Tuesday's Tip: Swedish-American Newspapers

The Minnesota Historical Society provides access to 28 Swedish-American newspapers published between 1859 and 2007. These newspapers were published for the Swedish immigrant communities. More than 300,000 digitized pages are available for searching and browsing. There is a text correction tool that you can use to correct mistakes. There is also a user annotation tool, which can be used to add comments and tags.

I found some interesting things in this collection. My ancestors attended the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Chicago, and news from the church was published. My great-grandfather Edward Theodore Anderson and his brother-in-law Carl Dahlquist were elected to serve as deacons. My 2nd-great-grandfather C. J. Dahlquist (Carl's father) was in the Anti-Saloon League (something that I was previously unaware of).

Svenska Amerikanaren, 18 January 1917, page 15

I found a death notice for C. J. Dahlquist's son Martin L. Dahlquist.

Svenska Tribunen-Nyheter, 6 August 1919, page 12

C. J. Dahlquist's brother Frank A. Shirlander and his wife were attacked by a former employee in 1905. The incident was reported in two Swedish-American newspapers.

Svenska Amerikanaren, 30 May 1905, page 11

Svenska Tribunen, 31 May 1905, page 11

If you have Swedish ancestors who immigrated to the United States, this collection is worth a look. The collection can be accessed at http://www.mnhs.org/newspapers/swedishamerican.

Wednesday's Child: Walter Boe

Walter Boe was born in 1899. He was the son of my great-grandfather John Boe and his first wife Signe Olson.

According to the 1900 United States census, he was born in June 1899; his age was given as 11/12.

1900 United States census, Benson, Swift County, Minnesota, population schedule, enumeration district no. 270, sheet no. 11A, family 190. Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

Walter died on 26 September 1900 in Danvers, Swift County, Minnesota. His age at death was given as 1 year, 8 months, and 14 days, which suggests that he was born on 12 January 1899. The cause of death was cholera infantum.

Swift County, Minnesota. Death card, Walter Boe, 1900. Iron Range Research Center, Chisolm, Minnesota.

John and Signe's next son, born in 1901, was also given the name Walter.

Those Places Thursday: West Bank, Swift County, Minnesota

My 2nd-great-grandparents Jorgen Jorgensen Boe and Aaste Halvorsdatter Otterholt lived in West Bank, Swift County, Minnesota.

On 19 July 1878,  C. J. Norby and twenty-seven others formulated a petition to request that a new town be organized. The town was to be called Springdale, but when the petition was granted, the name was changed to West Bank. The name comes from its location west of the Chippewa River.

West Bank's total area is 36.2 square miles.

The town's first election took place on 11 March 1879.

The citizens of the town helped to create a good system of roads, ditches, and bridges. Jorgen, his brother-in-law Erick Halvorson, and L. S. Saterlie were the men on the committee to view the bridge across the Chippewa River, between the towns of West Bank and Swenoda.

General Laws of the State of Minnesota Passed During the Thirtieth Session of the State Legislature, Commencing January Fifth, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ninety-Seven. Page 179. Delano: Eagle Printing, 1897. Available from Google Books.
 

General Laws of the State of Minnesota Passed During the Thirtieth Session of the State Legislature, Commencing January Fifth, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ninety-Seven. Page 180. Delano: Eagle Printing, 1897. Available from Google Books.

The town's only church, the West Bank Lutheran Church, was organized in 1892. The building was completed in 1897. It burned down in 1907, but it was rebuilt, and the new building was dedicated in 1913.

There are three cemeteries in West Bank: the West Bank Lutheran Church burial ground, the Golden-Olson Cemetery on the Golden Brothers farm, and a cemetery on the John Tvedt farm.

At the time of the 2000 United States Census, the population of West Bank was 200. There were 74 households and 54 families. The population size was about the same as it was in 1880.

Saint Paul Daily Globe, 30 July 1880, page 2

References
General Laws of the State of Minnesota Passed During the Thirtieth Session of the State Legislature, Commencing January Fifth, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ninety-Seven. Delano: Eagle Printing, 1897. Available from Google Books.
Minnesota's Population. Saint Paul Daily Globe, 30 July 1880, page 2.
Swift County Historical Society. Swift County Minnesota: A Collection of Historical Sketches and Family Histories. Dallas, TX: Taylor Publishing, 1979.
West Bank Township, Swift County, Minnesota

Feast Day of Saint Sithney

August 4 is the feast day of Saint Sithney, the patron saint of mad dogs. Sithney emigrated from Cornwall, England to Guic-Sezni, Brittany, where he founded a monastery. He died about 529.

