They had been villages of 2.000 or 3.000 in 1900. and by 1915 each had an estimated population of. 15.000. They had experienced many of the social evils of the city which are still with us today: high unemployment. high cost of living. -insufficient housing. and poverty. One of the principal causes for the high unemployment was the large number of immigrants who lived on the range. In 1915. it was estimated that half of the residents of these mining towns came from Europe and that another 40 percent were the sons and daughters of immigrants. Of these. .35 percent were from Scandinavia. Germany. and Great Britain. and the remaining 65 percent from Russia.
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