Grandparents at last as Wurtzs welcome Karri Lynn
Leo and Verbena Wurtz celebrate the birth of their granddaughter Karri Lynn on August 26 weighing 7 pounds 14 ounces. The family recently moved to 4517 Flower St Wheatridge near Applewood Mesa and enjoyed a Polk County picnic at Blithhe's Gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norris
Leo
Verbena Wurtz
Dan
Karri Lynn
Denver
Flower St
Wheatridge
Applewood Mesa
Polk County
Blithhe’s
Polk
Betty
Allison) Robertson
Sun City
Ariz
Thomp
Bill
Wyoming
Bea
Verbena
Wurtz
P.S
Immigrant Christina Lind Reaches New York Harbor
In June 1872 Christina Lind and her family approach Ellis Island after sailing for America. She gazes toward the Statue of Liberty with hope and anticipation, remembering a widowed mother and kin while preparing to begin a new life with her husband and five children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christina Lind
Rydson
New York
Statue of Liberty
America
Gust
Charles
Emil
John
Mathilda
Ellis Island
Nebraska Swedish settlers endure prairie hardships led by Christina Lind
The article recounts Swedish families moving to Nebraska in the 1860s and 1870s, led by August Lind and Christina Lind. They faced blizzards, grasshopper plagues, prairie fires, and water shortages while building sod homes, spanning from Geneseo to Lone Tree Central City and a growing Bluff precinct community. Christina helped dig a 90-foot well for her family amid illness and hardship, as the community persisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Lind
Nebraska
A. P. Johnson
Geneseo
John Rydson
Frank Adamson
Plains
Christina
Lone Tree
Central City
Platte River
Nebraska Prairie
Aurora
Hamilton County
Osceola
Polk County
Bluff Precinct
Platte
Local Community Visitors Share Weekend Gatherings
Mr and Mrs Lowell Bills and family joined Mr and Mrs Roger Werner and families for Friday in Melvin Bender home. Monday visitors included Cecil Eaton of Central City. Donald Bjerrum visited in Kansas. James Brazda Sr hosted Martin Hoffman Sr on Saturday. Bender and Brazda families hosted Sunday meals. Burdette Flodman family joined Paul Coover for Mrs Flodman's birthday. Alice Best of Central City visited. Larry Cramer and Susan joined Emory Cramer for Saturday evening. Carroll Flodman visited Merton Flodman in Osceola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Bills
Roger Werner
Melvin Bender
Cecil Eaton
Central City
Donald Bjerrum
Kansas
Martin Hoffman
James Brazda
Roger
Robert Brazda
Burdette Flodman
Paul Coover
Flodman
Alice Best
Larry Cramer
Susan
Emory Cramer
Carroll Flodman
Merton Flodman
Osceola
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Golden, Cole
Mrs
Ellen Larson
Illinois
Congress
Union Pacific
National Institute of Meat Packing
Minneapolis
Minn
Boardman’s
Stromsburg, Nebr
Redman Well Service
Purina Research
Aki
Mohd
Mohd Onimohaa
Purina
Hess & Clark
Polk Grain Co
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