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J.J. Stennes memories, undated
- Title
- J.J. Stennes memories, undated
- Identifier
- NAHA 2019/883
- Date
- undated
- Description
- Son of Jacob and Elen Stennes who settled in Fillmore County, Minnesota in 1856. Stennes, born in 1865, provides many details of growing up in Minnesota and later relocating to West Sparta area.
Memories include school days; neighbors; prairie schooner; moving the school house; the centennial of United States (1876); grasshopper invasion; railroad; Norwegian education; threshing; heavy snows and flooding; attending Augustana in Canton, South Dakota (1885); serving as Post-master in Milan, Minnesota; threshing machine boiler inspector; notes on the speculation on township of Watson (1879).
Formerly part of P539. - Extent
- 1 folder
- Language
- English
Collection
Citation
“J.J. Stennes memories, undated,” Norwegian-American Historical Association, accessed September 21, 2024, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/11748.