In August 1900, a small story in the Hazleton Plain Speaker captured a moment that speaks volumes about immigration to Pennsylvania’s Coal Region at the turn of the 20th century. A ten-year-old Hungarian girl arrived alone in Hazleton after crossing the Atlantic Ocean by herself, carrying little more than a tag tied to her clothing that read: “I am Mary Ubaniae, direct me to Hazleton, Pa.” Her parents had died in Hungary, and she had been sent a…
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