According to a Breton legend, God wanted Sithney to be the patron saint of girls who were looking for husbands. Sithney said he would rather be the patron saint of mad dogs, so he would be able to get some rest.

Sithney is the patron saint of the parish church of Sithney, Cornwall, England, and the parish is named after him. He is invoked to heal mad dogs and for help against rabies and mad dogs. Sick and mad dogs are given water from Sithney's well as a tonic.

My first cousin three times removed Edward Henry (or Henry Edward) Halvorson died on 22 April 1913 in Milan, Chippewa County, Minnesota at the age of thirty-six. According to Boe (Bø) and Halvorson-Otterholt: Shared Roots in Telemark, he died after being bitten by a rabid dog.

References
Boe (Bø) and Halvorson-Otterholt: Shared Roots in Telemark. Compiled by Melvin and Alpha M. (Boe) Brodshaug, 1984. Published by Arlene (Boe) Christensen and Marjorie (Boe) Bergee. Printed by Anundsen Publishing Co., Decorah, Iowa.
CatholicSaints.Info: Saint Sithney
Saint Sithney
Sithney 
Walsh, Michael; A New Dictionary of Saints East and West. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2007.

Church Record Sunday: Confirmation of Kari Boe

Immanuel Lutheran Parish (Synod), 5 m. N.E. of Watson, Minnesota. Ministerial Records, 1869-1908. Confirmations, 28 October 1888. Ancestry.com. U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Records, 1875-1940 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.

On 28 October 1888. my great-grandfather's sister Kari Boe was confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Parish, 5 miles northeast of Watson, Chippewa County, Minnesota.

In addition to the date of confirmation, the record gives the names of her parents (Jorgen Boe and Aaste Halvorsdatter), her place of birth (Rock Dell [Olmsted, Minnesota]), her date of birth (5 April 1874), and her date of baptism (5 August 1874).

Mappy Monday: Johnson's Minnesota and Dakota, 1862

Johnson's Minnesota and Dakota. Johnson, A. J., Johnson's New Illustrated (Steel Plate) Family Atlas with Descriptions, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical. A. J. Johnson & Ward, 1862. Public domain. Available from Wikimedia Commons.

This map shows Minnesota and the Dakota Territory in 1862. Just a few years later, in 1866 and 1867, my Boe and Halvorson-Otterholt ancestors left Norway and settled in Dodge County, Minnesota.

Snow

The Blizzard of 2016 has buried my house in snow. There is so much snow that I can only open the side door (the one I use) an inch or two. I shoveled the front and back steps, but the rest is still there. I got a text from my town that said that 24-30 inches of snow were expected. The storm could break New Jersey records.

My backyard

I have lived through other major snowstorms. After the Blizzard of 1996 struck, I did not leave my apartment for four days. When all the snow melted, the roof leaked and water poured down my ceiling. I had to move out of my first apartment.

My ancestors experienced many snowstorms. On 17 March 1892, Nashville, Tennessee experienced its biggest snowstorm, which brought 17 inches of snow.

Daily American (Nashville, TN), 18 March 1892, page 4

St. Louis, Missouri experienced a severe ice storm in December 1924. Three-quarters of the state of Missouri was covered by ice for the last half of December. When this happened, my maternal grandmother Margaret Ann Schneider was thirteen years old, and my maternal grandfather John Boe was sixteen years old.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 19 December 1924, page 1

My ancestors in Chicago, Illinois also experienced snowstorms, such as the one in January 1918, which at that time was the worst blizzard in Chicago's history (it is now the 10th worst). My paternal grandmother Helen Martha Marie Anderson was six years old, and my paternal grandfather Henry Cornelius Gatlin was seven years old.

Chicago Daily Tribune, 7 January 1918, page 1

Chicago Daily Tribune, 7 January 1918, page 1

Porter County, Indiana experienced a bad snowstorm at the end of 1927.

Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, IN), 31 December 1927, page 1

The Children's Blizzard, also known as the Schoolhouse Blizzard, struck Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho on 12 January 1888. It was the deadliest blizzard in Minnesota history. Many of the victims were schoolchildren.

Saint Paul Globe, 14 January 1888, page 1

Some of my ancestors were living in Swift County, Minnesota at that time. Benson is the county seat.

Saint Paul Globe, 14 January 1888, page 1

52 Ancestors: Week 43 "Oops": Thor Boe (and brother Peder)

The book Boe (Bø) and Halvorson-Otterholt; Shared Roots in Telemark states that Jorgen Pederson Boe and Ingeborg Torsdatter Vatner's sons Per Bø (born 24 September 1852) and Tor (Thor) Bø (born 22 October 1854),  had died in Norway in 1862 after drinking slough water.

