St. Nicholas Church

During the prosperous years of 1904-1917, large numbers of immigrants came to South Bethlehem.  Conditions in Eastern Europe were catastrophic.  Emancipation of the serfs had not changed things much.  The hardships of the peasant class continuned to be almost unbearable.  One by one, individual family members responded to the glowing reports of life in America and the economic opportunities there.Those who came to South Bethlehem from 1910 to 1914 to work in industry included a small number of R...