The Swedish Immigrant Trail (Swedish Language version)

The Swedish Immigrant Trail has existed in some form for more than 150 years. From 1880 to 1948 it connected Wyoming, Minnesota to Taylor's Falls on the St. Croix River via rail. This video promotes re-establishing this route as a multi use recreational trail.

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Travel & Events

Tags:

• Bike
• trail
• recreation
• history
• Moberg
• Oberstar
• Chisago
• Minnesota
• Wyoming
• Taylor's
• Falls
• Stacy
• North
• Branch

[AtticusStount]

Jag undrar om Minnesota betydde "Minne Söta" eller "Min söta" när det grundades.

[jlakso]

Minne·sotan adj. & n.

Word History: Minnesotans may tell you that Minnesota in Sioux means "10,000 lakes," and they may attempt to prove it by pointing to the motto on their license plates. Minnesota in Sioux actually means "cloudy water," an accurate description of the Minnesota River.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

[MagnusBrage]

@AtticusStount

Tyvärr så låter det som om du fått storhetsvansinne, likaså har varesig östergötland eller västergötland något med gotik att göra. Får mig att tänka på att om man börjar samtala med en grek, så börjar de snart berätta att allt som skett i världen har sitt ursprung i just Grekland.

Sen var svenskarna långt ifrån den vanligaste emigrantgruppen i Minnesota, de flesta kom från Tyskland.

[pen24]

där finns det många svenskamerikaner som fortfarande talar svenska i minnesota..

[jriinaferrie]

They were in conflict with the Dutch in New Amsterdam, and the Dutch eventually captured New Sweden in 1655. The British then captured New Netherlands in 1664, who proceeded to persecute the Swedes who had been allowed to live in relative autonomy under the Dutch. The colonies of Pennsylvania and Delaware were created soon after. There is nothing left of the culture of New Sweden, except some very old churches in Philadelphia and Wilmington each called "Old Swedes' Church".

[jriinaferrie]

Yes, they founded "New Sweden" (Nya sverige) soon after the Dutch founded New Netherlands in 1620. They settled in New Jersey, Delaware and Penn. Their main settlement was Fort Christina (modern-day Wilmington, capital of Delaware), they also settled what is now Philadelphia (Nya Korsholm), and Trenton, today capital city of New Jersey. They were mostly Swedish, Finnish and native; Finns became the majority in the last years of colonization, being "relocated" from central Sweden.

[smoergaas]

Minnesota means "Waterland" or "Lakeland" in native Dakotian language

[Siriuzz]

(och >  of)

[foundinnocent]

Va kul, tack så mycket! Jag tycker om alla bilar.

[JustWickedSwede]

Thank you for uploading this.

I have relatives in america, never met them but I would like to...

[Siriuzz]

i read somewhere that swedish colonists built the beginning och new jersey, Fort Christina.

[Sweden80Here]

cool