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As Cleveland grew as a major center of steel and iron production, immigration swelled in search of jobs. By 1914, one-third of Cleveland was foreign-born with an estimated 20,000 Slovenes. This made Cleveland the third-largest Slovene city in the world, behind Trieste and Ljubljana. [6]
Slovenian Catholic Center, also known as Slovenian Cultural Center, Lemont, IL [22] Slovenian Cultural Society Triglav, Norway, WI; founded in 1952. [23] National Cleveland-style Polka Hall of Fame and Museum, Cleveland [24] American Slovenian Club of Fairport Harbor, Fairport Harbor, OH [25] Slovene Home for the Aged, Cleveland [26]
Large numbers of immigrant Slovenians and Lithuanians moved into the area to work in these plants. [3] The historic St. Vitus's Church, at E. 61st and Lausche Avenue, was the first Slovenian Catholic church built in Cleveland, and at one time was among the largest Slovenian congregations in the United States. [4]
The American Slovenian Catholic Union (Ameriško slovenska katoliška enota) was founded as an organization to protect Slovene-American rights in Joliet, Illinois, 64 km (40 mi) southwest of Chicago, and in Cleveland. Today there are KSKJ branches all over the country offering life insurance and other services to Slovene-Americans.
George Voinovich – U.S. Senator, former Governor of Ohio and Mayor of Cleveland, (Slovenian mother; born and raised in the United States, never lived in Slovenia) Anton Vratuša (1915–2017) – politician and diplomat, who was the Prime Minister of Slovenia from 1978–80 and of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, also its ...
This is a list of notable Slovene Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Slovene American or must have references showing they are Slovene American and are notable.
Five people are trapped in a cave in southwestern Slovenia, unable to leave because of high water levels caused by heavy rainfall, authorities said Sunday. The group — a Slovenian family group ...
The first documented Slovenian to settle in the Cleveland area was Joseph Turk, who came about 1883, most likely from Carniola, and settled on Marble Avenue, near the steel mills. [3] He helped organize the Catholic Slovenes in Cleveland, and requested that Bishop Richard Gilmour of Cleveland appoint a permanent Slovenian priest in Cleveland ...