No other city in the United States is home to more Slovaks than Pittsburgh.
They lived in neighborhoods close to their work, forming numerous cluster communities in such places as Braddock, Duquesne, Homestead, Munhall, the North Side, Rankin, and.
The hills and valleys of this new land reminded newcomers of the farms, forests, and mountains they left behind.
It is estimated that close to 100,000 Slovak immigrants came to the area in the 1890s looking for work and the chance for a better life.
No other city in the United States is home to more Slovaks than Pittsburgh