Norfolk

by Janet Portiner

In July 1866, three wagon trains of German immigrants from Wisconsin arrived at their new home on the North Fork of the Elkhorn River in northeastern Nebraska. The settlers intended to call the town Northfork, but in 1868, when the abbreviated "Norfork" was submitted to federal postal authorities, the government assumed the name was misspelled and changed it to Norfolk. Since the town's founding, the story of the community has been one of continuous...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467113980
• ISBN13: 9781467113984
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.5" x 9.1"