Print, Photographic

2002.890.7.0001

2002.890.7.0001

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

2002.890.7.0001

Description

5 x 5 color photograph of two grave sites with Boisen on the name. Photo taken in 2002 shows markers with sagebrush and matted grass. Family history lists: Christ (Aasmus) Boisen died in 1883 in a Carbon Mine Accident. Caroline Boisen died 1900. She was a midwife in Elk Mountain after her husband was killed. They had 5 daughters: Mary Hastings (Sacramento, CA); Sarah Olson (Grandmother of John Henberg) of Ft. Collins; Lizzie Kin (Exeter, CA); Nellie Mathison (Laramie, WY) and Annie (Sacramento, CA) married three times. History is in LOGGING THE ROCKIES by Patricia M. Langendorf, granddaughter of Sarah Olson.

Collection

Photograph Collection