The story of Swiss immigrants Adolph and Emma Schlatter who came to America in 1910 and settled in Shaw, Mississippi.On October 31, 1910, the steamship Lapland arrived at Ellis Island after crossing the Atlantic from Antwerp, Belgium. The Lapland, which could carry 2,536 passengers, was one of many ships that regularly plied the Atlantic, bringing immigrants to the Land of Opportunity. Among the passengers who disembarked that Halloween Day were Adolph...
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