In 1865, Jørgen Pedersen's household in Bø, Telemark, Norway included son Thor Jørgensen, age 12.

The migration records from the Bø parish registers show that Jorgen Pedersen Boe and his family left  Bø on 3 May 1866. Sons Peder and Thor were listed with the family.

Telemark county, Bø, Parish register (official) nr. 9 (1862-1879), Migration records 1866-1867, page 381. http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:NBN:no-a1450-kb20051011051207.jpg

The 1866 passenger list from the Vanadis shows that Peder Boe, age 13, and Thor Boe, age 11, sailed from Christiania (now Oslo) Norway to Quebec, Canada with Jorgen Boe and his family.

Passenger list, Vanadis, 1866. Ancestry.com. Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.Original data:  Passenger Lists, 1865–1935. Microfilm Publications T-479 to T-520, T-4689 to T-4874, T-14700 to T-14939, C-4511 to C-4542. Library and Archives Canada, n.d. RG 76-C. Department of Employment and Immigration fonds. Library and Archives Canada Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

In "The People from Telemark in Chippewa, Yellow Medicine and Lac qui Parle Counties"(originally published in Norwegian in Telesoga 20 (July 1914), pages 3-4; translated by Grace Foss and reprinted in Telemark to America Volume II: Settlements), Torkel Oftelie and Ole (Olav) Jacobson Haugland stated "Among those that came were Jørgen Pederson Bø and his sons Jørgen, Tor, Per, Gregar and Sveinong and daughter Ingebjør" (page 135) and "His sons, Tor and Per, got 'nerve sickness' and died a few years after they came here" (page 136).

Peter, age 16, and Tola, age 15, were enumerated in the household of "Zerger Peterson" in the 1870 United States census. The composition of this family is consistent with that of Jorgen Pedersen Boe's family.

1870 United States Census, Canisteo, Dodge, Minnesota, population schedule, page 10. Available from  Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.

In the 1875 Minnesota state census, Seder Pederson, age 22, and Tom Pederson, age 20, are listed below Jorgen Pederson, age 58, and Engebor Pederson, age 46.

Minnesota State Census, 1875. Assessment District 2, Chippewa County, Minnesota, 1 May 1875. Ancestry.com. Minnesota, Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data: Minnesota Historical Society. Minnesota State Population Census Schedules, 1865-1905. St. Paul, MN, USA: Minnesota Historical Society, 1977. Microfilm. Reels 1-47 and 107-164.

Records from the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America show that Thor J. Boe died on 3 October 1878 and was buried on 5 October 1878 –  sixteen years after his supposed death!

Burial record, Thor J. Boe. St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Bellingham, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota. 5 October 1878. Ancestry.com. U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Records, 1875-1940 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. ELCA, Birth, Marriage, Deaths. Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Chicago, Illinois.

References
Boe (Bø) and Halvorson-Otterholt; Shared Roots in Telemark. Compiled by Melvin and Alpha M. (Boe) Brodshaug, 1984. Published by Arlene (Boe) Christensen and Marjorie (Boe) Bergee. Printed by Anundsen Publishing Co., Decorah, Iowa.
Telelaget of America. Telemark to America: Volume II: Settlements. 2nd ed. Telelaget of America, 1992, 2009. 

52 Ancestors: Week 36 "Working for a Living": John Boe

When my great-grandfather John Boe was 19 years old, he worked as a farmer on his parents' farm.

1895 Minnesota state census, Swift County, population schedule, West Bank township, page 1. Ancestry.com. Minnesota, Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data: Minnesota Historical Society. Minnesota State Population Census Schedules, 1865-1905. St. Paul, MN, USA: Minnesota Historical Society, 1977. Microfilm. Reels 1-47 and 107-164.

By 1900, John was working as a salesman. He may have changed occupations at the time of his first marriage (to Signe Olson, on 21 March 1897). He remained in Swift County, Minnesota until at least 1901, but by 1904, he was living in Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, where he worked as a traveling agent.

R. L. Polk & Co.'s Mason City Directory 1904. Mason City, Iowa: R. L. Polk & Co. Page 51. Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. 

By 1908, John's first marriage had ended and he had married my great-grandmother Kathleen Graham. They lived in St. Louis, Missouri, where he worked for Weber Implement Company.

Gould's St. Louis City Directory 1908. Page 220. Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

In 1910, John and his brothers Hans Adolph and Theodore formed the Boe Brothers farm machinery company. John was president of the company.

