Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Archival Collection Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context P1544 Title A name given to the resource Guri Olsdatter (Rosseland) Endreson papers, 1866-1951 Description An account of the resource Endreson, Guri Olsdatter (Rosseland) (1831-1881). A heroine of the Sioux Uprising in central Minnesota, August 1862, Guri Endreson settled with her husband Lars and their children by Lake Solomon, north of Willmar, Kandiyohi county, in 1857. The Norway Lake settlement just to the north was the only large Norwegian colony in the Lake Park region before the Uprising. On Aug. 20, 1862, her husband and their oldest son and his wife were killed, the farm buildings burned down, and two daughters were taken hostage. The following day Guri emerged from hiding to find the wounded younger son, and managed to transport him and two wounded neighbors to safety 30 miles east.<br /><br />Included is the letter she later (Dec. 2, 1866) wrote to her family in Hardanger; typed transcription of the letter; and the English translation (with introd.) by Theodore C. Blegen, photocopy of article in Minnesota History, De. 1929, pp. 425-430.; Also, transcription of "Statement of Mrs. Gure Anderson" from History of the Great Massacre by Charles S. Bryant and A. B. Murch (St. Peter, 1872: in library collection, E83.86.B91.; Clippings (1907-1951) about Endreson and the Uprising and later observances. Includes souvenir programs (1933, 1941, 1960) of memorial observances held at Monson Lake Memorial Park, and information about the Endreson cabin now preserved on the Willmar fairgrounds. Includes memories of Mars. Halsten Olson; article by Agnes C. Laut (North Star, Dec. 1920, pp. 37-51); three installments of account published in Fergus Falls Ugeblad (1929); article by Martha (Aabye) Finney (Decorah Posten Aug. 4, 1936); article by Ole Paulson (Ungdommens Ven, July 1907). Added 2002: article by Deb Nelson Gourley about events near Belmont, Jackson co., Minn. Location: 12/B/6 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1866-1951 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Endreson, Guri, 1813-1881 Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1 folder Subject The topic of the resource Finney, Martha A. Laut, Agnes C., 1871-1936 Olson, Halsten Hjørnevik, Lars Hjørnevik, Ingeborg Monson Lake State Park Endreson, Guri, 1813-1881 Gourley, Deb Nelson, 1954- Dakota War, Minnesota, 1862 Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Clippings