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DUP, historic, Historic Markers, Icelandic, spanish fork, utah, utah county
First Settlement of
Icelanders
in the United States
Leif Eriksson, an Icelander, discovered America in 1000 A.D. Eight centuries later 1855-1860 sixteen pioneers from Iceland established in Spanish Fork the first permanent Icelandic settlement in the United States. They were: Samuel Bjarnson & Wife Margret; Thordur Didriksson & wife Helga; Gudmundur Gudmundsson; Loftur Jonsson & wife Gudrun; Jon Jonsson & wife Anna; Gudrun Jonsdottir: Magnus Bjarnson & wife Thuridur; Vigdis Bjarnadottir (Holt); Gundy E. Haflidiason; Ragnhildur S. Hanson and Mary H. Sherwood.
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