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Norwegian-Americans Historical Markers
Organized emigration from Norway to America started in 1825, when the sloop Restauration sailed from Stavanger to New York with 52 emigrants on board. Norwegian immigrants settled all across the U.S.A., especially in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, North and South Dakota, New York, Washington, and Texas, establishing cultural organizations. They fought in many wars. These signs and monuments mark their American history.
The Petersburg Lutheran Church was established in 1913. It is a
landmark for travelers and a legacy of early Norwegian settlers.
1998 Centennial Project/TRT Grant — — Map (db m301488) HM
The founding of Petersburg in 1896-7 by Peter Buschmann with fellow Norwegians and the building of the fish and mill processing site resulted in a lifestyle that centered around customs and traditions of Norway. Locals formally banded together in . . . — — Map (db m301493) HM
This building was used as a
post office from 1854 through
1858. Famous Norwegian skier and
mailman Snowshoe Thompson
picked up his first mail here in
1856. His courage and
perseverance conquered the
impassable winter Sierra Nevada
mountains . . . — — Map (db m193324) HM
This statue commemorates the life
and career of Norwegian American pioneer
and skier, John A. Snowshoe Thompson, who
by his courage and perseverance conquered
the impassable winter Sierra Nevada
mountains to carry mail, medicine and
supplies . . . — — Map (db m193400) HM
Because Emerald Bay reminded her of a fjord in Norway, Lora J.M. Knight purchased 200 acres here in 1928 for $250,000. She commissioned her architect nephew to design a summer home that combined the features of Scandinavian castles and churches. . . . — — Map (db m275496) HM
The Draw of Creative Minds
Wild ocean vistas, sculpted rocks, bold mountains, secluded arroyos, verdant creeks, fog-shrouded redwoods, and the rugged solitude of Big Sur have inspired artists for generations. Writers, poets, . . . — — Map (db m271185) HM
A peacetime boom came to Tahoe City. New businesses flourished. Life was changing in ways unimaginable. From the old Tahoe Tavern Winter Sports Grounds, a retired Norwegian sea captain, Kjell “Rusty” Rustad, created a small family-style . . . — — Map (db m34908) HM
The usual ship's carpenter was a Northerner - a Scot, a Finn, a Swede, a Norwegian, or a Nova Scotiaman. All of these were superb woodworkers and equal to the to the variety of tasks found on shipboard.
For instance, windjammers always carried . . . — — Map (db m102168) HM
Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian polar explorer, was the first to detect the magnetic North Pole and to navigate the Northwest Passage, the Arctic water route from the Atlantic to the Pacific. He left Norway with a crew of six on June 16 of 1903 in 1 . . . — — Map (db m21336) HM
Nineteen tablets embedded in the sidewalk line each side of Castro Street between Market Street and 19th Street.
Before 1776 The native Yelamu people live nearby in the village of Hutchuei, relocating each winter to the bayside . . . — — Map (db m99828) HM
Santa Rosa School Site and School Bell
The first Santa Rosa School was built
and the school bell installed in 1912
by local farmers, among whom were
members of the Norwegian Colony in
Conejo Valley. A new school was built
in . . . — — Map (db m180259) HM
Historic Norwegian Grade was built by hand between 1900 and 1911 using picks, shovels, farm equipment, and $60 worth of dynamite given by the County of Ventura.
