Scrambled Kansas Immigration Timeline

English settlers arrived in 1876 in Clay, Ellis, and Harper Counties.	Swedish immigrants settle in Lindsborg in 1881.
In 1871, many Italians came to the coal-mining region of southeast Kansas.	Irish were located in large numbers near Chapman, Seneca, Boston, and in Pottawatomie County in 1860.
Volga Germans, German Catholics who emigrated from Russia, founded small western towns such as Catherine, Munjor, Pfeifer, Schoenchen, and Liebenthal in the mid-1870’s.	In 1891, forty-seven German Russians located in the settlement south of Russell. The immigration bureau in New York detained thirteen others.
In 1882, the first group of Russian Jews settled in the colony of Beersheba.	Homestead Act of 1862 was created to help settle western public lands.
In 1900, the last ethnic groups to enter Kansas in large numbers were Spanish-speaking Mexicans.	In 1857, a group of German immigrants settled in Humboldt and Iola, Alma, Leavenworth, Seneca and Topeka.
British town of Victoria was established in 1872.	French colony of Silkville was founded in 1869.
In the 1920s, large numbers of Arabs leave Syria and settle in Wichita, Kansas.	A colony of English people settled in 1888 near Runnymede, Harper County.
African-Americans, called “Exodusters”, migrate from the South starting in 1877, and settled in Nicodemus.	Swiss immigrants first arrived and settled in Potawatomie, Nemaha, and Allen Counties in 1854.
Swedish settlers came to Stotler in 1874.	The Welsh came to Emporia from 1857-1869.
Swiss and German Mennonites immigrated to Kansas from Russia from 1874 – 1979, settling in Halstead, Buhler, Hillsboro, and North Newton.	Kansas was admitted into the Union as the 34^th state on January 29, 1861.
Bohemian/Czech towns established in 1876 in Ellsworth, Marion, & Rawlins Counties.	A colony of Swedes bought 3,900 acres of land in Lyon and Greenwood in 1902.

Sources:

www.ukans.edu/heritage/owk/128/lineoftime.html http://www.kshs.org http://www.kshs.org/library/khq/1971/71_3_berneking.htm

http://www.kshs.org/library/khq/1935/35_2_olson.htm Wichita Eagle, May 7, 2002

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Scrambled Kansas Immigration Timeline

Swiss immigrants first arrived and settled in Potawatomie, Nemaha, and Allen Counties in 1854.

In 1857, a group of German immigrants settled in Humboldt and Iola, Alma, Leavenworth, Seneca and Topeka.

The Welsh came to Emporia from 1857-1869.

Irish were located in large numbers near Chapman, Seneca, Boston, and in Pottawatomie County in 1860.

Kansas was admitted into the Union as the 34^th state on January 29, 1861.

Homestead Act of 1862 was created to help settle western public lands.

French colony of Silkville was founded in 1869.

In 1871, many Italians came to the coal-mining region of southeast Kansas.

British town of Victoria was established in 1872.

Swiss and German Mennonites immigrated to Kansas from Russia from 1874 - 1979. They settled in Halstead, Buhler, Hillsboro, and North Newton.

Swedish settlers came to Stotler in 1874.

Volga Germans, German Catholics who emigrated from Russia, founded small western towns such as Catherine, Munjor, Pfeifer, Schoenchen, and Liebenthal in the mid-1870’s.

English settlers arrived in 1876 in Clay, Ellis, and Harper Counties.

Bohemian/Czech towns established in 1876 in Ellsworth, Marion, & Rawlins Counties.

African-Americans, called “Exodusters”, migrate from the South starting in 1877, and settled in Nicodemus.

Swedish immigrants settle in Lindsborg in 1881.

In 1882, the first group of Russian Jews settled in the colony of Beersheba.

A colony of English people settled in 1888 near Runnymede, Harper County.

In 1891, forty-seven German Russians located in the settlement south of Russell. The immigration bureau in New York detained thirteen others.

A colony of Swedes bought 3,900 acres of land in Lyon and Greenwood in 1902.

In 1900, the last ethnic groups to enter Kansas in large numbers were Spanish-speaking Mexicans.

In the 1920s, large numbers of Arabs leave Syria and settle in Wichita, Kansas.