Frank Vlasak and the Beginnings of Prague, Oklahoma by Viles Slive
Viles Slive wrote a thesis titled “Frank Vlasak and the Beginnings of Prague, Oklahoma”. In Slive’s thesis he studies the life of Frank Vlasak and the establishment of Prague, Oklahoma by Czech immigrants. Vlasak was an influential leader having migrated from Bykosi, Bohemia. Vlasak had realized that the Czech immigrants coming to America only made up about thirty percent of the total population and because of this it would be difficult for the Czech immigrants to succeed and become a leading force in the United States. To overcome this Slive theorized that Vlasak sow an opportunity with the founding of Prague to move his business to the new town where it would have a greater