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Acknowledgments
The challenge of reconstructing the lost story of Helga Estby’s walk across America more than one hundred years ago required investigative help from all who might hold a remnant of her life. As with so many persons considered “ordinary” in earlier American history, little value was placed on saving any of her historical records.
Thus, I am grateful for each family member, historical society, museum, and community or university library that work diligently as story keepers of ordinary lives. Whenever staff within these regional resources heard of Helga’s remarkable unknown achievement, they brought abundant skills, persistence, and a spirit of service to discover what still lay buried. For years of tenacious sleuthing, I especially thank Whitworth College librarians Nancy Bunker and Gail Fielding. Nancy Compau at the Northwest History Room at the Spokane Public Library, Judy Austin at the Idaho Historical Society, and Laura Arksey, Karen DeSeve, and Rayette Wilder from the Cheney Cowles Museum/Northwest Museum of Art and Culture provided excellent assistance at different stages of this research. Staff within historical societies and public libraries in Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York contributed valuable knowledge of their local resources. The extensive collection of microfilm newspapers at the Butler Library at Columbia University and the historic personal memoirs donated to the public library in Canby, Minnesota, offered insightful additions to Helga’s experiences.
It proved fortuitous that Norwegians place such a high value on careful record keeping and interest in Norwegian-American stories. The staff at the Riksarkivet (National Archives of Norway) gave generous help in researching and translating original documents. The Oslo City Records department, Anne Lise Stafne of Oslo’s Aftenposten newspaper, and writer and researcher Torbjorn Greipsland added other vital Norwegian resources. In America, Lloyd Hustvedt and Forrest Brown and the collections at the Norwegian-American Historical Association