On this date in 1865 – exactly 150 years ago – the brig Atalanta arrived in Quebec City, Canada, carrying great-grandpa Ole Larson, his mother, two sisters, and the two men who would later marry the sisters. They had endured a sea voyage of 50 days; still ahead of them was the journey through the Great Lakes, and overland to the settlement at Coon Prairie, Wisconsin. Read more …
