Ole Myrvik's sod house, Milton, North Dakota, Mr. & Mrs. Ole Myrvik and child.

• Main Author: McCarthy, John, 1861-;
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: North Dakota State University Libraries, Institute for Regional Studies; 1896
• Subjects: Pioneer Era; Sod buildings; Lean-tos; Families; Sod houses; Norwegian Americans; Myrvik; Ole A.; 1873-1952; Martha; 1872-1932; Olava; 1895-1941; Milton (N.D); Cavalier County (N.D.); North Dakota; United States; Bird Island; Cavalier; Milton; Norway
• Online Access: http://cdm16921.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/uw/id/1382

Mr. & Mrs. Myrvik and daughter Olava on her lap outside their sod house. It has a wood lean-to with the entry door and two windows. There appears to be vegetation growing on the sod roof. Glass negatives; Gelatin silver prints; Copy photographic prints; 20 x 25 cm. Title taken from label with print. Hand colored version of image available. Ole A. Myrvik was born at Bird Island, Minnesota in 1873 to Norwegian immigrant parents from Sorranen, Norway. In 1882 the family came to Walsh County, N.D. Ole homesteaded near Milton, N.D. In 1894 he married Martha Flom. She was born in 1872 in Iowa to Norwegian immigrant parents. Ole and Martha had eight children. Ole died in 1952 and Martha in 1932. "Ole Myrvik Family." A Century of Area History, 1882-1982, Milton, North Dakota. [Milton, N.D.: Milton Area Historical Committee, 1983] p. 356.