On this page is a picture of an interesting group of men and womenRussian immigrants to Siberia. Under the picture is the following: Such people as these undoubtedly will prove to be the progenitors of a race that will compare with our own sturdy farmers in the Northwest. A group of Russian peasants emigrated to Siberia with nothing but the clothes on their backs. a little flour. some hometanned leather. and a few tools for carpentry and blacksmitheng. The first day they. made two sets of ovens out of brick they prepared from a clay be near by. and the men burned charcoal. while the women made bread. Within two days after their arrival they had six blcsmiths forges going. and inside of 10 days they had built themselves rude houses. made wagens. manufactured spades by the dozen. and reshod theic horses. allthe iron used being forged on the ground.
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