Traunik was the heart of
a large ethnic community
that developed in the early
1900s, when Slovenians
who cut timber settled on
the cut-over land. This
store, built in 1922–23,
was purchased by Louis
Mikulich in 1925. Mikulich’s
store was . . . — — Map (db m253855) HM
To this place they came, beginning in 1912, and
when enough had gathered to form a community, they
named it Traunik, which means "meadow" in Slovenia,
the country they left in search of a better life.
They brought with them a willingness . . . — — Map (db m253852) HM
