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Swede Hollow was a neighborhood of Saint Paul, Minnesota. Swedish immigrants arriving in the 1850s gave their new home in this valley the name "Svenska Dalen" or Swede Hollow in English. It was a valley where some of the poorest Swedish immigrants settled. Residences were constructed almost entirely from scrapped building materials. Because of this and other poor conditions, the area can be described as a slum. The Swedes moved on and the area was later populated by waves of other poor immigrants -- Poles, Italians, and Mexicans. | Swede Hollow was a neighborhood of Saint Paul, Minnesota. Swedish immigrants arriving in the 1850s gave their new home in this valley the name "Svenska Dalen" or Swede Hollow in English. It was a valley where some of the poorest Swedish immigrants settled. Residences were constructed almost entirely from scrapped building materials. Because of this and other poor conditions, the area can be described as a slum. The Swedes moved on and the area was later populated by waves of other poor immigrants -- Poles, Italians, and Mexicans. | ||
Today the area has been cleaned up and has been designated as a nature center. It has returned to | Today the area has been cleaned up and has been designated as a nature center. It has returned to its original woodland state and is a part of the city park, Swede Hollow Park. | ||
To learn more about Swede Hollow see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swede_Hollow http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swede_Hollow] | To learn more about Swede Hollow see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swede_Hollow http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swede_Hollow] | ||