Williston City Directory 1911-1912. Williston, ND: North Dakota Directory Co., 1911. Page 31. Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. 

Williston Graphic, 30 June 1910, page 10

Williston Graphic, 26 January 1911, page 3

In 1913, Hans Adolph Boe relocated to Alexander, McKenzie County, North Dakota, where he worked in the implement business. That same year, Theodore Boe relocated to Arnegard, McKenzie County, North Dakota and opened a farm machinery business there. John remained in Williston, and changed the company name to the John Boe Machinery Co.

Williston Graphic, 13 March 1913, page 6

Williston Graphic, 5 June 1913, page 4

In March 1915, John and his family moved back to St. Louis, Missouri, and John rejoined Weber Implement Co. By October 1915, he was working for Mitchell-Lewis Motor Co. In February 1918, John became president of the Mitchell Automobile Corporation of Missouri, which changed its name to the St. Louis Motor Car Company in late 1918.

 St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 29 December 1918, page 11

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 22 June 1919, page 10

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 28 December 1919, page 8

In the late 1920s, the company failed, and the Boe family moved to Sarasota, Florida for a year. They then returned to St. Louis. John worked as a factory representative for Marmon Car Co. and for Buick; he was the zone sales manager and covered several northwestern states.

John left his family in 1929, probably because Anna Mae Gamble was pregnant with their daughter Jane (who was born that year in Minneapolis, Minnesota). They were living in Minneapolis in 1930, supposedly married (they actually married on 22 August 1934 in St. Joseph County, Indiana). John worked as a salesman in the farm machinery industry.

1930 United States Census, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, Ward 7, population schedule, enumeration district 27-129, sheet no. 54A.  Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.

By 1938, John and his third family had moved to Algona, Kossuth County, Iowa. John managed the Buick dealership there.

Algona Upper Des Moines, 10 May 1938, page 5

By 1940, John's third wife and their daughter were living in Beverly Hills, California. John was in Minnesota. He had been unable to find a job in the automobile business. On 1 April 1940, he started a new job selling living protection. He worked on commission.

 Letter from John Boe to his daughter-in-law Margaret Boe, 29 April 1940

John had left Minnesota and gone to California by 27 June 1940, when he died in Norwalk State Hospital in Norwalk, Los Angeles County, California.

52 Ancestors: Week 25 "The Old Homestead": Jorgen Pedersen Boe

The theme for Week 25 of the 52 Ancestors Challenge is "The Old Homestead." I wanted to write about someone who had applied for land through the Homestead Act of 1862, but I had already written about the relatives whose homestead applications I had found: my 2nd-great-grandfather Jorgen Jorgensen Boe, my 3rd-great-grandfather Halvor Eriksen Otterholt, and Halvor's son Thorkel Halvorson. Jorgen Jorgenson Boe had immigrated with his parents, but I had not found land records for his father, my 3rd-great-grandfather Jorgen Pedersen Boe. I looked at the BLM GLO Records Web site again, and found that there were land records for him, which I had previously overlooked. He was listed as Jorgen Pederson Bo, and his land was in Chippewa County, Minnesota. The other men all had land in Swift County, Minnesota. They all lived near each other, though; they lived near the county line.

Jorgen Pedersen Boe was born on 13 February 1820 in Bø, Telemark, Norway, and was baptized seven days later. He was the son of Peder Jorgensen Bø and Kari Halvorsdatter Sønstebø.

Telemark county, Bø, Parish register (official) nr. 6 (1815-1831), Birth and baptism records 1820, page 76-77. http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:NBN:no-a1450-kb20051011061101.jpg 

On 13 June 1848, Jorgen married Ingeborg Torsdatter (or Thorsdatter) Vatner.

Telemark county, Bø, Parish register (official) nr. 7 (1831-1848), Marriage records 1848, page 297.
http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:NBN:no-a1450-kb20051011050335.jpg

They had the following children: Kari, born 1 February 1849; my 2nd-great-grandfather Jorgen, born 18 November 1850; Peder, born 24 September 1852; Thor, born 22 October 1854; Halvor, born 19 October 1856;  Ingeborg, born 14 May 1859, Anund, born 6 Feb 1861 (he apparently died young); Gregar, born 6 June 1862; and Svenung, born 25 April 1865.

In 1865, Jorgen was a tenant farmer on the Nistaas farm in Bø. He had inherited the Bø farm, but had sold it to his brother Gregar. In 1866, Jorgen, his wife, and most of his children left Norway. (His son Halvor stayed behind; Halvor came to Minnesota around 1880.) They sailed from Christiania (now Oslo) on the Vanadis on 12 May 1866 and arrived in Quebec, Canada on 2 July 1866.

