Farmstead History
Throughout the life of this farmstead, it was owned and operated by the Peterson family, specifically the direct descendants of Peder N. (1808-1882) and Gjertrud Brugjeld, who had immigrated from Balestrand parish, Sogn County, Norway, in 1848.
In 1865 Peder and his family, traveling in a prairie schooner, went to Iowa to homestead in High Lake Township, Emmet County. Peder brought with him $10,000, 3 teams of horses, and cattle. His sister, Brita Nielsdtr. Brugjeld, who was accompanying the family, died en route and was buried at St. Ansgar, Iowa.
