Articles and Books about the United States - Local History

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ALASKA

• General
• The Cabin Boy Who Became a Multimillionaire
• The Cabin Boy Who Became a Multimillionaire. Part Two of Two
• Commonly Known Finnish and Baltic Names Found in the Index to Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths in the Archives of the Russian Othodox Greek Catholic Church in Alaska 1816-1866
• The Finnish Migration to and from Russian Alaska and the Pacific Siberian Rim 1800-1900 (Institute of Migration)
• Finns in the Gold Rush (K-G Olin)
• When Finlanders Ruled Alaska (K-G Olin)
• Douglas
• Alaska's Second Evangelical Lutheran Parish, 1900-1918. Six Swedish Augustana Synod Pastors Pick Up the Helm of Their Three Russian Era Predecessors, Serving in Douglas, Territory of Alaska

CALIFORNIA

• General
• The Cabin Boy Who Became a Multimillionaire
• The Cabin Boy Who Became a Multimillionaire. Part Two of Two

COLORADO

• Telluride
• Over 200 Swedish Ostrobothnian Immigrants Lived in Telluride of the Gold Rush
• The Swede-Finns in Telluride. Over 200 Swedish Ostrobothnian Immigrants Lived in Telluride of the Gold Rush (K-G Olin)
• Telluride's Swede Finn Hall Lives Again
• Vörå Man Martyred at Telluride

CONNECTICUT

• General
• The Finns
• Origin of the Finns in the Western Reserve
• Branford
• A Brief Historical Sketch of Tabor Lutheran Church. 1888-1968. 80 years
• Georgetown
• A Brief History of the Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church. Georgetown, Connecticut

FLORIDA

• General
• The Migration of Finnish-Americans to Florida after World War II
• Palm Beach
• American-Finnish Directory of Palm Beach County and Vicinity

ILLINOIS

• Chicago
• Bethel Baptist Church, Chicago, Ill. [publ. 1951]
• Bethel Baptist Church, Chicago, Ill. [publ. 1961]
• Fifty Years of Christian Service [Bethel Baptist Church]
• Looking Back [Bethel Baptist Church]
• Urban America and the Finnish Communities of Detroit and Chicago
• DeKalb
• The Finnish Community of DeKalb, Illinois
• Hillside
• The Story of The Hillside Baptist Church, Hillside, Ill.
• Waukegan
• America's Outstanding Retail Cooperative

MAINE

• Friendship
• Finnish People Emigrated to Better Land -- Friendship, Maine (Franco-American Women's Institute)
• South Paris
• History of Trinity Lutheran in Outline

MASSACHUSETTS

• Cape Cod
• The Finns on Cape Cod
• Fitchburg
• Finns in Fitchburg
• The Finns in Fitchburg
• The Finns Way And What We Learn From It
• The First Quarter of a Century
• Highlights of the Story of Finns in Fitchburg
• Looking Back After 25 Years
• A Series of Tableaux with Narration
• The Story of the First 25 Years
• Gardner
• Calvary Baptist Church, Gardner, Mass. [publ. 1951]
• Calvary Baptist Church, Gardner, Mass. [publ. 1961]
• Lanesville
• A Brief Sketch of Our Church In Its Early Days
• The Finns in Lanesville, Massachusetts
• Maynard
• Highlights in the History of the United Co-operative Society of Maynard
• History of St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church (www.stjohnsudbury.org)
• Quincy
• Civic and Political Activities of the Finnish People of Quincy
• Uljas Koitto Temperance Society. History & Photos (UKTS)
• Rockport
• The History of Our Church
• Worcester
• Bethel Baptist Church, Worcester, Mass. [publ. 1951]
• Bethel Baptist Church, Worcester, Mass. [publ. 1961]

