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Czech America · Kansas

From the old country to Kansas

F. J. Swehla rolled into Kansas on 16 May 1874 with “Česká osada” — Czech settlement — painted on his wagon. Wilson, in Ellsworth County, became the Czech Capital of Kansas, and Czech families spread through Decatur, Lincoln, Marshall, Republic, Rush and Russell counties.

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Sources

  1. Czechs in Kansas — Kansapedia