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Halfdan in Legacy of Love
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The family legend that is Halfdan "Al" Flatt's journey across the ocean began in Norway in 1887 on the west-central Norwegian coast in fjord country, near the head of Trondheim Fjord. It would end 76 years later in his…page 16 · Al Flatt Comes to AmericaAl, the son of Jens Jakob Olsen Flaat and Elen Andersdatter Oien, was born on March 17, 1887, in Snaasa, a village on the east end of Snaasavatnet Lake, 30 miles by 10 miles, which in turn…page 16 · Al Flatt Comes to AmericaAt that time our grade and high school was up to other nations I have been informed." As a young boy, Al would go trout fishing and hunting with a Krag-Jørgensen army rifle given him by his father. "I did ruin a lot of my Dad's ammunition," he wrote. The food was plentiful but not fancy. "We…page 18 · Al Flatt Comes to AmericaThey'd really celebrate also plenty of fire water to wash down eats with." Al's parents made him go to church throughout his youth. The Lutheran church, of course. "People there were as a rule very religious. Would not do to say the weather is bad or I don't feel…page 18 · Al Flatt Comes to America
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