MICHIGAN

• General
• Finnish and Sami Settlement in Michigan's Copper Country (scandinavica.com)
• Finnish Farmers in Michigan
• Finnish Newspapers and Periodicals in Michigan
• Finns
• The Finns in Michigan
• The Finns in the United States. The Project on Finnish Immigration of the Michigan Historical Collections
• Calumet
• A Brief Historical Sketch [Bethlehem Lutheran Church]
• The Michigan Copper Strike of 1913 - a fire in Calumet, MI. which claimed 74 lives including 60 children, made the striking miners there national headline news (History Today)
• Covington
• A Chronicle of the Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church
• Detroit
• The Apostolic Lutheran Congregation of Detroit
• Bethlehem Congregation
• Historical Sketch of St. John's 1914-1964
• The Influence of the Automotive Industry on the Ethnic Picture of Detroit, Michigan, 1900-1940
• A Short Historical Sketch of Salem National Lutheran Church 1921-1951
• St. Johns Lutheran Church. Detroit, Michigan
• Urban America and the Finnish Communities of Detroit and Chicago
• Dollar Bay
• John and Tyra
• Order of Runeberg, Lodge No. 8, Dollar Bay, Michigan
• This is Dollar Bay, Michigan
• East Tawas
• Eastern Bothnians in East Tawas, Michigan (SFHS)
• Eben
• Eben: A Finnish Community in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
• Felch
• Felch Baptist Church, Felch, Mich. [publ. 1951]
• Felch Baptist Church, Felch, Mich. [publ. 1961]
• Gladstone
• First Baptist Church, Gladstone, Mich. [publ. 1951]
• First Baptist Church, Gladstone, Mich. [publ. 1961]
• Green
• Green, Michigan and the Kaukas Connection [Part 1]
• Green, Michigan and the Kaukas Connection [Part 2]
• Hancock
• A Brief History of the College
• Suomi's Archives Are Praised
• Houghton County
• Americanization of the Finnish People in Houghton County, Michigan
• Ironwood
• The History of Grace Church
• Kaleva
• Kaleva History
• Phases of the Commemorative Church
• Kingsford
• St. Michael's Finnish Lutheran Church, Kingsford, Michigan
• Mason County
• Swede-Finns in Mason County, Michigan (SFHS)
• Mass
• Highlights from the History of Mass, St. Paul's Lutheran Congregation
• Metropolitan
• Congregation. Historical Sketch - 1945-1955 [Zion Lutheran Church]
• Historical Sketch [Zion Lutheran Church]
• Negaunee
• Calvary Baptist Church, Negaunee, Mich. [publ. 1951]
• Calvary Baptist Church, Negaunee, Mich. [publ. 1961]
• Paynesville
• Fifty Years of Word and Sacraments [Evangelical Lutheran Congregation]
• Republic
• A Brief History of Bethany Lutheran Church, Republic, Michigan
• Roscommon
• The Gerrish Baptist Church, Roscommon, Mich.
• Immanuel Baptist Church, Roscommon, Mich.
• Rudyard
• A Brief History of St. James
• Sault Ste. Marie
• A Short Historical Sketch of St. John's Ev. Lutheran Church
• Trout Creek
• A Review of History of the Trinity Lutheran Evangelical Church, Trout Creek, Michigan

MINNESOTA

• General
• Finland Was a Poor Country (Minnesota Public Radio)
• Finnish Charms and Folk Songs in Minnesota
• Finnish Folk Songs in Minnesota
• The Finnish Pioneers of Minnesota
• A Finnish Settlement in Central Minnesota
• Finnish Temperance Societies in Minnesota
• History of the Finns in Minnesota (The History Museum of East Otter Tail County)
• Minnesota's Help to Finland
• Carlton County
• Pioneer Life in Carlton County
• Cherry
• Our History. The History of the Bethel Lutheran Church
• Chisholm
• Finnish Baptist Church - Chisholm, Minn.
• First Baptist Church, Chisholm, Minn. [publ. 1951]
• First Baptist Church, Chisholm, Minn. [publ. 1961]
• Duluth
• Brief History of Lodge No. 21
• Ebenezer Baptist Church, Duluth, Minn. [publ. 1951]
• Ebenezer Baptist Church, Duluth, Minn. [publ. 1961]
• The Finland-Swedes in Duluth, Minnesota
• History of the Bethel Lutheran Church
• The Other Lynching in Duluth (Minnesota Public Radio)
• Golden Harvest. The Story of Bethel
• Records of the Work People's College (Tyovaen Opisto) 1904-1962 (IHRC)
• Some Interesting Items in the History of the Ebenezer Baptist Church
• Work People's College: An American Immigrant Institution
• Esko
• St. Matthews Lutheran Church, Esko Minnesota
• Finland
• The Finland Community, Minnesota
• Kalevala
• Reminiscences of the History of Kalevala District
• Kingston
• Golden Anniversary. The Kingston Redeemer Church. 1904-1954
• Larsmont
• Sjoblom's Book Touches on Founding of Larsmont... & says Again, "The Fishing Life" Was No Breeze
• Ludington
• Finn Town (SFHS)
• Minneapolis
• The Story of Our Church [Morgan Avenue Lutheran Church]
• New York Mills
• The First Finnish Methodist Congregation in United States
• St. Louis County
• Stumps and Boulders: The First Encounter
• Virginia
• History in Short of the Valon Tuote Temperance Society of Virginia

