The Slavic House
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White Pine County had the largest Slavic settlement in
Nevada in the early 1900's. Most of the Slavic people
came from the Lika District on the northern Balkan
Hungarian Empire, and the name "Austrian Town" was
used for the section of McGill which housed Slavic
people.
Most of the Yugoslavian immigrants came to this area to
work in the mines, having been farmers in their native
country. White Pine County was much like their
homeland, with rugged mountains and a dry climate.
The Yogoslavs represented two different cultures:
Croatians and Serbians. These cultures are divided by
religious differences in their native land. These
differences continued with the Slavic people settling in
McGill but in Ruth, Copper Flat, and Reipetown.they
lived and worked side by side sharing cultures and
language.
In the early 1900's there was a Tambura Club for the
young Slavic men in Ruth. For many years there was a
Tambura maker in Ely.
This house is maintained by Rosemary Reinertson and
Mike Pantalemon .