♪♪ Horton: The Bohemian group of Czechoslovakians that settled here in this area, they liked it better than the flat ground, which is a lot better yielding as far as corn, beans, etc.

But they loved the hills because it reminded them of the foothill of the Bohemian Alps.

Well, one of the reasons is they had timber in it, and they like to burn -- they wanted to burn wood.

And it was similar to the background where they came from.

I want to take credit for calling at the Bohemian Alps.

I think I might have, but I can't be sure.

But I know their grandson took the cooking in the Bohemian Alps, and he thought that up.

♪♪ Rouse: Well, I can tell you as a transplant, most of the names are not familiar to us and sometimes hard to say.

Ron Brea.

Richard Hushek.

I'm Phillis Hushek.

I'm Bev Veseli, and Veseli means happy.

I married a Veseli, and the Veselis have deep roots here.

Plus the Pastocas.

They both ran general stores here.

My great-grandfather Pastoca was a postmaster.

The lodge was very important.

Especially Memorial Day was a very big celebration here.

They had their lodge meetings, and they had secret passwords to get in and people come from Czech, and they sat in this area and their families came and their friends came, and they just all settled around.

Breja: I was born at Clutier.

My grandparents would have come from Czechoslovakia or out that way.

My grandparents came from the old country, too, all of them.

Bazal: They just call it the Bohemian Alps because the Bohemis, or Czechs, settled here, and we have so many hills and stuff around here that they just -- it's the Bohemian Alps.

You're born into it.

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