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The Dickson Store
1. Introduction
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serv.focus(); } //--> </script> </head> <body leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0"> <div id="stChild"> <div class="sc" id="sc1"> <h4 class="float-left">1</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Sign erected by Alberta Government to recognize contribution of Danish immigrants to area.<br />1990<br /> Dickson, Alberta, Canada<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#1" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=130565','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=755,height=560')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/AAHA/0001/image/storycard/AAHA00010002.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc2"> <h4 class="float-right">2</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> Dickson, Alberta has always had strong Danish ties. </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc3"> <h4 class="float-left">3</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Carl Christiansen as a young man.<br />1901<br /> Blair, Nebraska<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#3" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=130566','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=547,height=600')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/AAHA/0001/image/storycard/AAHA00010003.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc4"> <h4 class="float-right">4</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> Carl Christiansen left Denmark in the 1890's at a time when his homeland was crippled financially and industrially. Men and women were out of work, and trade was at a stand still. Emigration to the United States seemed to be the only solution for many. Times were tough in America as well. Wages were low and prices were high. In the early 1900's, Carl began to work in a large retail grocery store in Omaha. It was at this time that a new possibility presented itself. </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc5"> <h4 class="float-left">5</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Typical poster to recruit immigrants to Western Canada.<br />1920<br /> <br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#5" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=130568','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=550,height=600')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/AAHA/0001/image/storycard/AAHA00010005.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc6"> <h4 class="float-right">6</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> A Canadian Pacific railway agent spoke to a Lutheran congregation of Danish immigrants in Omaha, Nebraska and suggested that land near Innisfail, Alberta could be set aside as a Danish settlement. </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc7"> <h4 class="float-left">7</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Henry and Jens Larsen's compass<br />1903<br /> <br /> </span> <div align="left"><A HREF="javascript:;" onClick="remWin('CM_V2_Apps/ui/remWindow.php?remID=67872&remP=%2Fsgc-cms%2Fhistoires_de_chez_nous-community_stories%2Fhdcn-cm%2FAAHA%2F0001%2Ftext%2F&remEx=The+Dickson+Store&lg=English');" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('textIcon_7_1','','English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_over.gif',1)"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_off.gif" alt="TEXT ATTACHMENT" name="textIcon_7_1" width="28" height="28" style="border:none;"></A></div> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#7" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=130569','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=755,height=589')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/AAHA/0001/image/storycard/AAHA00010006.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc8"> <h4 class="float-right">8</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> It was agreed that Henry and Jens Larsen would travel to Canada to determine if the move was worthwhile. </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc9"> <h4 class="float-left">9</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Department of Interior Dominion Lands Handbook with guidelines for homesteading<br />1928<br /> <br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#9" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=130570','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=664,height=600')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/AAHA/0001/image/storycard/AAHA00010007.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc10"> <h4 class="float-right">10</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> The two scouts returned with favourable impressions and in 1903, a Canadian government agent set aside a tract of land 22 miles west of Innisfail for the establishment of a Danish settlement. </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc11"> <h4 class="float-left">11</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Henry Larsen Homestead Receipt<br />1903<br /> <br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#11" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=130571','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=755,height=600')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/AAHA/0001/image/storycard/AAHA00010008.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc12"> <h4 class="float-right">12</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> The Danish Pioneers' First Christmas in Dickson<br />1903<br /> Dickson, Alberta, Canada<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#12" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=130572','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=755,height=546')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/AAHA/0001/image/storycard/AAHA00010009.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc13"> <h4 class="float-left">13</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> The move was on. By the second week of July 1903, seventeen adults and children had pitched their tents on their respective homesteads around Dickson. By the end of summer, a new community had emerged. </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc14"> <h4 class="float-right">14</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Carl and Laura Christiansen Wedding Photograph<br />1901<br /> Blair, Nebraska<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#14" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=130573','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=533,height=600')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/AAHA/0001/image/storycard/AAHA0001000a.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <table id="scNav"><tr> <td width="172" style="text-align:left;"><a href="pm_v2.php?id=story_line_child&fl=&lg=English&ex=00000539&sl=4184&pos=1&scpos=1" id="scJumpFirst" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_start.gif" width="10" height="9" /></a></td> <td width="170" style="text-align:right;"><a href="javascript:;" onClick="flip(this.id, 0, 1, 29);" id="scPrev" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_prev.gif" width="9" height="9"></a><a href="pm_v2.php?id=story_line_child&fl=&lg=English&ex=00000539&sl=4184&pos=1&scpos=0" id="scJumpPrev" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_prev.gif" width="9" height="9" /></a></td> <td width="174" style="text-align:left;"><a href="javascript:;" onClick="flip(this.id, 0, 1, 29);" id="scNext" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_next.gif" width="9" height="9"></a><a href="pm_v2.php?id=story_line_child&fl=&lg=English&ex=00000539&sl=4184&pos=14&scpos=1" id="scJumpNext" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_next.gif" width="9" height="9" /></a></td> <td width="172" style="text-align:right;"><a href="pm_v2.php?id=story_line_child&fl=&lg=English&ex=00000539&sl=4184&pos=28&scpos=1" id="scJumpLast" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_last.gif" width="10" height="9" /></a></td> </tr> </table> </div> <div class="scSplit" id="scSplit" /> </body> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> var scCount = 14; var scShowing = []; flip("scPos", 1, 1, 29); </script>
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