Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
Keywords
Swiss American Historical Society, Swiss Benevolent Society, Chicago
Abstract
Only some 130 years ago Chicago, now a sprawling metropolis of the Midwest, began to grow from a small prairie seaport on lake Michigan into a thriving American city. Many Swiss immigrants followed the trail of the thousands of newcomers to the emerging town who either hailed from the Atlantic seaport states and from Midwestern rural communities or who had crossed the Atlantic to become settlers of the white man's New world. By 1870 the city counted some 298,977 inhabitants, at the same date some 1,435 Swiss had settled in Cook County, many of whom lived in Chicago.
Recommended Citation
Schelbert, Leo
(1972)
"Some Glimpses of the Past: The Swiss Benevolent Society of Chicago 1872-19972,"
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter: Vol. 8:
Iss.
2, Article 4.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sahs_newsletter/vol8/iss2/4