The grade was constructed by members of the Norwegian Colony and their hired help . . . — — Map (db m122817) HM
When the college opened in 1961, the chicken coops located on the Pederson ranch were converted for campus use. F Building housed the campus coffee shop, which doubled as the cafeteria, and a full soda fountain, E Building served as the library; D . . . — — Map (db m154417) HM
The first documented use of skis in Colorado occurred in a snowbound mining camp during the winter of 1859-1860 near present-day Breckenridge. Ten men left in camp made skis and traveled down-valley where they built a cabin and claimed a town . . . — — Map (db m251018) HM
World War II
United States Army
Ski Troopers
99th Infantry Battalion
(Separate)
The Viking Battalion
Office of Strategic Services
O.S.S. NORSO
(Rype Group)
Special Forces
The 99th Infantry Battalion (SEP) was:
Activated 10 . . . — — Map (db m112932) HM WM
The 99th Infantry Battalion (SEP) was:
Activated 10 July 1942 at Camp Ripley Minnesota
Deactivated 11 November 1945 at Camp Miles Standish, Boston Massachusetts
Camp Hale Colorado was the main ski trooper training area located 5 miles north . . . — — Map (db m95044) WM
Frisco Arts Council ”Ski for Light, Art for Sight” Placed August 2, 1997 Dedicated to Olav Pedersen, father of Ski for Light Artist: William Barth Osmundsen The "Ski for Light, Art for Sight" sculpture of . . . — — Map (db m171497) HM
[Panel 1:] Crown Princess Mδrtha of Norway
1901 - 1954
Born in Stockholm, Sweden
to Prince Charles of Sweden
and Princess Ingeborg of Denmark
Married to Crown Prince Olav of Norway
in 1929
[Panel 2:]
This . . . — — Map (db m31756) HM
In 1867, this house was built for Danish sea captain Charles F. Boysen. It was constructed using materials from wrecked buildings along Palafox Street and featured a cupola so that Boysen could see the bay. The 1870 census listed Boysen as the . . . — — Map (db m146031) HM
Named for their wooden stave planks, Norway's iconic stave churches were constructed using many of the same techniques used to build Norwegian ships. To help protect the medieval structures against the harsh winters, master craftsmen designed the . . . — — Map (db m220022) HM
Inspired by the vast, untouched prairies
Long before Bridgeport looked the way it does now, Native Americans walked the area trails formed by the large, migrating herds of bison that made pathways through the oceans of tall-grass prairies and . . . — — Map (db m244240) HM
"...a garden, to be a work of art, must have the soul of the native landscape in it." --Jens Jensen
Welcome to Humboldt Park, a sanctuary in the city. A sanctuary is a place of refuge, or protection. A walk along the park's pathways . . . — — Map (db m233619) HM
The Norway Building stood on this site for the 1893 World's Columbian Exhibition. After the Fair Chicago millionaire C.K. Billings purchased the structure and moved it to his estate in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. William Wrigley of chewing gum fame . . . — — Map (db m125028) HM
The Norwegian sailing ship
Sleipner
left Bergen, Norway- May 23, 1862
arrived Chicago- August 2, 1862
this ship, carrying 107 passengers and 350 tons of cargo
moored at this location in the Chicago River. The Sleipner
called again in 1863, . . . — — Map (db m134955) HM
Black Hawk War
1832
William Barber William Brown
Civil War
1861-1865
Aseph J Adams Eldridge Adams William Adams Sterlin D Akin Andrew Allison Valentine Andres Charles B Andreuss George H Apthorp August Ashe . . . — — Map (db m288719) WM
In 1948, the Gardner Chronicle had this headline:
He Saved the World! Gardner Man Should be Remembered
Reverend Christian Christiansen, affectionately known as Little Chris, was born on October 8, 1859 in Norway. As a young . . . — — Map (db m270448) HM
This is the area where the first Norwegian
migrants spent the first winter in the
Fox River settlement in 1834. Across the
road is where Cleng Peterson had his famous
dream and vision of better things for his
countrymen. This resulted in . . . — — Map (db m310036) HM
Here is commemorated the 100th anniversary of the first permanent Norwegian settlement in the United States by Cleng Peerson and other pioneers from Norway. They and their descendants, who still live here have contributed largely to the development . . . — — Map (db m309627) HM
Hauge Lutheran Church
c. 1852
On May 6, 2016 was honorably placed on the
National Register of
Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
This building stands to remind us of the Norwegian pioneers who . . . — — Map (db m272439) HM
The Norwegian-American Gjefle log house was built in 1870, and an addition in 1886, in Center Township. It was moved to this site in 1990. — — Map (db m272713) HM
