Joseph Mitchell - "The Mohawks in High Steel" (1949)

"The Wigwam (75 Nevin, Brooklyn), opened in the 1950s-60s by a Spanish immigrant and Mohawk woman, was the epicenter of Mohawk skywalkers who helped build much of the New York City skyline. It had been a bar from the late 1800s. In 1949, it was still called by its 2nd name, Nevins Street Bar & Grill, mentioned by Joseph Mitchell in 'The Mohawks in High Steel,' serving beer from Montreal. At Wigwam, Mohawk women tended bar like Verlain White, who arrived at 19 in 1959, when it was rare for women to work as bartenders. The bar had a portrait of Jim Thorpe, the Olympics gold medalist from Sac and Fox Nation. The door had a sign that read: 'The Greatest Iron Workers in the World Pass Thru These Doors.' ..."
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Joseph Mitchell - The Mohawks in High Steel (1949)
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