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Richard A. Larson article, 1991
- Title
- Richard A. Larson article, 1991
- Identifier
- P1610
- Date
- 1991
- Creator
- Larson, Richard A.
- Description
- Lost Norwegians of Iroquois county: presented at monthly meeting of Heimskringla April 1, 1991." Larson teaches in the Environmental Studies department, University of Illinois, Urbana. The beginnings: the sloopers. The Illinois connection: Fox Valley and Chicago. The voyage of the Aegir; Ole Rynning. Beaver Creek, 1837-1840. Beaver Creek since 1840. The people of Beaver Creek. Illustrations: The Restoration. Cleng Peerson. A pioneer log cabin, Muskego, Wisconsin, 1840. Map of Norwegian settlements in the Midwest. Map of early settlements in Iroquois county. Iroquois county townships. Wording of the deed copied by Rynning…for True account. The earliest recorded purchasers of land in Beaverville township and the Middleport townships (from Iroquois county original land purchases 1831-1882, by R.D. Moore and V. N. Moore, 1977). "Using county property transfer records, I was able to find some, but only a very few, records of their land purchases in the area. It is probable that most of them were lost when the US government transferred "unsold swampland" to the states in 1850. The first recorded purchasers of the Beaver Creek land are largely French settlers who arrived in the min-1850s." – communication from Larson (May 3, 1996) to Odd S. Lovoll.
- Location: 13/B/1
- Extent
- 1 folder
- Type
- Typescripts
Collection
Citation
Larson, Richard A., “Richard A. Larson article, 1991,” Norwegian American Historical Association, accessed October 17, 2026, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/10896.