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Hogan Ouren autobiography, 1907
- Title
- Hogan Ouren autobiography, 1907
- Identifier
- P1049
- Date
- 1907
- Creator
- Ouren, Hogan
- Description
- An account by an immigrant from Kristiania, Norway, who came to Quebec in 1853, covering his life up to 1907. He describes his experiences in Chicago and as a sailor on Lake Michigan journeys to Colorado and California settling in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, 1866, as a merchant-farmer and finally moving to California in 1905. 29 pages, typescript. Three different copies of the account are included in the file, one of which was published in Nebraska History in Summer 1977 and includes portraits of Ouren as well as several pages of explanatory notes. The account itself is also notable for the fact that it is originally written in English, rather than being translated from Norwegian.
- Extent
- 1 folder
- Type
- Manuscripts
Collection
Citation
Ouren, Hogan, “Hogan Ouren autobiography, 1907,” Norwegian American Historical Association, accessed October 18, 2026, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/12188.