Worcester County's Polish Community

by Barbara Proko and Janice Baniukiewicz Stickles

Book Overview

Polish settlement in Worcester County had humble beginnings: a small group of German Poles in the 1870s. Over the next decades, thousands of Russian and Austrian Poles, fleeing economic and political hardship, pinned their hopes for a better life on jobs in the burgeoning industries of central Massachusetts. Practicing their religion in their native tongue was vital to these devout Catholics. New England's first Polish parish was founded in Webster,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738554545
• ISBN13: 9780738554549
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.6" x 9.3"