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    612-822-4611

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Spring Grove: Minnesota's First Norwegian Settlement

Spring Grove: Minnesota's First Norwegian Settlement

Muller, Chad

Paperback

Series: Images of America

General PhotographyGeneral Racism & Ethnic StudiesRegional: Midwest

Publisher Price: $24.99

ISBN10: 0738519499
ISBN13: 9780738519494
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: Apr 22 2002
Pages: 130
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.36 Width: 6.34 Depth: 9.72
Language: English
Spring Grove: Minnesota's First Norwegian Settlement is a tribute to the state's earliest Norwegian emigrants, and to generations of Norwegian Americans who have made this small farming community amongst deep valleys, fjord-like bluffs, and winding streams their true vesterheim. It is a tale told through striking historic photographs, many previously unreleased, and personal narratives, often humorous and always insightful.

The area was first settled in the 1850s by pioneers like James Smith, who, inspired by the landscape, named the place Spring Grove. Smith was followed by the likes of Big Ole Gulbransgutton, who chased crooked land surveyors out of town with his bare fist; by the innovative Mons Fladager, whose business acumen earned him the title of Father of Spring Grove; and by the 20th-century cartoonist Peter J. Rosendahl, whose work gave a comical voice to the challenges of cultural assimilation. Spring Grove: Minnesota's First Norwegian Settlement also conveys the universality of the Norwegian immigrant experience, and anyone with Norwegian roots who desires to learn more about their ancestors will find it an enjoyable read.

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