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Book Review Jan 1993

Book Review

The Bridge

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Danevang: The Co-Operative Danish Capital Of Texas, Cecilia Jensen Bell Jan 1993

Danevang: The Co-Operative Danish Capital Of Texas, Cecilia Jensen Bell

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In 1894, J. C. Evers, an approved representative of the land committee (Landudvalg) of the Danish People's Society (Dansk Folkessamfund) stood observing the vast prairie of Wharton County, Texas. Within his heart he held a dream which was seeded, grew, blossomed and continued to bear fruit. Named the Danish capital of Texas in 1990, Danevang is the harvest of the first settlers of the colony.


Front Cover Jan 1993

Front Cover

The Bridge

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Front Matter Jan 1993

Front Matter

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Contributors Jan 1993

Contributors

The Bridge

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The First Fifty Years: Glimpses From The Dagmar Community Jan 1993

The First Fifty Years: Glimpses From The Dagmar Community

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"Nothing can stay alive in this country but Danes and Russian thistles." So spoke a discouraged rancher in the early days. This is the story mostly of those Danes but also of the other extractions who for the past half century have carved out a saga of fortitude and resourcefulness in what is now generally known as the Dagmar community. Since the establishment of a church was the main purpose in the first plans for settlement and since the church soon did become the center of community life, this account is told in the broad outline of the history of …


Back Matter Jan 1993

Back Matter

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Full Issue Jan 1993

Full Issue

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Pioneer Life In The Big Dane Settlement, August Rasmussen Jan 1993

Pioneer Life In The Big Dane Settlement, August Rasmussen

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My experience in pioneer life commenced in 1856, after a long and stormy voyage from Denmark to America in that year. I shall, by the kind assistance of the Independent, give a little of my pioneer life and settlement during forty-five years. My thoughts are running back to the first Christmas I celebrated here in America, in 1856. It was a merry one, as you will see farther on. My wife and I were then both young, about twenty-seven years each.