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In 1890, the University of Oklahoma Press published a ten-book series titled Newcomers to a New Land that described and analyzed the role of the major ethnic groups that have contributed to the history of Oklahoma. The series was part of Oklahoma Image, a project sponsored by the Oklahoma Department of Libraries and the Oklahoma Library Association and made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.In response to numerous requests, the University of Oklahoma Press has reissued all ten volumes in the series. Published unaltered from the original editions, these books continue to have both historical and cultural value for reasons the series editorial committee stated as well.Though not large in number as compared to those in some states, immigrants from various European nations left a marked impact on Oklahomas history. As in the larger United States, they worked in many economic and social roles that enriched the states life. Indians have played a crucial part in Oklahomas history, even to giving the state her name. Blacks and Mexicans have also fulfilled a special set of roles, and will continue to affect Oklahomas future. The history of each of these groups is unique, well worth remembering to both their heirs and to other people in the state and nation. Their stories come from the past, but continue on the future.

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title:The Czechs in Oklahoma Newcomers to a New Land
author:Bicha, Karel D.
publisher:University of Oklahoma Press
isbn10 | asin:0806116188
print isbn13:9780806116181
ebook isbn13:9780806171777
language:English
subjectCzech Americans--Oklahoma--History, Oklahoma--History.
publication date:1980
lcc:F705.B67B52 1980eb
ddc:976.6/004/9186
subject:Czech Americans--Oklahoma--History, Oklahoma--History.
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The Czechs in Oklahoma
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Foreward
This book is one of a series entitled "Newcomers to a New Land," which analyzes the role of the major ethnic groups that have contributed to the history of Oklahoma. Thought not large in number as compared to some other states, immigrants from various European nations left a marked impact on Oklahoma's history. As in the larger United Staes, they worked in many economic and social roles that enriched the state's life. Indians have played a crucial part in Oklahoma's history, even to giving the state her name. Blacks and Mexicans have also fulfilled a special set of roles, and will continue to affect Oklahoma's future. The history of each of these groups is unique, well worth remembering to both their heirs and to other people in the state and nation. Their stories come from the past, but continue on to the future.
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
H. Wayne Morgan, Chairman
University of Oklahoma
Douglas Hale
Oklahoma State University
Rennard Strickland
University of Tulsa
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The Czechs in Oklahoma
by Karel D. Bicha
University of Oklahoma Press
Norman
Page ii
Oklahoma Image is a project sponsored by the Oklahoma Department of Libraries and the Oklahoma Library Association, and made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Bicha, Karel D
The Czechs in Oklahoma
(Newcomers to a new land)
Bibliography: p.
1. Czech AmericansOklahomaHistory. 2. Oklahoma
History. I. Title. II. Series.
F705.B67B52 976.6'004'9186 79-19734
Copyright 1980 by the University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Publishing Division of the University of Oklahoma. Manufactured in the U.S.A. First edition, 1980; second printing, 1980; third printing, 1982.
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Contents
Acknowledgments
v
1. The Czechs
1
2. The Czechs in America
9
3. Czech Settlement in Oklahoma
15
4. The Czechs and Religion
25
5. Czech Culture in Oklahoma: Press, Lodge and Sokol
33
6. Czech Oklahomans and Agriculture
47
7. Family and Social Life
57
8. Czech Oklahomans, Past and Present
65
9. For Further Study
71
Notes
76

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For Paul and Anne
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Acknowledgments
The preparation of even a small work such as this puts an author in the debt of an astonishing number of people. In order to write about the Czechs of Oklahoma it was necessary to meet many of them. I found the experience enlightening. I inconvenienced many of them, but they offered me extraordinary hospitality. By design most of the Czech Oklahomans I sought out were "old settlers." Their vigor was amazing. I could only conclude that they have found life in Oklahoma agreeable.
For assistance, information and advice I am especially grateful to Rev. John Michalicka, Mrs. Peter Rabstejnek, and Mr. Paul Stejskal of Oklahoma City, Mr. John Kouba of Banner, Mr. Frank Podest, Sr., of Sparks, Mr. Frank Sefcik and Mrs. Lizzie Jezek of Prague, Rev. Jerome Talloen, Mrs. Frank Vaverka and Mr. Albert Vculek of Bison, and Mr. B. R. Karban of Waukomis. Rev. Michalicka, Mr. Kouba and Mr. Stejskal read portions of the manuscript and offered useful advice. All of the others generously supplied information which I could not otherwise have obtained. To all of them I wish to say dekuji vam mnohokrat.
I am also grateful to Gordian Press of New York for permission to quote from Angie Debo's Prairie City and to Chronicles of Oklahoma and Minnesota History for permission to use material which appeared in those journals.
Professor H. Wayne Morgan of the University of Oklahoma, editor of this booklet series, and Dr. Kay Fagin, and Ms. Gloria Steffen of the Oklahoma Image Project, lent kind and good-humored assistance in many ways. My wife made sense out of handwriting which increasingly departs from good calligraphic standards and typed the manuscript with efficiency. Finally, my debt to Professor Douglas Hale of Oklahoma State University is greatest of all. He first interested me in the project, he renewed my resolve on critical occasions, and he supplied me with pertinent material which he had collected over the years. I am especially indebted to him for providing the statistical data and the map which appears near the conclusion of the third chapter of the booklet.
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