• 1860-1890:      Few hundred Lebanese migrate to America
  • 1890:                  Immigration increases to 1,000 every year
  • 1913-1914:        Lebanese population reaches 9,000
  • 1917:                   Gabriel Abbott farms turnips in Florida, Massachusetts
  • 1900s:                Fuad K. Ameen opens "K.F. Variety store." and the famous Angelina's Sub Shop
  • 1928:                  Albert Coury and Family immigrate to North Adams from Lebanon.