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

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. Color images; Color photographic prints; Gelatin silver prints; 20 x 25 cm. Title taken from label with prin...

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Bibliographic Details
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/1383
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Summary: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. Color images; Color photographic prints; Gelatin silver prints; 20 x 25 cm. Title taken from label with print. Black and white version of image available. Hand colored by Hultstrand Studio staff. 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.

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