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John Gast
American Progress 1872

Following are a few images contrasting Bohemian and Western landscapes.
I am also illustrating the ways the Czech immigrants
recreated their new environment harmoniously with their original place.

Judith Basin, Central Montana

Land division under the federal Land Ordinance of 1785 (US).

Land Division - Bohemia

Country road, Montana

Country road, Bohemia

Danvers, Montana

Czech village

Matthew and Blanche Urs' house,
Danvers, Montana

Czech village house

ZCBJ in Pishelville, Nebraska
photo courtesy of
Dr. David Murphy,
Nebraska State Historical Society.

Czech folk Baroque