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Ukrainian Catholic Church. It was located about 3/5ths of a mile south of the supposed town, but has been gone for some time, survived by an extensive cemetery. There are a number of pictures of both versions of the church (the first one burned only five years after its construction) and it is typically referenced in discussion of Ukrainian immigration into the area, but I cannot find a date for its closure and/or destruction. So here's the problem: reading between the lines, there was something here which originated maybe just before WW I and which maybe got snuffed out by the Great Depression. But that is taking a great deal of synthesis, and even the most basic fact— that whatever it was, it's not there any more— requires resort to primary sources. I'm just not seeing how we can justify an article here.
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