Re: Roseau runestone Minnesota

Seppo Renfors wrote: 

Tom McDonald wrote:

IEJ wrote:

Over the years we have discussed many runestones found in NA. When reading
one Norwegian url changed the last four months where the Kensington
Runestone been mentioned, I found a ref to the Roseau runestone found in the
early 1900's in Minnesota. I can understand why none of the naysayers taken
time to refer to and discuss that runestone. However I think it's correct
behavior to put all artifacts found in NA that might be having runes from
the past on them up for discussion. The time when artifacts were put aside
because the present paradigm said that there were no Scandinavians in NA
outside those who collected timber in Markland in 1347 and those who had
lived in LAM. The Roseau runestone might be genuine and it might be a
forgery, no matter which it's definitly time to look at NA runestones and
possible Scandinavian Pre-Columbian artifacts in an other light then what
has been the case in 1900's.

the Norwegian url that started my 'looking around' for more information was:

http://home.online.no/~krage/43kapandresteiner.cfm

a Danish Wikipedia article
http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roseau-runestenen

from urls in English:
"ROSEAU STONE COLLECTION. PAPERS AND PHOTOGRAPHS, 1927-1949. .5 ft. S836
The collection is organized topically and chronologically. It is a small
collection composed primarily of news clippings, photos, and some
correspondence that relates to the controversy concerning the authenticity
of the runes on the so-called "Roseau Stone."
http://www.mnstate.edu/archives/Guides/CollectionGuide.htm

No matter what the story behind the Roseau runestone is, no one can call
Roseau a Swede or a Norwegian. Of course a descendant to Roseau married a
Norwegian in 1937, but that was long after the stone was found.... :-)


       You are correct. No one can call Roseau a Scandinavian of any
stripe. He is a town in far northern Minnesota, not a person.

       I'd be interested to find out what Norwegian was...interesting
enough to marry a town. Unless that was a euphemism? :-)



See:
http://tinyurl.com/djkze


Seppo,

I know that Roseau is also a family name. The Minnesota town was probably named after one. However, the Roseau stone was named after the town. Unless you have evidence to the contrary...?

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Tom McDonald
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