From HISTORY OF MITCHELL AND WORTH COUNTIES, IOWA, 1883, Page 597.

Dr. Christian Sether, an American-Norwegian physician, settled in Northwood in 1878. He was a graduate of Rush Medical College, his diploma from which was dated Feb. 24, 1878. He remained about two years, and then left, going to the Medical College in New York for further instruction in the healing art.

Transcribed by Gordon Felland, April 27, 2008