---------- From: Olaf <Kringhaug@shaw.ca> Reply-To: TRONDELAG-L@rootsweb.com Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 18:45:27 -0800 To: TRONDELAG-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Tronder] Itasca County, Minnesota Resent-From: TRONDELAG-L@rootsweb.com Resent-Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 08:07:25 -0700 Translated from 'Nordmændene i Amerika' by Martin Ulvestad. 1907. Itasca County The first Norwegian in this county was Thomas Irgens from Modum. He came from Dakota and settled at Grand Rapids in 1868. Later in the year came Johannes JensenÝ from Kristiania, Fredrik Christiansen from Frøiøen near Kristiansund, Kolbjørn and Bernt E. Bensen and O. K. Sherman from Vaaler, Solør, L. A. Willmann from Ørkedalsøren, Lars Orge from Søndmøre, Fritjof and Martin Madsen from Kristiania, Ole Hansen from Kragerø and Ed Holum from Overhalden. Firewood, timber and game have, until now, been the Norwegian settlement's main source of subsistence. P. O. Bohn was the first in the vicinity of Rosy. He was from Ørskoug, Søndmøre. Indians were the first Norwegians' nearest neighbours. One of the pioneer's writes, "I settled in here in the thick primeval forest to fight with mosquitoes, brush ticks - and wild people, if necessary. And how I chopped, cleared and dug! But it is now good to be here." There are 4 Norwegian congregations in the county, 2 belonging to The Norwegian Synod, 1 to The Lutheran Free Church and 1 to The United Church. ==== TRONDELAG Mailing List ==== To Subscribe/Unsubscribe-http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/NOR/TRONDELAG.htm l ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx