CHAPTER XIX

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NEW SETTLEMENTS IN THE MIDDLE WEST AND ON THE PACIFIC COAST.

Increase in general immigration――Estimated increase in the number of Jews――The natural dispersion of small traders over the country――Chicago――First congregations and other communal institutions――Indiana――Iowa: Polish Jews settle in Keokuk and German Jews in Davenport――Minnesota――Wisconsin――Congregation “Bet El” of Detroit, Mich.――The first “minyan” of gold seekers in San Francisco――“Mining congregations”――Solomon Heydenfeldt―― Portland, Oregon.

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