NEW JERSEY

• Englewood
• Home of the Finnish Bethel Congregation Church, Waldo Pl. and Hamilton Ave. Englewood, N. J.

NEW YORK

• Brooklyn
• The Ev. Lutheran Church 1891 to 1951 [Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church]
• Bronx
• Our Congregation's History [Pilgrim Evangelical Lutheran Church]
• New York
• Cypress Avenue Baptist Church, New York [publ. 1951]
• Cypress Avenue Baptist Church, New York, N. Y. [publ. 1961]

NORTH DAKOTA

• Wing
• History of the Church [Bethlehem Lutheran Church]

OHIO

• General
• Finnish Lutherans in Ohio, 1871-1937
• Finnish Newspapers in Ohio
• Finnish Population Movement in Ohio
• The Finns in Ohio
• Founding of the Finnish Settlements in Ohio
• Origin of the Finns in the Western Reserve
• The Problem of Scientific Settlement as Illustrated by the Finns
• Ashtabula Harbor
• Backa - Bäckman (SFHS)
• Child Mortality in the Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio Finnish American Immigrant Community
• History of the Bethany Lutheran Church
• Conneaut
• A Century of Lutheranism in Conneaut, Ohio
• A Sketch of the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Conneaut
• A Study of Marriage in a Finnish Community
• Historical Review of the Congregation of Faith Lutheran Church on Its Sixty-fifth Anniversary 1895-1960
• Fairport
• The North Star Cooperative
• Painesville
• First Finnish Baptist Church, Painesville, Ohio [publ. 1951]
• First Finnish Baptist Church, Painesville, Ohio [publ. 1961]
• Warren
• Memoranda of St. Mark's Nascent Days

OREGON

• General
• Oregon's First Finnish Consul
• Astoria
• 10 Years of the 75 [Zion Lutheran Church]
• Cross-country Odyssey of Astoria's Early Finns
• The Finns in Astoria, Oregon
• History of the Zion Lutheran Church
• River's End. Mishaps on the Lower Columbia River in the 1880s and 1890s
• Coos Bay
• Coos Bay Lodge No. 126, O. of R.

UTAH

• Scofield
• A Coal Mine Exploded in Scofield, Utah, on May Day 1900 (Institute of Migration)

VIRGINIA

• General
• Finnish Ethnicity in the State of Virginia (Institute of Migration)

WASHINGTON

• Deep River
• 100 Years of Logging at Deep River
• Barr-Johnson-Hill Post No. 111, American Legion
• Hartford
• Hartford, Washington [Baptist Church]
• Olympia
• Historical Milestones [Gloria Dei Lutheran Church]
• Pacific County
• Finnish Oystermen on Shoalwater Bay
• Seattle
• Grace Baptist Church, Seattle, Wash. [publ. 1951]
• Grace Baptist Church, Seattle, Wash. [publ. 1961]

WISCONSIN

• General
• Ethnic History and Beaty of Old Barns (pdf) (University of Wisconsin-Extension)
• Brule
• "From the Anvil of Winneboujou...". A Story of a Valley
• Douglas County
• Finns in Douglas County
• Iron River
• Oulu Baptist Church - Iron River, Wis.
• Superior
• 20th Year Central Co-operative Wholesale. Superior, Wisconsin
• Central Cooperative Wholesale, Records, 1916-1969 (IHRC)
• Twenty-five Years of Co-operation in Superior, Wisconsin
• Wentworth
• Lakeside Baptist Church, Wentworth, Wis. [publ. 1951]
• Lakeside Baptist Church, Wentworth, Wis. [publ. 1961]

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