Passenger list, Vanadis, 1866. Ancestry.com. Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.Original data:  Passenger Lists, 1865–1935. Microfilm Publications T-479 to T-520, T-4689 to T-4874, T-14700 to T-14939, C-4511 to C-4542. Library and Archives Canada, n.d. RG 76-C. Department of Employment and Immigration fonds. Library and Archives Canada Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Jorgen and his family settled in Canisteo, Dodge County, Minnesota. They were enumerated in Canisteo in the 1870 United States Census. According to the census, the youngest member of the household was Anson, age 2/12, born in Minnesota. I have not found any further record of this child.

By 1875, Jorgen and his family had moved to Chippewa County, Minnesota. According to  Boe (Bø) and Halvorson-Otterholt; Shared Roots in Telemark, the family at first lived in a sod house which had been partially dug out of the river bank. 

On 27 May 1878, Jorgen became a citizen of the United States.

Jorgen Pedersen Boe naturalization, 27 May 1878. Swift County District Court, State of Minnesota.

On 30 March 1880, Jorgen received a patent for the land located in the northwest quarter of section 4, township 119, range 40.

Jorgen Pedersen Bo, Chippewa County, Minnesota. Certificate no. 3765. United States Bureau of Land Management. 30 March 1880.
 
Jorgen was enumerated on the land in the 1880 United States Census. Erick Otterholt, enumerated nearby, was the brother of Aaste Halvordsatter Otterholt, the wife of Jorgen's son Jorgen Jorgenson Boe.

1880 United States census, Mandt, Chippewa County, Minnesota, population schedule, enumeration district 32, page no. 15. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.

This map of Chippewa County shows the location of Jorgen's land.

Atlas of Chippewa County, Minnesota. Philadelphia, PA: Northwest Publishing Co., 1900.  Ancestry.com. U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. 

In 1895, Jorgen and his wife Ingeborg  lived  near their son Jorgen and his family in West Bank, Swift County, Minnesota.

Minnesota State Census, 1895.West Bank, Swift County, Minnesota. 6 June 1895. Ancestry.com. Minnesota, Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data: Minnesota Historical Society. Minnesota State Population Census Schedules, 1865-1905. St. Paul, MN, USA: Minnesota Historical Society, 1977. Microfilm. Reels 1-47 and 107-164.

In 1900, Jorgen and Ingeborg lived near their son Gregar in Swenoda, Swift County, Minnesota. Jorgen's occupation was listed as watch repairing.

1900 United States census, Swenoda Township, Swift County, Minnesota, population schedule, enumeration district 282, sheet 2B. Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. 

According to "The People from Telemark in Chippewa, Yellow Medicine and Lac qui Parle Counties" by Torkel Oftelie and Ole (Olav) Jacobson Haugland (originally published in Norwegian in Telesoga 20 (July 1914), pages 3-4; translated by Grace Foss and reprinted in Telemark to America Volume II: Settlements), Jorgen was a watchmaker and jeweler, and had been a schoolmaster in Norway. Oftelie and Jacobson also mentioned that Jorgen told stories from Norway and sang stev. The article stated "He was a pleasant person to have around." (Telemark to America Volume II: Settlements, page 136.)

Jorgen died on 30 July 1902 in Swenoda, Swift County, Minnesota. 

The Minnesota Historical Society has an image of the Jorgen Boe home in Chippewa County, Minnesota, taken approximately 1900. This could be my ancestor's home.

Now that I know there are land records for Jorgen Pederson Boe, I will need to order his homestead application file. This week's theme inspired me to search once again, and the search was successful!

Ingeborg and Jorgen Pederson Boe and their daughter-in-law Aaste (Halvorsdatter Otterholt) Boe. Photo from Boe (Bø) and Halvorson-Otterholt; Shared Roots in Telemark. Compiled by Melvin and Alpha M. (Boe) Brodshaug, 1984. Published by Arlene (Boe) Christensen and Marjorie (Boe) Bergee. Printed by Anundsen Publishing Co., Decorah, Iowa.

References
Boe (Bø) and Halvorson-Otterholt; Shared Roots in Telemark. Compiled by Melvin and Alpha M. (Boe) Brodshaug, 1984. Published by Arlene (Boe) Christensen and Marjorie (Boe) Bergee. Printed by Anundsen Publishing Co., Decorah, Iowa.
Telelaget of America. Telemark to America: Volume II: Settlements. 2nd ed. Telelaget of America, 1992, 2009.