As far as I know, Mary Mueller from Fairbanks is the only permanent resident here. IOWA Des Moines. In Des Moines and the neighboring communities there are a few Slovenes, but their permanent residences are not here. In the Does Moines area five Slovene families have their farms. The first one who came here was V. Pirnat who came 12 years ago.
Most emigrants work in the mines.
They attend the English church where religious conditions are satisfactory. There are no benefit societies. Years ago this was a prosperous community. The emigrants worked in the sawmills along the Mississippi River, but then the mills were moved and the workers left. Those who stayed work in a furniture factory.