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Newsletter of the North Dakota School for the Deaf. The North Dakota Banner. V.OL, XIX. DEVILS LAKE, N. D. JUNE 1, 1910. No. y! 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 44 4 4 4 4 4 4 44 4 mm 4 4 4 4 44 44 4 4 4 4 ♦ 4 4 4 4 4 4 44 Mabel Thompson Maria Skovholt Gudbjorg Oddson Class xxf 1510. Graduating Essays # ICELAND. B...
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ftnorthdakotastu:oai:cdm16921.contentdm.oclc.org:p16921coll12/6209 2023-05-15T16:30:39+02:00 v.19, no.17 (Jun. 1, 1910) pg.1 Devils Lake (N.D.) 1900-1909; 1910-1919; 1910 application/pdf; 978103 Bytes http://cdm16921.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16921coll12/id/6209 eng eng North Dakota School for the Deaf Library North Dakota State Library DeafNDBanner1909-1910; http://cdm16921.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16921coll12/id/6209 North Dakota School for the Deaf Banner Collection, North Dakota State Library. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ To request a copy or to inquire about permissions and/or duplication services, contact the Digital Initiatives department of the North Dakota State Library by phone at 701-328-4622, by email at ndsl-digital@nd.gov, or by visiting http://library.nd.gov North Dakota School for the Deaf Education Politics & Government Deaf -- Periodicals Newsletters United States North Dakota Ramsey County (N.D.) Devils Lake (N.D.) Text 1910 ftnorthdakotastu 2018-02-15T11:07:43Z Newsletter of the North Dakota School for the Deaf. The North Dakota Banner. V.OL, XIX. DEVILS LAKE, N. D. JUNE 1, 1910. No. y! 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 44 4 4 4 4 4 4 44 4 mm 4 4 4 4 44 44 4 4 4 4 ♦ 4 4 4 4 4 4 44 Mabel Thompson Maria Skovholt Gudbjorg Oddson Class xxf 1510. Graduating Essays # ICELAND. By G u 1 >B.'F OKG OI )l)SON mail country Nor why. ^tte«*^CELAND * 1 which lies near ** AI u» Don mark, and the British tfc vfc t ®- s Isles.: The nearest country is Greenland. Iceland s area is about 40,000 square miles and its size about equal to that of the state of Ohio. It is quite a mountainous and volcanic country. One may think that Iceland, being a cold country with heaps of ice and snow, is uninhabitable. That Is not so for during the hot bright summer days the wild flowers rival those of the Alps of Switzerland although tlm climate is too cold for agricultural purposes, 1 he winter is not exceedingly cold owing to the influence of the Gulf Stream. As the .summer is too short for grain-growing, the people live mainly on tithing and hunting. One. sixth of this country-is--estimated to be settled. At present the population is about 80,000 or 90,000. Reykjavik is its principal city hut there are, several other cities nearly as large. Half of the original settlers who came from Norway, Ireland, and Scotland had lived in the western countries before. They were of the Celtic race and the Icelanders are considered to be descendants of the Norsemen. The nation ality is a mixture of the Norse and Celtic. The Vikings of Norway were the first te discover Iceland. It was Maddodd who first set foot in this country. Owing to the coming of winter, he left his native land but before leaving, he noticed that the mountains were covered with snow and that the winter was exceedingly cold, so he called the newly discovered country, ‘‘Snowland.” This was in the year 861. A. D. Another of the V ikings of Norway bv the name of Gardar visited the island in the year 865, A. D. This island was called “Gardar’s Island’’ after himself. A third adventurer by the name of Text Greenland Iceland North Dakota State University (NDSU): Digital Horizons Devils Lake ENVELOPE(-107.884,-107.884,56.717,56.717) Greenland Mabel ENVELOPE(-44.683,-44.683,-60.667,-60.667) Norway |
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Newsletter of the North Dakota School for the Deaf. The North Dakota Banner. V.OL, XIX. DEVILS LAKE, N. D. JUNE 1, 1910. No. y! 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 44 4 4 4 4 4 4 44 4 mm 4 4 4 4 44 44 4 4 4 4 ♦ 4 4 4 4 4 4 44 Mabel Thompson Maria Skovholt Gudbjorg Oddson Class xxf 1510. Graduating Essays # ICELAND. By G u 1 >B.'F OKG OI )l)SON mail country Nor why. ^tte«*^CELAND * 1 which lies near ** AI u» Don mark, and the British tfc vfc t ®- s Isles.: The nearest country is Greenland. Iceland s area is about 40,000 square miles and its size about equal to that of the state of Ohio. It is quite a mountainous and volcanic country. One may think that Iceland, being a cold country with heaps of ice and snow, is uninhabitable. That Is not so for during the hot bright summer days the wild flowers rival those of the Alps of Switzerland although tlm climate is too cold for agricultural purposes, 1 he winter is not exceedingly cold owing to the influence of the Gulf Stream. As the .summer is too short for grain-growing, the people live mainly on tithing and hunting. One. sixth of this country-is--estimated to be settled. At present the population is about 80,000 or 90,000. Reykjavik is its principal city hut there are, several other cities nearly as large. Half of the original settlers who came from Norway, Ireland, and Scotland had lived in the western countries before. They were of the Celtic race and the Icelanders are considered to be descendants of the Norsemen. The nation ality is a mixture of the Norse and Celtic. The Vikings of Norway were the first te discover Iceland. It was Maddodd who first set foot in this country. Owing to the coming of winter, he left his native land but before leaving, he noticed that the mountains were covered with snow and that the winter was exceedingly cold, so he called the newly discovered country, ‘‘Snowland.” This was in the year 861. A. D. Another of the V ikings of Norway bv the name of Gardar visited the island in the year 865, A. D. This island was called “Gardar’s Island’’ after himself. A third adventurer by the name of |
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