This spawned a small settlement in Prince George's County, Maryland, also called "Silesia", with a population today of around 40 people.

[2] Stein worked as clerk and stenographer for the United States Geological Survey from 1885 until 1905, occasionally translating scientific literature into English on a freelance basis.

He also became an active member of the newly formed National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C., translating articles for its magazine and presenting papers at its meetings.

[1] He participated in several Arctic expeditions, and was an interpreter of Eskimo languages for Admiral Robert Edwin Peary.

"[5] Stein would later propose a claim to reduce pre-war tensions through a vast exchange of colonies and hinterlands, notably involving ceding Greenland to Canada.