Overview Many immigrants found community in churches where people spoke their language and held familiar beliefs. Women played very important roles in building community in Norwegian Lutheran churches, even though they were not allowed to vote . . . — — Map (db m236298) HM
Overview Mikkel and Hage Sennes emigrated from Norway with a variety of skills that helped them eventually thrive in America. They also learned new skills once they settled in the U.S. They built this blacksmith shop on their farm in Minnesota . . . — — Map (db m236609) HM
Overview At Vesterheim Heritage Park, the landscape is a sponge for cleaning and absorbing stormwater. The park uses permeable paving, native plantings, and soil restoration to release water slowly into the ground and manage runoff and help . . . — — Map (db m236674) HM
The Millrace: Harnessing Decorahs Water Power Demosthenes, Greek statesman and orator of ancient Athens observed: "Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises." During an 1848 scouting trip to appraise the . . . — — Map (db m239880) HM
The Tremont House The northwest corner lot across the street at W. Water and N. Mill Streets has a history dating back to 1856 when Englishman Eli George bought the lot and the Tremont House, a hotel, was built the next year. . . . — — Map (db m240000) HM
All Things to All People The mercantile has a long history in Decorah. The first mercantile, the Pioneer Store, opened in the Days smokehouse shortly after the Days and the Painters founded Decorah in 1849 and William Painter . . . — — Map (db m240300) HM
The Founding of Luther College Luther College opened in September 1861 in a vacant parsonage at Halfway Creek, Wisconsin, near La Crosse, with 11 students. The Norwegian Synod, the governing body of the Norwegian Lutheran . . . — — Map (db m242101) HM
Overview New immigrants often moved to existing ethnic communities where faith, food, and culture were familiar. Sometimes, these new immigrants would need to navigate shared living space and class differences with strangers along with living . . . — — Map (db m236297) HM
Overview Hans and Anna Haugan were in their fifties when they immigrated to America. Not everyone who immigrated to America stayed. By some estimates, nearly one in five Norwegian immigrants returned home. Some left because they earned enough . . . — — Map (db m236300) HM
Overview Nineteenth century Norwegian farmers grew food for their families instead of for income. Many farms in Norway used small water-powered mills to grind grain, press apples and process cloth. These mills were usually only big enough to . . . — — Map (db m236295) HM
Overview Northeast Iowa was home to many different Native American groups that utilized the natural resources of this area for thousands of years. After Native Americans were forced out of the region by the U.S. government, European settlers . . . — — Map (db m236400) HM
Overview In the mid-19th century, a group of Norwegian immigrants who followed the state church in Norway wanted to create a system of schools associated with the church. Congregation members wanted to send their children to public schools to . . . — — Map (db m236299) HM
Overview Vesterheim was the first institution in the United States to collect and preserve buildings by moving them to a museum setting. The Eriksen-Hansen Stabbur protected grain and meat from pests and moisture by elevating them off the . . . — — Map (db m236399) HM
Overview Native Americans lived in northeast Iowa for thousands of years before being forced off their land by the U.S. government to make room for non-native settlers. Colonizers arrived in this area in 1848 and came from numerous countries in . . . — — Map (db m236608) HM
Overview Many buildings on farms in Norway were designed to serve one purpose. This building was probably used to dry grain for brewing beer. While many Norwegians and Norwegian Americans brewed their own beer, others fought for temperance. . . . — — Map (db m236672) HM
Timber Framing in America and Norway There are many ways to build a house or structure. You can stack logs horizontally to form walls, a system that you can see throughout Heritage Park. You can use narrow pieces of sawn lumber in preset . . . — — Map (db m236677) HM
Overview Norway's population nearly tripled during the 19th century. This increase, combined with restrictive inheritance laws and lack of farmable land, made it extremely difficult to escape rural poverty. Most Norwegian immigrants were from . . . — — Map (db m236296) HM
Look up to see sails. Look down and around you to see the outline of a small ship. Imagine what it would have been like to immigrate to the United States on a sailing ship in the 1800s. The journey may take 6 to 14 weeks. Why are you leaving your . . . — — Map (db m236682) HM
Vesterheim explores the diversity of American immigration through the lens of the Norwegian-American experience and showcases the best in historic and contemporary folk arts in the Norwegian tradition.
