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Title: A history of the northern peninsula of Michigan and its people;.
Author:  Sawyer, Alvah L. (Alvah Littlefield), 1854-1925.
Publication Info: Chicago, : The Lewis publishing company, 1911. Page 808 - 809


GUSTAV TOLLEN - Noteworthy among the thriving, prosperous and law-abiding citizens of Iron Mountain is Gustav Tollen, superintendent of the Oliver Mining Company's hydraulic works, and who is held in high respect as a man of upright principles and sterling integrity. A native of Norway, he was born, November 28, 1850, in the seaport town of Drammen, which is located twenty-eight English miles from Christiana. His father, an iron master or, in other words, a manufacturer of spikes, was a life-long resident of Norway. Five of his children, however, emigrated to America, settling here permanently, namely: John, Gustav, Andrew, Oscar and Jenny. Completing his early studies in the public schools, Gustav Tollen began working in his father's factory when fifteen years old, continuing with him two years. He was subsequently employed in railroad work a number of years, the latter part of the time being an engineer. Emigrating to this country in 1880, Mr. Tollen made his way directly to Iron Mountain, which was then but a small hamlet, although it was growing with rapidity. Securing a position with the Menominee Mining Company, he was for two years employed as master mechanic at their mine in Florence, Wisconsin, but since that time has had charge of the hydraulic works at Iron Mountain, which is now the property of the Oliver Mining Company, the successors of the Menominee Mining Company. His long record of continuous service in this position, a period of twenty-eight years, bears speaking evidence of Mr. Tollen's ability and fidelity. Mr. Tollen married, in 1876, Laura Peterson, a native of Kingsbury, Norway, and they have one son, Gustav Tollen, Jr. In his political relations Mr. Tollen is a Republican, and in religion both he and Mrs. Tollen are members of the Lutheran church.


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