Article: Anton Slawik-Polish Pioneer in Michigan’s Huron Cou

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Article: Anton Slawik—Polish Pioneer in Michigan’s Huron County. By: Charles Ciechanowski-Chinoski-Chase and Evelyn Osentoski-Clor


Abstract from the Story:
"(...)Many of the Polish emigrants, who came to Michigan, were poor farmers besieged with the tyranny of the Polish leaders. Anton, on the other hand, was a fairly wealthy gentleman with a good income coming from his sawmill. Additionally, his wife Joanna had a comfortable income from her family inheritance. Besides the problem of political strife in the mid-19th century, Anton and Joanna both developed a drinking problem which was creating a chaotic condition in their lives. To hopefully escape both problems, they decided they had to leave their that environment and try to live somewhere else where new and exciting possibilities might exist.(...)"



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