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The families of both Lars Erik and<br />
Christ<strong>in</strong>a <strong>in</strong> 1867 and Peter and<br />
Sofia <strong>in</strong> 1869 went by paddle<br />
steamer on the Mississippi from<br />
LaCross up <strong>to</strong> S<strong>to</strong>ckholm.<br />
Pho<strong>to</strong> of paddle steamers from<br />
the 1860s here landed <strong>in</strong> Sa<strong>in</strong>t<br />
Paul, northwest of the society<br />
S<strong>to</strong>ckholm<br />
The society of S<strong>to</strong>ckholm had<br />
been founded 15 years earlier by<br />
the Peterson brothers from<br />
Karlskoga. They helped our<br />
families <strong>to</strong> f<strong>in</strong>d their homestead<br />
land on Nerike Hill.<br />
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