Illinois History

A Magazine for Young People

Volume 53 • Number 1 • December 1999

CONTENTS

2 The Goshen Settlement and Samuel Judy Kristen Detmer All Saints Academy, Breese 3 The Irish Come to Rockford Miriam C. Carlson Heritage School, Rockford 4 The Mesquakie Emilia Ohsone Zargham Unity Point School, Carbondale 6 Lithuanians and the Beginning of the Jerusalem Lutheran Church Katie Shasteen Good Shepherd Lutheran School, Collinsville 6 Progresar to the American Dream Philip Montesinos Thornwood High School, South Holland 8 Slovak Immigrants in Illinois Jillian Turner Brookwood Junior High School, Glenwood 10 Illinois Swedes Marshal Hackerson Oregon High School, Oregon 11 The Arrival of Armenians in East St. Louis Samuel Wilson Belleville Township High School West, Belleville 13 Josephine Dudzik: Founder of the Franciscan Sisters in Chicago Michael Bordieri Carbondale Community High School, Carbondale 14 Staunton: The City of Opportunity Tiffany Ritter Civic Memorial High School, Bethalto On the cover: Immigrants to the United States often settled in urban neighborhoods near others of their own ethnic group. The Chicago neighborhood pictured on the cover was largely populated by Italians and Greeks.

16 East Friesen Migration to Northern Illinois David Jorgenson Oregon High School, Oregon 17 My Irish Ancestry Joseph Higgins Brother Rice High School, Chicago 19 Italian Immigrants in Springfield Kaitlin Moredock St. Agnes School, Springfield 20 The Lumaghi Family's Impact on Collinsville Brett Turner Good Shepherd Lutheran School, Collinsville Illinois Historic Preservation Agency Julie Cellini, Trustee, Chair Pamela A. Daniels, Trustee Edward M. Genson, Trustee Samuel Lilly, Trustee Carol Stein, Trustee Warren Swanson, Trustee Susan Mogerman, Director Maynard Crossland, Division Manager Public Affairs and Development Illinois History Keith A. Sculle, Editor Cynthia A. Fuener, Design Illinois History (ISSN 0019-2058) is published three times during the school year, December, February, and April, by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Printed by the authority of the State of Illinois. Articles may be reprinted with credit. Subscription rates: One copy is sent free on request to all schools in Illinois. Additional school-use subscriptions are $1 per volume (three issues). All other subscriptions are $6 per volume. POSTMASTER: send address changes to Illinois History, Old State Capitol, Springfield, Illinois 62701.

All photos unless otherwise credited, are courtesy Illinois State Historical Library, Mary Michals, Iconographer.

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