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Casimir Dulski is Born
Casimir is born in Warsaw, Poland on his family farm. -
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Life of Casimir Dulski
Life of Casimir Dulski from his birth to his succesful orchard -
Dawes Act
The Dawes Act gives Native Americans the ability to own up to 150 acres of land on their own in an effort to destroy comunal land ownership in tribes. Any land that is not claimed by the Native Americans will be offered to anyone else of American Citizenship. -
Land Opened Up by the Dawes Act
Over 90,000 acres off land in Washington, Idaho, and Oregon are opened up for white immigrants. -
War Brewing in Europe
Europe is growing forever more unstable as countries begin to prepare for war. The Dulski family dicides to leave their homeland and farm for a new life in America to prevent the ten Dulski boys from being elisted to fight in the Polsih Army. -
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Immigration of Casimir Dulski to America
The Immigration of Casimir Dulski to America -
The Dulski's Leave for America
The Dulski Family leaves Hamburg, Germany on the ship Nottingham to Liverpool, U.K. -
The Dulski's Leave Liverpool, U.K. to America
The Dulski's arive in Liverpool, U.K. and soon leaves to New York City on the ship the Mauretania. -
The Dulski's Arive in New York City
The Dulski family arive at Ellis Island to go through immigration except Adam Dulski the father of the ten Dulski sons who is charged with IPC or Likely Public charge meaning that they thought that Adam Dulski was going to be a burden to socity. Casimir meets a woman named Bonka and stages himself as Bonka's fiance so that Bronka would be able to enter the United States and not be detained at Ellis Island in legal detention. -
Father Released from Ellis Island
Adam Dulski is finnally releasted from Ellis Island from IPC charges after the Dulski Family shows the ten sons all of working age. Bronka dicides that she will stay with the family after all the help they were. -
The Dulski Family goes to Boston, MASS.
The Dulski's dicide to settle down in Boston. The Dulski Boys find jobs in sheet metal working. They live in a overcrowed apartement in a slum. Bronka having no where else to go lives with the family agreeing to find her own life as soon as she can. -
Casimir Dulski is Married to Bronka Jaboñski
Bronka amits her love for Casimir and soon after Casimir is settled down in his own apartment they move in togeather and are married. But they dicide they are not content with their small apartment and long for their own land. So they argree that they will save up money and go out west next spring for their own land. -
Ariving in Washington State on the Transcontinetal Railroad
Bronka and Casimir scraped togreather enough money from working endless hours and the Dulski Family offering so of its hard earned savings to get a ride on the Transconetental Railroad to Washington State where they hope to capitalize on the Dawes Act to own their own land and stat a family. -
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Living In the West
Casimir and Bronka out in the West. -
Owning Land
The day before Casimir and Bronka found out that the flatland that was well sought has all but dissapered and in only undisireable places. Bronya points out a peice of land that has slow rolling hills to the North-East and a small flat area with a stream flowing through it to the South-West.They arived at the land and Imediatly start working. They plow land next to the stream and plant corn and wheat, build a house at the bottom of the hills then begins an apple orchard on the hills. -
Winter of 1911
The winter of 1911 was very cold as it killed many of the Dulski's apple trees which they had put their futrue on producing in the future. In the mist of the sadness the first child in the Dulski family is born. Bronislaw meaning Protector of Glory. -
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World War One
Years of World War One -
Great Harvest
The orchard has proven as a strong investment as the invention of a refrgerated traincar is invented and produce can travel over long distances across the contry.
