the Slavonian Mutual and Benevolent Society, organized by #Croatians and #Serbians in San Francisco in 1857

According to the 1907 Immigration Commission survey, about 66 % of #Croatians who came to America returned home

#Croatians were among the first settlers of Reno, Nevada.

Until 1918 the U.S. Immigration Service counted #Croatians from Dalmatia, Bosnia, and Herzegovina separately from other #Croatians, who were classified as #Slovenians

In 1909 Anton Pavisic was a leader in a coal miners' strike at McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, where more than 2,000 fellow #Croatians followed him.

Because statistics were so poorly kept in general, and Slavs were so often lumped together or confused with other groups, it is not known how many #Croatians entered the United States during the Great Migration

Devout #Roman Catholics, the #Croatians organized the first U.S. #Croatian parish in 1895 in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania

#Croatians were among the first settlers of Reno, Nevada.