About

To try and capsulate 100 years of history in a few short pages is never an easy task. While we do not have many accurate records of the past 100 years, we do have the collective memory of the faithful and the historical connection to the development of this land.

Most of our faithful are descendents of those who immigrated to this country primarily from Czechoslovakia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1880 to 1917. Many first found themselves working in the coal and steel mines of Pennsylvania. Later many moved west, after the completion of the railroads in 1888, to take advantage of work opportunities in the steel mills of Pueblo, Colorado. With the completion of the railroad out West, land became available as a result of the 1862 Homestead Act. The Slovak immigrants were attracted to this land for two reasons. First, they were farmers and ranchers in the old country. Second, was that the land resembled the country side from which they emigrated.