Ernie Gerbaz is the grandson of the Gerbazs and the Arbaneys who came to the Valley in the 1890s. Here he remembers growing up in Coal Basin and the life of Italian immigrants in the early 1900's.

Ernie Gerbaz Recounts Italian Immigrant Life in Coal Basin

What would it be like to be an immigrant, to leave your home, family, culture, and country to face the unknown in a strange land? Join host Walter Gallacher as immigrants from around the world tell their stories of survival, alienation, persistence and triumph.

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Ernie Gerbaz Recounts Italian Immigrant Life in Coal Basin

Ernie Gerbaz Recounts Italian Immigrant Life in Coal Basin