Marker Inscription
Ethnic Heritage - European, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture
Historic Place
Dahl, Peder, Farm
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About this site
Dahl, Peder, Farm is a historic place in Clifton, Bosque County, dedicated in 1983. It is one of 35 historic places documented in Bosque County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 131 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.7534, -97.6067 near Clifton. The nearest cataloged historic site is Olson, Joseph (historical marker), about 1.8 miles away. Others within a short drive include Clifton Lutheran College, Knudson, Christen and Johanne, Farm, and Clifton College Administration Building.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2083003100. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The Peder Dahl Farm lies southwest of Clifton along FM 219 in the Norse Historic District of Bosque County, part of the largest Norwegian settlement in the American Southwest, which took root beginning in 1854. The farmstead was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 22, 1983, as one of the properties in the 'Norwegian Settlement of Bosque County' thematic nomination.
Sources: en.wikipedia.orgatlas.thc.texas.govnpgallery.nps.gov
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