Includes journal of great grandfather's journal, Thor Helgeson, and several pages of genealogy. Thor Helgeson immigrated to the United States in 1862 at the age of 20. Initially Thor went to the Muskego settlement, Racine County, Wisconsin, and…
Clippings, pamphlets, and articles of a Muskego-born language reformer, farmer, teacher, and writer. The articles, manuscript and typescript, deal with language reform and the author's career, including childhood days in Muskego.Content:Elias Molee…
Recollections of a Norwegian-born Lutheran minister's wife: her 1844 passage across the Atlantic, life in Muskego in the 1840s and 1850s and her wedding, November 3, 1856. There are comments on "Nordlyset," the presidential election of 1856, Soren…
A collection of sketches of pioneer farm life in Muskego and Trempealeau Valley, Wisconsin, dealing with health, travel, Yankee neighbors, and church activity. Mention is made of Marcus Thrane, P. A. Rasmussen, J. B. Frich, and Gjermund…
