I am doing a report on scandinavian immigrants to WASHINGTON STATE I need reasons why they came to WA the USA would be easy but WA presisely is a lot harder!
2006-12-30 08:54:11 · 4 answers · asked by Austin 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
There were a couple of terrific studies of migration, including one in the 1930s that involved researching old newspapers in Europe -- many of these newspaper archives were lost in WW II so the book is a precious study. Try, e.g. Mark Wyman and James H. Kettner; and genealogic records, including those of the Mormon Church.
2006-12-30 08:57:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
We Norwegians all came to South Dakota and Minnesota. Never heard of us aiming further West. That must be a recent thing.
2006-12-30 17:20:22 · answer #2 · answered by ALWAYS GOTTA KNOW 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They likely chose Washington because of the climate similarity to Norway.
2006-12-30 17:02:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i know that most scandinavian immigrants (my famliy)came to Montana for free land. maybe eastern WA had a similar situation.
2006-12-30 17:05:41 · answer #4 · answered by wilrycar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