LU71.2

Print, Photographic

1952 Approximate

Chester and Myrtle Johnson Farmstead Aerial View. 9 1/2" x 7 1/2" black and white aerial photograph of the Myrtle and Chester Johnson farm taken in 1952; located in Section 1, New Richland township, one mile east of LeSueur River Church; previously farmed by Chester's father, Andrew D. Johnson, and his wife, Inger Hartz Johnson. Immigration.

Kari Dambraaten emigrated from Norway in about 1865 with her 7 children and came to the farm of her brother Iver Anderson Opgaarden in Steele County east of St. Olaf Lake. She later moved to a neighboring county for a short time until she returned to Waseca County with her son, Andrew; they settled on this farm in Section 1 of New Richland Township. Immigration.