Lögberg-Heimskringla - 29.10.1970, Side 5

LÖGBERG-HEIMSKRINGLA, FIMMTUDAGINN 29. OKTÓBER 1970
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Mr. Peterson has the story
teller’s gift but in his active
days he never wrote anything
for publication. It is remark-
able that he should in retire-
ment be able to produce a
work that far surpasses the
usual run of local histories.
The opening chapter is an
evocative recall of the beau-
ties of the ancestral home at
Mývatn. The account of the
journey of the Peterson fam-
ily from the Argyle settle-
ment to the Narrows abounds
in vivid descriptions of places
and events and the chapter
on the horse “George” has the
flavour of legend.
All thanks to Mr. Peterson
for this labour of love dedic-
ated to his old neighbors and
fellow pioneers at the Nar-
rows. Few of our settlements
have received a finer tribute
and few have been more de-
serving of it.
Heimir Thorgrimson.
Names Of
Settlers
1. Helgi Einarson
2. William Sifton,
West of Lake
3. Hallur Hallson
4. Paul Kernested
5. Eggertsson — later the
Peterson place
6. Lundal — later the
Gislason place
7. Bjami Helgason
8. The Peterson’s first home,
later the K. Peterson
place
9. The bay in which
Simundur’s ox and
Eyford’s dog drowned.
10. Jörundur Eyford
11. Sigurdur Johnson
. 12. Jón Matthews
13. Simundur Borgfjord
14. J. K. Jonasson
15. Gudmundur Isberg
16. The Sveistrub place
A. Maloan’s Quarry
B. Jón Sigurdson
C. Bjami Kristjansson
D. Place where Gestur
Bjornson drowned.
E. Sigurdur Sigfusson
F. Olafur Thorlacius
G. Jón Austman
H. Björn Jonasson
I. Joel Gislason
SPAKMÆLI
The Narrows Settlement
A map of ihe Narrows disirici marked io show ihe location of many of the homesieads of ihe early seiilers men-
lioned in Geirfinnur Peierson's "Hisiory of ihe Icelandic Seiilements ai The Narrows, Manitoba", in Logberg-Heims-
kringla during ihe period January 16, 1969 io January 15, 1970. For various reasons ii was noi possible io include ihe
map with ihe early inslalmenis bui even ai ihis laie daie ii will assist ihose who have kepi ihe whole series of articles.
More imporiani, ii may be ihai ihis work will be reproduced in permanent form and ihen ihe map will be of con-
siderable inieresi.
Places soulh of The Narrows are ideniified by numbers and ihose norih of The Narrows by capilal letiers. The
word "Homesiead" is used in ihe sense of "home", rather ihan in ihe resiricied sense used in the various Homesiead
Acis.
H. Th.
— Ummæli mín við alla,
sem byggja, eru þessi, að eig-
andinn ætti að vera prýði
hússins, en ekki húsið prýði
eigandans.
— Cicero.
t.
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