The Norwegians Among Us
Jan 21, 2021 courtesy photo As Texans, weâre usually proud of our ancestors who settled on the Texas frontier. Of course many of them came from other parts of the U.S. but there were also many who arrived in groups from European countries. Weâre familiar with the many German settlers around Fredericksburg yet there is one particular national group that we can trace to Henderson County. These were the Norwegians who arrived in mid 1850s â a record noted by a Dallas paper in 1901. The Dallas Morning News of August 18, 1901 related this ...
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