2017: The log cabin had been modified during the years. When we started on the restoration work, it had an added shed, steel roof, and parts of the walls were covered with cedar panels. This had kept the logs in a quite good condition.
Oct 072019
Jul 102019
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Jul 102019
Diary Entries:
2018-11-01 Now we have finalized the wall in the barn, and we think it looks great. Today we will smoke salmon.
2018-12-01 Morning, now we are ready for the Norwegian Country Christmas Tour. We look forward to see you at CP Farm. We do not have large quantities, but as long as it lasts, you will have the possibility to taste and buy some of our smoked salmon. Welcome.
2018-12-01 Evening, what a great day for the Norwegian Country Christmas Tour. A lot of visitors came by, and we really appreciate to experience the interest for what we are doing here. Thank you all for visiting. Thanks to the hostesses and parking attendants for assisting us during the day. We especially thank Bryan Jameson for joining us, and telling us about the excavation work.
2018-12-02 Evening, Cleng Peerson’s cabin, with star tracks.
2018-11-30
Jul 102019
Feb 082016
Left to Right: Vidar Aarhus (The Historical Society of Tysvær), Ingvar Frøyland & Arvid Vallestad (Municipality of Tysvær), Eldbjørg Djønne-Stuve & Thomas Mannes (owners), and Sigmund Lier (Mayor of Tysvær).
On December 4, 2015, CP Farm was officially opened. Invited guests from USA and Norway were present, and several speeches were given.
Our dear friend Mary Orbeck, whose great grandfather Ove Colwick lived at this place, gave the opening speech.
Representatives from Texas Historical Commission announced that the property has been officially listed in the National Register of Historical Places.
The Municipality of Tysvær was represented by the Head of Culture Ingvar Frøyland, Mayor Sigmund Lier, and CEO Arvid Vallestad. They expressed their appreciation of the work done at CP Farm and contributed to the support of future work by the gift of a check in the amount of NOK 10.000. The Historical Society of Tysvær, represented by its leader Vidar Aarhus, also contributed to CP Farm in the same amount.
Feb 082016
Apr 122015
The red barn has undergone many modifications, and it is now suitable for a small party to sit down and have a meal.
The construction took place in March 2015, with the exceptional help from our Norwegian friends. We are very satisfied with the result. Later this will also be used for preparing Norwegian traditional food.
Apr 122015
During the winter of 2015, a smokehouse was constructed at CP Farm, with the work being completed in March 2015. Adolfo Garcia Construction did a great job. We tested it by smoking some meat in it.
CP Farm looks forward to showing Texans how Norwegians traditionally s
moke fish and meat. This cold smoke process means that the food is not cooked after it is smoked.
The smokehouse is built in the old style of stone walls and cedar shingle roof.
Sep 022014
Blue skies and fluffy white clouds cannot adequately convey the feeling of digging post-holes in 96 degree heat. But J.C. Jones of Hamilton was a brave soul, and he wanted to see the project to its finish. After Diana Ani Stokely of GRAFIX to go designed the information signs, and they were printed and laminated and mounted on metal sheets, Mr. Jones welded frames to display them to their best advantage. On Tuesday, September 2, 2014, all three signs were installed at the Cleng Peerson Farm.
 Even before you enter the property, you can see the Velkommen sign just beyond the gate. It is placed there so that people may inform themselves about the property and find contact data as well. The informational sign briefly describes the property and its significance to the local history of the Norse Community. |
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 If you are photographing the Cleng Peerson cabin from the front, the information sign is out of sight on its west side. However, it is easily seen as you enter the property, and tells a brief history of the cabin and its restoration. |
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 The third information sign is placed on the east side of the site where the rock house once stood. On the sign itself is a photograph taken of the rock house, and the Colwick family can be seen standing on the long porch which runs north and south. As you read the sign, and look ahead, you can see the remains of that porch, approximately in the same position as is shown in the old photograph. It is hoped that the information sign will help visitors to imagine the rock house as it was when Cleng Peerson made his final days there, in comfort and in company of his friends, the Colwicks. |
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Jul 102014
We have had a wonderful time in Texas this summer and, once more, a lot of things are going on.
This time we started in Duluth, Minnesota, where Thomas held a keynote presentation, and a cultural presentation at the Sons of Norway District 1 Convention. This was a good opportunity to tell more than 300 delegates, representing 10 states in the mid-West, about all the exciting things that happen in Norse and Bosque County.
New flagpoles at CP Farm.
- Now we have installed 2 flagpoles, and raised the Tysvær and Texas flags on them.
- Archeologists from Texas Historical Commission have come two times to the property to survey and to document buildings and artifacts.
- In the red barn, one of the walls has been covered with plywood, and further work will be done with this in the future.
- We have now received a cost estimate to build a smoke house. Before we start to build this, we must remove an old shed which is in poor condition.
- This website has been created.
- Information boards for the property are printed, but some work remains on the construction of the frames. They will be installed in the near future.
- This time we have met a lot of our friends here, and in addition we have met a lot of new, wonderful people. We really enjoy our visits here in Bosque, and look forward to our next visit.
