Lögberg-Heimskringla - 15.10.2006, Síða 10

Lögberg-Heimskringla - 15.10.2006, Síða 10
Visit us on the web at http://www.lh-inc.ca 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. 10 • Lögberg-Heimskringla • 15 October 2006 G A L L E R Y Dealers in Fine Art A Division of FrameCraft 7711 Ltd. 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Anderson B.Comm, CA Partner manderson@krpgroup.com 2900 Bell Tower 10104 - 103 Avenue Edmonton, Alberta T5J 0H8 Tel: 780.420.4760 Fax: 780.429.4817 www.krpgroup.com Congratulations to Lögberg-Heimskringla on its 120th year of continuous publication 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.

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