I now have one photo of the Ulen Sword and a drawing done that was sent to the Minnesota Historical Society posted in the photo section here. Have not been ...
As much as I want this sword to be really ancient I will throw in this info... Many swords were traded to Indians in the 18th and 19th Century by white ...
The sword still exsists and is in a museum in Ulen, MN. I would guess that there is no identifying mark, but there was also 1/16 inch of rust on the sword,...
Thanks for the information,<br><br>I may be able to visit Ulen in about 2 weeks, I will be about 2 hours north by car ride, and would welcome a trip down ...
Brief note for now: The Jan issue of Journal of America contains an article by Richard Nielsen entitled "Early Scandinavian Incursions into the Western States"...
Well, I was not able to go to Ulen, a visit there will have to wait until the summer,<br><br>I did take a close look at a map of the Ulen area, the map has two...
Boy did I screw up that message, let me restate it here with some additional details.<br><br>Yes, I did not go to Ulen, I did find on a topo map of the area...
Nielsen covers a lot of ground here, will try and encapsulate much of it, but it there are questions, be sure to ask and I will try to expand.<br>He notes ...
Thanks Mike,<br><br>"He notes evidence of Scandinavian incursions are indicated by the Heavener Runestones, runic symbols found at Mandan sites in ND, and the...
I have made a web page at:<br><a href=http://www.geocities.com/netnoaide/ulen.html target=new>http://www.geocities.com/netnoaide/ulen.html</a><br>showing the...
Michael,<br><br>did you also see the information on the norwegan web site about this silver cross? Perhaps it is related to the KRS and Knutson<br><br>Roger...
I am just an Norwegian amateur historian.<br>I found Michael's informations about the sword<br>and the cross and made web pages of them.<br>None of the object ...
ODIN,<br><br>Most interesting,<br><br>I find it easy to dismiss the sword as being from the Civil War period, and therefore an item of relative insignifigance....
I guess the only potential letter which could<br>have been mixed up with an rune must have been<br>the S. The U rune and N rune is to different<br>to could ...
I would ask to see a tracing of the area of the sword with the "USN" lettering on it. <br><br>Of course the placement on the sword itself is important. ...
Yes, the one thing I have noted about most of the Military swords I have seen (on line at least) is that the grip is almost universally modified to fit the...
Oh yes, the Mandans & Sieur de La Verendrye<br><br>After all the other discussions about rune stones, we finally get to talking about this one. <br><br>I have ...
I ran across the book authored by Holand titled "Norse Discoveries in America 982-1362."<br><br>In the book there is a discourse about the interview by the ...
Came across this listing doing research on another project and thought that it might be of interest to several other members hunting books by Verrill ...
Just finished reading Frederick Pohl’s book titled The Viking Settlements of North America. This was a pretty good book where he goes into considerable ...
In Holand’s book Norse Discoveries in America 982-1362 the author goes into some details with regard to the finding of the Rune stone. This is reported by...
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