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Articles 31 - 33 of 33
Full-Text Articles in Regional Sociology
Peter Larson -- Danish Immigrant Entrepreneur, Henry Jorgensen
Peter Larson -- Danish Immigrant Entrepreneur, Henry Jorgensen
The Bridge
Eighty years ago, on July 13, 1907, Helena residents picked up their newspaper, the Helena Independent and read these front-page headlines:
"PETER LARSON DIES AT HIS HOME IN HELENA."
"A CALAMITY TO THE WHOLE NORTHWEST."
"The Man Who at the Age of Twenty Was Still a Danish Peasant is Remembered by Thousands for His Benefactions" . . ."Contractor and Master Business Man."
R. B. Nielsen's Journey From Aarhus To Dannebrog, Harold Jensen
R. B. Nielsen's Journey From Aarhus To Dannebrog, Harold Jensen
The Bridge
Many years ago, possibly when I was seventeen years of age, my grandfather, Rasmus B. Nielsen (affectionately called R.B.) asked me if I would write the account of his experiences as a young man emigrating from Denmark in 1878, with Dannebrog, Nebraska as his destination and future home. I said I would. We had several sessions at the kitchen table in his home near Nysted by Dannebrog, Nebraska. He sat in his captain's chair, and I in a straight-backed kitchen chair. He dictated in Danish while I jotted down what he said. I filed these notes and for some years …