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James D. Reymerts House and Printing Office

Date: 1910
Description: The house and printing office of James D. Reymerts at Denoon Lake.
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Heg Farm

Date: 1920
Description: Heg Farm. The home was built by the Hegs after their immigration from Lier, Norway in 1840 and before the Civil War. The barn was built by Even H. Heg in 1...
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Heg Store

Date: 1920
Description: Ole Heg Store, once also the home of Elias Strangeland (sp?). The original building was of log construction which was later boarded over.
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Heg Store

Date: 1920
Description: Ole Heg store, once also the home of Elias Stangeland (sp?). The original building was of log construction which was later boarded over. There is a woman s...
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Norwegian Lutheran Church

Date: 1910
Description: Norwegian Lutheran Church, first church built by Norwegian settlers in America, in 1843. The first pastor was Rev. C.L. Clausen. The original log building ...
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Parsonage

Date: 1920
Description: Parsonage, the second one in the community.
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Skofstad Cabin

Date: 1920
Description: Front of Skofstad cabin, possibly the oldest building in the settlement. An early pastor of a Norwegian Lutheran Church, Reverend Stub, lived here at one t...
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Skofstad Cabin

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior side view of Skofstad cabin, possibly the oldest building in the settlement. An early pastor of a Norwegian Lutheran Church, Reverend Stub, lived ...
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First Norwegian Church in Wisconsin

Date: 1894
Description: First Norwegian church in Wisconsin.
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Muskego Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: In the early 1920s, Prussian immigrant John Bosch constructed a simple, rectangular brick service garage with a canted corner at a prime location: the inte...
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Front of Reymert's Printing Office

Date: 1916
Description: Exterior view of front of James DeNoon Reymert's printing office, built in 1847. This office printed the first Norwegian newspaper, the "Nordlyset," in the...
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Hedjord Graves

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Description: Ten graves of the Hedjord family in the Muskego churchyard. There is an obelisk is the center of graves.
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Grave of Colonel Hans Heg

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of women and one child alongside the graves of Colonel Hans Heg, commander of the 15th Wisconsin Infantry, and his daughter Annetta....

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