Article: Roots link kin to Russia, Poland: What's a Lemko?

Byline: Michael Overall

Jul. 29--Editors Note: During Oklahoma's centennial year, the Tulsa World is taking a look at the settlement of Oklahoma by various ethnic groups. This, the sixth story in the series, looks at the settlement of Oklahoma by the Lemkos, people from the Polish-Russian border area.

HARTSHORNE -- Most of Fourth Street used to be a strip mine, except for a short stretch along what is today the 500 block south, where the coal company built a few houses for employees.

James Kurilko's grandfather lived in one, sharing three rooms with seven children. And he still took in three boarders, according to the 1900 U.S. Census.

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