'Glarners in America' – A New Book

 


New Glarus, founded in 1845, is far from being the only destination for Canton Glarus, Switzerland, immigrants bound for America. Canton Glarus people, known as Glarners, have been living in America from as early as the mid-1700s. Over the years these Glarner immigrants could be found in most all corners of America. It has been a decade-long project of New Glarus native Robert A. Elmer to collect the stories of these Glarner immigrants and their descendants. And now a book entitled “Glarners in America – Stories of Immigrants and their Descendants from Canton Glarus, Switzerland”...



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