Marker Inscription
Ethnic Heritage - European, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture
Historic Place
Grimland, Keddel and Liv, Farm
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About this site
Grimland, Keddel and Liv, 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 31.7252, -97.7065 near Clifton. The nearest cataloged historic site is Grimland, Gunsten and Lofise, House (historic place), about 0.3 miles away. Others within a short drive include Ringness, Jens and Kari, Farm, Pederson, John, Farm, and Peerson, Cleng.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2083003106. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The Keddel and Liv Grimland Farm lies southwest of Clifton along FM 219 in the Norse Historic District of Bosque County, the heart of the largest Norwegian settlement in the American Southwest, which began in 1854. The farm is one of the properties recorded in the 'Norwegian Settlement of Bosque County' thematic nomination and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
Sources: en.wikipedia.orgatlas.thc.texas.govnpgallery.nps.gov
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