Overview The Homestead Act of 1862 made government land taken from Native Americans available for free if it was used for five years. This law allowed millions of European immigrants to settle in the prairies and woodlands of the central . . . — — Map (db m236673) HM
On this site stood two church buildings of the Lincoln Lutheran Congregation 1873-1914 1914-1968 The first building was removed to make way for the second. The second was destroyed by fire on June 9, 1968. The congregation merged with the Ridgeway . . . — — Map (db m272567) HM
Twentieth-Century Whaling-As New Bedfords whaling industry declined in the 19th century, more than a dozen other nations began hunting whales using “modern” Norwegian methods, with fast, steam-powered vessels and heavy-gauge harpoon . . . — — Map (db m62387) HM
In the summer of 1879
five Norwegian families
settled what became the
village of Leer. They and
those who followed came
to Michigan seeking to
own their own land. Many
of the men worked in area
lumber camps and Alpenas
mills until they . . . — — Map (db m233696) HM
One of the older buildings in the city was one of the first Saloons. Soren Johnson born in Nordland Norway in 1867, made his way to Gladstone in 1890. He opened a "Sample Room" at 729 Delta Ave, then moved to this location. As one of the first . . . — — Map (db m285794) HM
During the 1870s and 1880s, Ludington Swedes, Danes and Norwegians worshipped together as the Scandinavian Lutheran Society. In 1873 the society built a church where all three languages were spoken. The Swedes, who formed their own congregation on . . . — — Map (db m106848) HM
In 1854 Ole and Guri Sorbel immigrated to Rock County Wisconsin from Hallingdal, Norway. In 1856 they settled to your right on the northwest bank of Lake Linden. On September 21, 1876, Bob, Cole and Jim Younger and Charlie Pitts received breakfast . . . — — Map (db m68073) HM
In 1899, the Iowa and Minnesota Land & Townsite Company circulated a petition to locate a railroad station in Lake Hanska Township. The petition was signed by 77 people and on October 9, 1899 the village of Hanska was platted in section 24 by Harry . . . — — Map (db m66468) HM
Ole Synsteby was born in Lesja, Gulbrandsdalen, Norway. In the summer of 1873, the Synsteby family migrated to the Lake Hanska area. In 1879 Ole purchased the land which is now designated as Lake Hanska County Park.
The story of . . . — — Map (db m79934) HM
This structure is a replica of many such stabburs found in Norway. There are several variations. "Stabbur" translated means store house.
Benefactors: James & Ferdi Amundson estate.
These Lake Hanska farmers were descendants of Norwegian . . . — — Map (db m68264) HM
This log cabin was built about 1857 by the Omsrud/Thordson and Torgrimson families, immigrants from Valdres, Norway. It originally stood on the Thord Omsrud farm on the shores of Omsrud Lake. The cabin was moved to this site in 1986 by . . . — — Map (db m66437) HM
Knute Nelson, who was known for his courage and common sense, served the people of Minnesota as a public officeholder for over 50 years. Born in Norway in 1843, he was elected to the Minnesota legislature and to two terms in the United States . . . — — Map (db m207638) HM
Like immigrants from many European nations in the mid-19th century, Norwegians left their homeland to escape overpopulation, food shortages, and farm foreclosures. They began arriving in Minnesota in the 1850s, drawn by rich farmland and job . . . — — Map (db m31323) HM
The Kildall Fish Company billed itself as "the world's largest ludefisk producers." (Today, the word is more commonly spelled lutefisk.)
Founded by a Norwegian immigrant, the company imported mass quantities of dried whitefish from the . . . — — Map (db m270310) HM
Charles Ingebretsen came to the United States from Norway, working first in New York City as a dockhand, then as an apprentice meat cutter in Fargo. He arrived in Minneapolis around 1907 and entered the meat-selling business. He owned . . . — — Map (db m213245) HM
Norwegian immigrant sisters Pauline and Thomane Fjelde gained renown for winning a gold medal at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago for embroidering the first Minnesota State Flag, which was used until 1957. Pauline's . . . — — Map (db m234625) HM
New Products for New Consumers
During the 1920s, manufacturers and producers reached mass markets like never before. Newspaper, radio, and billboard advertising urged consumers to buy goods ranging from bread to automobiles. Mail-order . . . — — Map (db m236671) HM
The Witch's Hat Water Tower was designed by Norwegian architect Frederick William Cappelen and constructed by the city of Minneapolis in 1913. Occupying the highest natural land area in Minneapolis, the water tower was built to improve water . . . — — Map (db m176758) HM
This cabin was donated by
Emmet Olson
in 1927 to this park.
