A group portrait in a sod house near Dannebrog, NE.

ID: 657 ~ Source: Nebraska State Historical Society, RG2030.PH000002-000001 ~ Date: 1895 circa
This file appears in: Dannebrog, Nebraska's Danish Capital
A group portrait in a sod house near Dannebrog, NE.
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A group portrait in a sod house near Dannebrog, Howard County, NE. Standing: Marian and Andrew Hansen. Seated: Mr. & Mrs. Nels Hansen, Hans Andersen (cousin) and Bart Hansen (son).

This file appears in: Dannebrog, Nebraska's Danish Capital

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In the spring of 1871 several members of the Danish Land and Homestead Company from Wisconsin claimed land along Oak Creek. The migrants, led by Lars Hannibal, were drawn by fertile soil and the idea that Danes from across the U.S. and the Old…