Review of FOR SALE MINNESOTA by Lars Ljungmark

   

Lars Ljungmark

FOR SALE- MINNESOTA

Organized promotion of Scandinavian Immigrants 1866-1873

[Borrowed from library. M 325.2485 L.  The Swedish Pioneer Historical Society Chicago 1971]

Contents:

PART l- INTRODUCTION (page 1)

The Scandinavian immigration to Minnesota 1850-1875 (page 1)

Factors behind the emigration from Sweden (page 3)

Immigration propaganda from Minnesota (page 8)

PART ll- IMMIGRATION-PROMOTION BY THE STATE OF MINNESOTA UP TO AND INCLUDING 1873 (page 17)

The immigration policy of the state, 1858-1866 (page 17)

1867: State activity at its peak (page 26)

State immigration promotion and private assistance to emigrants in 1868 (page 52)

1869: State immigrants- promotion activity under auspices of the various ethnic groups (page 57)

1870- 1873: Diminishing state immigration-promotion because of the drive of the land grant railroads (page 65)

Conclusion  (page 69)

PART lll- IMMIGRATION-PROMOTING ACTIVITY OF THE MINNESOTA RAILROADS UP TO 1871 ( page 70)

Introduction (page 70)

The Scandinavian immigration policy of the St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (page 78)

The beginning of the active immigration policy of the Northern Pacific Railroad 1869-1871 (page 132)

The colonization policy of the Lake Superior & Mississippi Railroad 1869-1871 (page 150)

1869-1871 (page 150)

Conclusion (page 153)

PART lV- THE IMMIGRATION-PROMOTING ACTIVITY OF THE MINNESOTA RAILROADS 1871-1873 (page 155)

The immigration drive of the Northern Pacific 1871-1873: a lost race against time (page 155)

The Swedish drive of the Lake Superior & Mississippi Railroad 1871-1873 (page 210)

CONCLUSION (page 263)

APPENSICES (page 267)

1. The population of Minnesota according to census figures ((page 267)

2. Hans Mattson 1832-1895)

3. Original entries of land under the Homestead Laws in  Minnesota 1863-1873 (page 369)

4. Fish Lake Township, Chisago County  (page 271 )

5. The emigrant lists in Gothenburg (page 277)

6. The pull from America, as seen in Mollersvard's emigrant lists (page 281)

Bibliography (page 293)

Index of names (page 302)

Leona's Review:

This book concentrates on the railroad. The part about Fish Lake Township mainly is about the census and how many were farmers. Swedes were the main buyers and farmers.

Jay Cooke's involvement in the Northern Pacific project is on page 132.

The book is very detailed with census figures, graphs and names.

I did not read it as a novel but did read certain pages of interest.

I was looking fro information for my husband's family who were Swedish immigrants.

A great book for research.

Leona Olson

www.mnleona.blogspot.com