Pelkie: 100 Years of Finnishness in Michigan's North Woods
Part 3: A Farewell to Dairy Farming
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The children and grandchildren of the Finnish immigrants move away to go to school and many found work in Detroit. They married non-Finns outside of the community and many didn't come back. Finnish culture deteriorated in Pelkie. At the same time milk prices dropped and big box stores outside of Pelkie outcompeted the Co-op. Mennonites and strangers moved in while a couple Finns remained.