The first Norwegian sheep pioneers in Meagher County, Montana
On May 25, 1866, the bark “Nicanor” left the town of Trondheim in Trøndelag. “Nicanor”, with a gross tonnage of 438, was built in Skellefteå in Sweden in 1857. It left Trondheim for Quebec in Canada with 233 steerage emigrants on board and five cabin passengers. Among the passengers were the two brothers Anton Grande, …
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