Articles written by Mrs. Albert O. Sorensen & Lester Putnam


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  • Brorson

    Mrs. Albert O. Sorensen and Lester Putnam|Jun 11, 2014

    This community became known as Brorson around 1909. Pastor Niels Damskov was called in 1909 to serve the Danish Lutherans in the Sidney area and the area northwest of Sidney. He took a homestead 12 miles northwest of Sidney, and the first post office for that community was in his home. As the post office had to have a name, Pastor Damskov named it Brorson, after the famous Danish hymn writer, H. A. Brorson. Thus the community received its name, also the Brorson Church and the Brorson School. In 1916 the Brorson Church was built and was...

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