Built prior to 1860, the cabin was the home of these Norwegian settlers who underwent the Indian massacre of Aug. 24, 1862, in Belmont Twp. north of Jackson. Sioux raiders . . . — — Map (db m205191) HM
On August 16, 1885 thirty people met at the home of Erik and Anette Larsen located in Section 26 of Fahlun Township and under the direction of Rev. A.N. Kleven, a new Lutheran congregation was organized by the name of "Tromso Lutheran Church," . . . — — Map (db m78263) HM
In 1879 this village of Jericho was established in the historic Norway Lake settlement, 20 years after the first Norwegian immigrants arrived. A general store with a post office, a blacksmith shop, a creamery, and other businesses prospered in . . . — — Map (db m78215) HM
Following the Civil War, immigrants flowed into the Norway Lake area with the majority from Norway and Sweden. On October 10, 1868, Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Norway Lake incorporated and built a log cabin worship facility at this . . . — — Map (db m76700) HM
Until 1868 the rapidly growing Norway Lake settlement had no regular place of worship. In the fall of that year a church of logs was hastily constructed. It would serve as the Norway Lake church until 1875 with Rev. L.J. Markhus as the pastor.
. . . — — Map (db m78357) HM
Owned originally by Judge Gauthe Emil (GE) Qvale, this log cabin was part of the family estate on Eagle Lake. It was built as a children's playhouse and later converted to a guest house.
GE Qvale (1860-1951) was born in Norway and immigrated to . . . — — Map (db m231825) HM
This log house is one of our state's Norwegian-American treasures. It was built about 1858 for the Endreson family, who had emigrated from Vikoy parish, Hardanger, Norway, in 1857.
Lars Endreson Rosseland, the builder of the house, had been a . . . — — Map (db m231777) HM
Site of the first church of the Lake Hendricks Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church
Built in 1891
First service conducted July 19, 1891
Now part of Calvary Lutheran Church
1977 — — Map (db m259634) HM
Dr. O. H. Hegge, a native of Biri Parish, Norway, enrolled at the University of Minnesota Medical School in 1890, just two days after arriving in the United States. He later graduated from the University of Illinois School of Medicine in Chicago and . . . — — Map (db m235431) HM
1854-Methodist church organized-disbanded 1900.
1858-Norwegian Lutheran church organized - 1911 present church erected.
1858-Scandian Grove Lutheran church organized. 1888 stone church erected.
1858-Burkes had a general store & post . . . — — Map (db m73881) HM
The Lord our God be with us as He was with our fathers; let Him not forsake us. Kings, 8, 57.
The Norseland Lutheran Church was organized in the year of our Lord, 1858, at the home of Johannes Johnson Odegaard, located 1 mile east . . . — — Map (db m73840) HM
Pelican Rapids Village
First settler: Harrison Harris, 1869
Village platted 1872
Village incorporated May 16, 1882
First church organized: Congregational, May 10, 1882
First school district organized, No. 10, Nov. 17, 1871
First . . . — — Map (db m261161) HM
Gilman and Clara Berg Aaberg purchased their farm home in 1915 on what would eventually be part of "Glacial Lakes State Park." On this historic farm they raised 13 children which included 2 sets of twins and 1 set of triplets. The triplets were born . . . — — Map (db m95072) HM
A house of worship erected in 1844 by the first congregation organized by Norwegian Lutheran immigrants in America.
