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 General view, Spring Grove Minnesota, 1915 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge |
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Spring Grove: Minnesota's First Norwegian Settlement |
| Spring Grove: Minnesota's First
Norwegian Settlement is a tribute to the state's earliest
Norwegian emigrants, and to generations of Norwegian
Americans who have made this small farming community amongst
deep valleys, fjord-like bluffs, and winding streams their
true vesterheim. It is a tale told through striking historic
photographs, many previously unreleased, and personal
narratives, often humorous and always insightful. The area was first settled in the 1850s by pioneers like James Smith, who, inspired by the landscape, named the place Spring Grove. Smith was followed by the likes of "Big" Ole Gulbransgutton, who chased crooked land surveyors out of town with his bare fist; by the innovative Mons Fladager, whose business acumen earned him the title of "Father of Spring Grove"; and by the 20th-century cartoonist Peter J. Rosendahl, whose work gave a comical voice to the challenges of cultural assimilation. Spring Grove: Minnesota's First Norwegian Settlement also conveys the universality of the Norwegian immigrant experience, and anyone with Norwegian roots who desires to learn more about their ancestors will find it an enjoyable read. |
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Norwegian American Women: Migration, Communities, and Identities |
| The history of Norwegian settlement in the United States has often been told through the eyes of prominent men, while the women are imagined in the form of O. E. Rølvaag's fictionalized heroine Beret Holm, who made the best of life on the frontier but whose gaze seemed ever fixed on her long-lost home. The true picture is more complex. In an area spanning the Midwest and rural West and urban areas such as Seattle, Chicago, and Brooklyn, Norwegian American women found themselves in varied circumstances, ranging from factory worker to domestic, impoverished to leisured. Offering a comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach, Norwegian American Women: Migration, Communities, and Identities considers the stories of this immigrant group through a gendered lens. | |
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