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Ludwig Motzfeldt clippings, 1908-1934
- Title
- Ludwig Motzfeldt clippings, 1908-1934
- Identifier
- P0249
- Date
- 1908-1934
- Creator
- Motzfeldt, Ludwig
- Description
- Clippings providing information about Motzfeldt who emigrated to Chicago about 1872. He established a trading post in Forest County, Wisconsin, and married a Chippewa woman. Included is a 3-page biographical statement about Ketil Johnsen Melstad Motzfeldt (1908). Motzfeldt died while living at Odanah, on the Bad River Indian reservation, Langlade Co., Wis. In one clipping, D.G. Ristad tells of the family in Norway.
- Location: 1/B/4
- Extent
- 1 folder
- Subject
- Motzfeldt, Ernest
- Motzfeldt, Ketil Johnsen Melstad 1814-1889
- Motzfeldt, Ludwig
- Wisconsin
- Ristad, D. G. (Ditlef Georgson), 1863-1938
- Type
- Clippings
Collection
Citation
Motzfeldt, Ludwig, “Ludwig Motzfeldt clippings, 1908-1934,” Norwegian American Historical Association, accessed October 17, 2026, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/12215.