Junction City in Lane County, Oregon — The American West (Northwest)
“The Struggle Has Ended”
The Danish Cemetery
Photographed By Douglass Halvorsen, April 20, 2018
1. “The Struggle Has Ended” Marker
Inscription.
“The Struggle Has Ended”. The Danish Cemetery. Early in the twentieth century, Danish immigrants settled in and around Junction City. Like most immigrants they came to stay and live like other Americans, but that did not mean abandoning their ethnic heritage. As one letter writer explained to his fiance in Denmark, “We desire a danish room in an American house.”, The very first Danes organized a congregation affiliated with the Danish Lutheran church in America. , The congregation then chose a location on the corner of Dane Lane and Deal Street for the church cemetery, but they quickly discovered that a floodplain was a poor place for a cemetery. In 1903 the congregation purchased this hilltop to be its cemetery. It was called and still is The Danish Cemetery., The settlement ultimately counted well over a hundred Danish families. It flourished for over over half a century and still makes a significant contribution to the community., Æret være deres minde. , Honored be their memory.
Early in the twentieth century, Danish immigrants settled in and around Junction City. Like most immigrants they came to stay and live like other Americans, but that did not mean abandoning their ethnic heritage. As one letter writer explained to his fiance in Denmark, “We desire a danish room in an American house.”
The very first Danes organized a congregation affiliated with the Danish Lutheran church in America.
The congregation then chose a location on the corner of Dane Lane and Deal Street for the church cemetery, but they quickly discovered that a floodplain was a poor place for a cemetery. In 1903 the congregation purchased this hilltop to be its cemetery. It was called and still is The Danish Cemetery.
The settlement ultimately counted well over a hundred Danish families. It flourished for over over half a century and still makes a significant contribution to the community.
Location. 44° 12.781′ N, 123° 17.623′ W. Marker is in Junction City, Oregon, in Lane County. Marker can be reached from Danish Cemetery
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Road south of High Pass Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Junction City OR 97448, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Photographed By Douglass Halvorsen, April 20, 2018
2. “The Struggle Has Ended” Marker
Photographed By Douglass Halvorsen, April 20, 2018
3. Mary K. Petersen headstone
This tombstone is the oldest in the cemetery. Located east of the driveway, close to the arch.
Photographed By Douglass Halvorsen, April 20, 2018
4. Cemetery arch
Photographed By Douglass Halvorsen, April 20, 2018
5. Cemetery arch dedication plaque
Arch Dedicated to the
Danish Settlers
1903-1981
The Struggle is Ended
Photographed By Douglass Halvorsen, April 20, 2018
6. The Danish Cemetery entrance
Credits. This page was last revised on May 5, 2018. It was originally submitted on May 4, 2018, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. This page has been viewed 265 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on May 4, 2018, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.