The Dutch in the Calumet Region
By: Ken Bult
Series: Images of America; Images of America
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Charleston, South Carolina
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9781467113786
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Dutch Americans; Social life and customs; Biography; Historic buildings; Local History; Pictorial works; History
Description: "The first Dutch immigration to the Calumet Region took place in the second half of the 19th century. The area settles by the Dutch spans roughly from what today is part of Chicago's Southside to the western border of Griffith, Indiana, and includes the communities of Roseland, South Holland, Lansing, Munster. and Highland. Once in the region, the Dutch carved communities out of the wilderness by clearing and draining the land and raising large families; descendants of these immigrants still populate the region. Even before the towns existed and on into the 20th century, the Dutch were a community that transcended the borders they established. Evidence of the early settlers is found all around the Calumet Region. It is in the churches they built, the businesses they started, and the loved ones they buried"--Back cover.

Includes the communities of Roseland, South Holland, Lansing, Munster and Highland.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 127).
Table of contents: title: Churches, schools, and cemeteries; title: People; title: Places and things.