J.J. Stennes memories, undated
Title
J.J. Stennes memories, undated
Identifier
NAHA 2019/883
Date
undated
Description
Son of Jacob and Elen Stennes who settled in Fillmore County, Minnesota in 1856. Stennes, born in 1865, provides many details of growing up in Minnesota and later relocating to West Sparta area.
Memories include: school days; neighbors; prairie schooner; moving the school house; centennial of United States (1876); grasshopper invasion; railroad; Norwegian education; threshing; heavy snows and flooding; attending Augustana in Canton, South Dakota (1885); serving as Post-master in Milan, Minnesota; threshing machine boiler inspector; notes on the speculation on township of Watson (1879).
Memories include: school days; neighbors; prairie schooner; moving the school house; centennial of United States (1876); grasshopper invasion; railroad; Norwegian education; threshing; heavy snows and flooding; attending Augustana in Canton, South Dakota (1885); serving as Post-master in Milan, Minnesota; threshing machine boiler inspector; notes on the speculation on township of Watson (1879).
Formerly part of P539.
1 folder
Language
English
Subject
Type
Reminiscing
Collection
Citation
“J.J. Stennes memories, undated,” Norwegian-American Historical Association, accessed April 29, 2024, https://naha.omeka.net/items/show/2343.