Box 1
Container
Contains 3 Results:
Sten Hofto Papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: OGLMC-1211
Abstract
Includes a paper, "The Smallpox Epidemic and Its Effects on the Tweten and Hofto Families: 1878-1879." The families lived in rural Grand Forks County.
Dates:
created: 1868-1879; Other: Date acquired: 07/09/1990
Hofto family history
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Sten Hofto Papers detail the Hofto and Tweten families as they emigrated from Norway, eventually settling in the Dakota Territory. The families began their journey near Vik, then traveled to Oslo where they boarded a boat to Quebec. From Quebec, they traveled aboard steamboats until eventually reaching the town of Qaupaca, Wisconsin. Here they raised cattle but farmed no land.
In the fall of 1869, the families moved to Waseca County in southern Minnesota - the Twetens near Richland and...
Dates:
created: 1868-1879; Other: Date acquired: 07/09/1990
"The Smallpox Epidemic and Its Effects on the Tweten and Hofto Families: 1878- 1879," John H. Lunseth, M.D.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: Folder 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Sten Hofto Papers detail the Hofto and Tweten families as they emigrated from Norway, eventually settling in the Dakota Territory. The families began their journey near Vik, then traveled to Oslo where they boarded a boat to Quebec. From Quebec, they traveled aboard steamboats until eventually reaching the town of Qaupaca, Wisconsin. Here they raised cattle but farmed no land.
In the fall of 1869, the families moved to Waseca County in southern Minnesota - the Twetens near Richland and...
Dates:
created: 1868-1879; Other: Date acquired: 07/09/1990