Originally located on Indian Hill, near Waterford, in southeastern Wisconsin. Reconstructed on the campus of Luther . . . — — Map (db m247111) HM
This land was first tilled in 1867 by Ole Enestvedt and a pair of oxen with a single bottom plow. The early years were hard, back-breaking years as homesteading usually was. In 1900, Ole and Anna's youngest son, Engebret started the . . . — — Map (db m71275) HM
This is the Lars Rudi home. Lars was the son of a farmer in Uvdal, Numedal, Norway, and was one of seven Rudi children who grew to adulthood. All but one of the Rudi siblings immigrated to America hoping to make a better life for . . . — — Map (db m71224) HM
This memorial to Ole O. and Anne Enestvedt and their children is near the location of the log and dugout home of these Norwegian immigrants. This pioneer family staked their homestead claim in the spring of 1867, shortly after the "Indian . . . — — Map (db m71288) HM
Thomas Anderson Veblen and Kari Bunde Veblen Farmstead
From 1866 to 1893 this farmstead was the home of the Veblen family one of the most prominent Norwegian immigrant families of the nineteenth century.
The most distinguishing trait . . . — — Map (db m243426) HM
Leif Erikson
Discoverer of America
1000 A. D.
sponsored and erected by the
Norwegian American League
of
Duluth, Minnesota
and
Popular Subscription
presented to the City of Duluth, Minnesota
August 25, 1956.
Designed . . . — — Map (db m6323) HM
Eighteen-year-old Ole Erickson Boxrud spent only two years of his short life in Minnesota, but his heroic act on the evening of April 16, 1863, reserved a place for him in the heritage of Watonwan County.
Boxrud was born in Hedalen, Norway, in . . . — — Map (db m230869) HM
Although he is best known for his authorship of America's prohibition enforcement act, U.S. Congressman Andrew J. Volstead's greatest legacy as a lawmaker was the Capper-Volstead Act which permits farmers to join together in cooperatives to . . . — — Map (db m272538) HM
The Eagle Bearers in Missouri
In late 1861, the Eighth Wisconsin Infantry joined many other units from Midwestern states moving through the Federal hub in St. Louis, Mo. The Eighth Wisconsin was known as the "Eagle Regiment" after its mascot, . . . — — Map (db m208339) HM
Until the arrival of large discount grocery chains after World War II, numerous grocery businesses thrived in Anaconda. Some merchants sold a vast array of goods, and others specialized in dry goods, produce, or meat. Many groceries catered to . . . — — Map (db m183453) HM
Slightly arched windows, prominent eave returns, a canted front bay, and decorative shingles reflect the care builders took constructing this one-story home. Retired merchant Jacob Bottorf and his wife Emily resided here from the residence's . . . — — Map (db m160391) HM
Open-air porches and balustrades on the first and second stories distinguish this transitional residence built circa 1910. At a time when architectural tastes were changing, the home reflects the asymmetrical Victorian-era Queen Anne style of the . . . — — Map (db m160401) HM
From 1900 to 1910, the Northern Pacific Railroads good fortunes overflowed into Livingston. Expansion of railroad services brought an influx of blue-collar workers and their families who located on the convenient Eastside, near the railroad shops . . . — — Map (db m191724) HM
Copper king William A. Clark and other prominent businessmen platted the Warren and Kingsbury Addition in 1878 just above Clarks Original Mine. In 1888, a small wooden dwelling occupied this lot. This one-story duplex, with a rubble stone . . . — — Map (db m184980) HM
The Aron Arlington family arrived as the area's first Euroamerican settlers in 1857, later moving near Decatur.
Norwegian John Oak and his wife, Inger Askwig Oak, came to the Logan valley in 1866, occupying the abandoned Arlington cabin. As . . . — — Map (db m266049) HM
Born: April 30, 1827, Tinn, Telemark, Norway
Emigrated to America from Norway: May 30, 1837
Carried the mail: January 1856 – May 1876 (Twice a month -
during the winter for 20 years.)
Distance: 90 miles between Placerville, Ca and . . . — — Map (db m20679) HM
Born April 30, 1827 at Upper Tinns, Telemark District of Norway, John A. “Snowshoe” Thompsons parents Tosten Olsen and Gro Johnsdotter baptized him as John Tostensen. At an early age he learned to “snow skate” (snow ski). In . . . — — Map (db m20712) HM
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