A handwritten Dagbog, two Xerox copies and a translation of the diary about a journey to California from Rock County, Wisconsin, via New York and Panama. The diary gives information about digging for gold in California and general conditions there as…
A scrapbook covering the history of the Norwegians in Rock County, Wisconsin, by Christian Tollefsrude, the son of H. C. Tollefsrude, a pioneer in the Rock Prairie area. The scrapbook is based on a 1917 typescript history of which Peder Olson…
Beyond the Big Wood: The Story of Nils Danielson Opsahl and Ragnild Halvorsdatter Røste by Julie Nelson Pavri. Family emigrated from Lier, Norway, in 1855. Chapter contents include: Rock County, Wisconsin: 1855-1857
Indian [Native American] Trouble:…
A compilation of Oswald B. Anderson's translations of "The California Letters of Knute B. Duxstad, 1852-1854," written by an immigrant from Voss, Norway, who set out from Jefferson Prairie, Wisconsin, to join the gold seekers in 1850. The letters…
Letters, newspaper clippings, and an issue of "A Special Edition of the Ordordville Journal" (14 August 1974), concerning the Luther Valley area of Rock County, Wisconsin. Townships include: Avon, Spring Valley, Plymouth, Newark.
Includes pamphlet “Ruth’s Reminiscences: The Kittil Newhouse and Hans Williams families, Jefferson Prairie, Rock County, Wisconsin” by Ruth Newhouse Anderson. In this self-published volume, Gwen Newhouse Jones tells the stories gathered by Ruth…
