Lögberg-Heimskringla - 15.10.2006, Side 10
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MINNEOTA, MN,
29 MARCH
(From the Heimskringla
news editor)
Weather conditions are now-
adays rather unsettled, various
tremendous storms, hard frosts,
snow or summer-heat.
Passings. Newly deceased
are: Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir, daugh-
ter of Jón Rafnsson, a farmer in
Fell in Vopnafjörður. Katrín Bjar-
nadóttir from Þrándarstaðir in
Eyðaþinghá. Guðbjörg Jónsdót-
tir, daughter of Jón Einarsson, a
farmer at Snjóholti in Eyðaþing-
há; she was wife of Gunnlaugur
Pétursson from Hákonarstaðir in
Jökuldalur. The couple were the
fi rst Icelandic settlers here in the
state of Minnesota; Guðbjörg
was called a good and intelligent
woman, generally well regarded
and respected. Her funeral was
the most well attended ever held
here among Icelanders.
Work. Spring labours are be-
gun among farmers, some began
to sow wheat.
SPANISH FORK,
24 MARCH
(From the Heimskringla
news editor)
The last week, weather con-
ditions have been half unsettled,
cold and violent and on two oc-
casions snowed considerably,
but lifted at once, and some call
this regular Klondike-weather,
though it will hopefully not
be as protracted as cold spells
there. Nevertheless these cold
spells don’t do much harm here,
because most had fi nished the
wheat sowing before the snowy
weather arrived; but the snow
does the earth good, because
customarily there is enough dry-
ness and heat in Zion.
Last month two of our coun-
trymen set off from here heading
for the Klondike: Björn Mag-
nusson and Ólafur Jónsson, both
with family roots in Landeyjar in
Rangárvallasýsla. They planned
to be there in the north until they
have made their fortunes — to
come back millionaires, we
hope. We wish them happiness
and Godspeed.
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This issue of Heimskringla is dated 7 April 1898. By this point in history, Icelandic settlers and their descendants had already
been living in North America for over 40 years;
the fi rst having settled in Spanish Fork, UT.
Later settlements in the Canadian Prairies,
American Midwest and the west coast were also
well established.
Though the latter years of the 20th century
saw some excitment concerning the new millen-
nium and the so-called “Y2K Bug,” the fervor in
the late 19th century was more concete: the Gold
Rush was on.
The history of the Icelandic Yukonfarar, or
“Yukon-Farers” is told in greater detail in Nelson
Gerrard’s historical exhibit of the same name.
But here we see that people of Icelandic descent
traveled to the Yukon from Manitoba and Utah,
among other places — and many with dreams of
what they would do when they struck it rich.
Approaching the
end of the century
From countries.
ON THE WAY TO
THE KLONDIKE.
Vancouver, 20 March 1898.
I don’t have much news
to write this time. The jour-
ney here went well for us; we
were always in fi rst class, be-
cause everywhere else was full,
and the conductor with all his
coarse demeanour could not
budge us from there. We went
across the Rocky Mountains
during the daytime and thus
could see them well. And it’s
safe to say that this is a mov-
ing and powerful sight for men
who have lived for years on
the Prairies in Manitoba. Upon
crossing west over the moun-
tains, there was sunshine and
summer; men were plowing
fi elds and cows and calves and
horses were grazing; fl ies and
vermin were alive, just as in
high summer in Manitoba.