Finns in MichiganA history of the Finnish people in Michigan published in English for the first time. Michigan's Upper Peninsula was a major destination for Finns during the peak years of migration in the nineteenth century and the early decades of the twentieth century. Several Upper Peninsula communities had large Finnish populations and Finnish churches, lodges, cooperative stores, and temperance societies. Ishpeming and Hancock, especially, were important nationally as Finnish cultural centers. |
Contents
Foreword by A William Hoglund | 7 |
The Origin of the Finns | 17 |
Early Emigration from Finland | 32 |
More Recent Emigration from Finland | 48 |
The First Finn in Michigan | 72 |
The Copper Country | 76 |
Gogebic County | 127 |
Marquette Dickinson and Iron Counties | 133 |
The Rise and Decline of the Temperance Movement | 219 |
The Rise and Decline of the Labor Movement | 273 |
The Knights and Ladies of Kaleva | 304 |
The Cooperative Movement | 329 |
Cultural and Educational Achievements | 366 |
The Swedish Finns in Michigan | 405 |
Finland and the Finns of Michigan | 413 |
From What Parishes Did They Come? | 441 |