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Jens H. Forshaug travel report, 1951
- Title
- Jens H. Forshaug travel report, 1951
- Identifier
- P0099
- Date
- 1951
- Creator
- Forshaug, Jens H.
- Description
- A manuscript entitled "Alaska" by an Alaskan gold miner, reindeer inspector, and author, with comments on people, climate, geography, and history.
According to an article in "Decorah Posten," Sept. 18, 1958, Forshaug was born in Wisconsin to emigrant parents (1911); he studied at St. Olaf College and the Univ. of Alaska. When 27 he sought gold near Nome, "but one year was enough for him." He became a reindeer inspector at Barrow, and did many other kinds of work, "most interesting is his beginning book in English for Indians [Native Americans], which he called "'min røde bog.'"
Location:
1/A/5 - Extent
- 1 folder
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Rights undetermined.
- Type
- Travel report
- Manuscripts
Collection
Citation
Forshaug, Jens H., “Jens H. Forshaug travel report, 1951,” Norwegian American Historical Association, accessed October 17, 2026, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/9727.