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Palmer, Barbara; Pederson, Jim / The town of Norway, then and now : a bicentennial project
(1983)

Immigration and settlement,   pp. 9-18 PDF (2.5 MB)

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IMMIGRATION AND SETTLEMENT
THE FIRST SURVEY
Few white men had seen what is now the Town of Norway
until the government contracted for a survey of the
boundaries of the township in 1835. These boundaries
were surveyed in December of 1835.
On December 1, 1835, Elisha Dwelle contracted for the
division of the interior of the township. With his chain-
men and his marker, Dwelle started on May 1 and
completed the job on May 16, 1836. The surveyors
received $2.75 for each mile surveyed. Posts and mounds
which these men erected determine the boundaries of all
real estate in the town. In 1873, the original markers
were replaced with substantial limestone monuments.
Map from Elisha Dwelie's survey notes, 1836
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