They are continuing. The Dutch? Hey, my ancestors are Dutch. We know a lot about dikes. ;-)
They must have been the California Dutch.............
My father was born in Holland in 1904, and came to this country as a little boy with his parents and two brothers. Back in 2006, I was lucky enough to visit the village he was born in with my oldest son. It's an experience I will never forget. I wish now I'd had more time to spend there.