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Folder 1

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Contains 1 Collection or Record:

"The Story of the Ole Olson Hovde Family, Settlers on the Goose River in 1871" by Eva Hewitt, granddaughter, 1937.

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Scope and Contents From the Collection: Typed carbon copy of historical sketch by granddaughter Eva Hewitt. Sketch begins with Mr. Hovde's life in Norway, coming to America in 1868 and homesteading near Hillsboro, N.D. in 1871 with wife Maria Gulbranson Hovde. Sketch continues with author's parents, William and Gelina Maria Hovde Hewitt, their children, homesteading near Bottineau, N.D. and their return to Hillsboro. William Hewitt was a Salvation Army captain from Canada who resigned his commission and turned to farming. He died in...
Dates: 1937.