CP Farm Opening

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.

A Visit to Hesthammer

May 182014
 

Hesthammer in Norway is the farm where Cleng Peerson grew up. The photographs shown here show the place as it looks today, plus some old pictures which show how it looked when the Cleng Peerson house was there.

  • This is the house they assume Cleng Peerson and his sister Kari grew up in. It was located at the farm Hesthammer, but is moved to Sandbekken in Tysvær.