Drobne Echa:
PGS-MN Newsletter Articles
about Poles in Minnesota
The English translation of Drobne Echa is “Little Echoes.”
PGS-MN member, Greg Kishel, submitted a number of articles in past issues of the PGS-MN newsletters under the Drobne Echa title. The articles are translations of articles published in Minnesota and Wisconsin Polish newspapers from the late 1800s and early 1900s.
The Polish newspapers were: Wiarus and Katolik, which were published in Winona, Minnesota, as well as Rolnik, published in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, and Kuryer Polski, published in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The articles relate to Polish immigrants in counties across Minnesota. The first installment explains purpose of the series in detail.
When you click on the link for one of the articles, you will need to scroll to the page indicated for that article.
| Install- ment # | Town of Focus | Related Region in Poland | Link to Article |
| Series Introduction | All areas | Fall/Winter 2002 page 14 | |
| 1 | St. Cloud, Stearns County Sauk Rapids, Benton and Gilman, Benton County from Slonce 1898 | Galicia, Kashubia, Poznan | Fall/Winter 2002 page 14 |
| 2 | Delano, Wright County from Rolnik (1906-1909) | Silesia, Kashubia | Fall 2003 page 12 |
| 3 | Silver Lake, McLeod County from Katolik, 1894 | Poznan, Galicia | Winter 2003 page 10 |
| 4 | Virginia, St. Louis County from Wiarus (1893, 1905, 1908) | Galicia, Kashubia, Russian | Spring 2004 page 18 |
| 5 | Duluth, St. Louis County from Katolik 1894, Slońce 1898, Wiarus 1901, and Rolnik 1908 | Galicia, Poznan, Kashubia, Russian | Summer 2005 page 14 |
| 6 | Sturgeon Lake, Pine County from Wiarus (1886-1891) | Russian, Kashubia, Galicia, Poznan | Winter 2005 page 11 |
| 7 | Swan River (Sobieski), Morrison County from Wiarus (1899) | Silesia, Poznan, Kashubia | Spring/Summer 2006 page 1 |
| 8 | Lexington, LeSueur County from Wiarus 1901, and Rolnik (1906-1908) | Silesia, Kashubia, Galicia | Fall 2006 page 1 |
| 9 | New Brighton, Mounds View, Ramsey County from Wiarus (1890, 1900-1903, 1906-1907) | Kashubia | Winter 2006 page 1 |
| 10 | Gilman/Alberta, Benton County from Kuryer Polski (1909) | Poznan, Galicia, Kashubia | Spring 2007 page 1 |
| 11 | Duluth, St. Louis County from Wiarus 1906-1908, Rolnik 1908, and Kuryer Polski 1908-1909 | Poznan, Russian, Galicia, Kashubia | Summer 2007 page 19 |
| 12 | Little Falls, Morrison County from Wiarus and Katolik, (1888-1910) | Kashubia, Silesia, Poznań | Fall 2007 page 1 |
| 13 | Bowlus, Morrison County from Kuryer Polski (1908-1910, Rolnik (1911, 1913) | Silesia | Winter 2007 page 1 |
| 14 | Perham, Ottertail County from Wiarus/Katolik (1887-1909) | Kashubia, Silesia | Summer 2008 page 1 |
| 15 | Gnesen, St. Louis County | Poznan, Kashubia | Winter 2008 page 1 |
| 16 | Flensburg, Morrison County | Silesia, Poznań | Spring 2009 page 1 |
| 17 | Taunton, Lyon County, MN from Wiarus (1899-1907) | Poznan | Summer 2009 page 1 |
| 18 | Wilno, Lincoln County, MN from Wiarus (1886-1887) | Poznan, Silesia, Kashubia, Galicia | Winter 2009 page 1 |
| 19 | East Chain, Martin County and Fairmont, Martin County from Wiarus and Katolik (1886-1906) | Poznan | Spring 2010 page 1 |
| 20 | Wilno, Lincoln County, MN from Wiarus and Katolik (1886-1894) | Poznan, Silesia, Kashubia, Galicia | Summer 2010 page 1 |
| 21 | Sturgeon Lake, Pine County from Wiarus, 1889 | Russian, Kashubia, Galicia, Poznan | Fall 2010 page 1 |
| 22 | Winona, Winona County, from Kuryer Polski 1906 | Kashubia, Silesia, Poznan | Summer 2012 page 1 |