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The Curious Indiana Town H Town and a Jest of Giants
A Wisconsin owner tricks a railroad firm to name a town H’Town by signing deeds and letting their letters be altered to an apostrophe. Also described is a 1553 Oslo verdict on a Norwegian estate, preserved by Alexander Lindholm in St Paul with seals on sheepskin parchment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Crawfordsville
Helltown
Alexander T. Lindholm
Stillwater
Wis
St. Paul
United States
Europe
Scandinavia
Christian III
Denmark
Erik Bollsen
Lindholm
Bollsen
Margaret Nilsdatter