Sacramento County
Biographies
OLE OLSON
LOVDAL
OLE OLSON LOVDAL, a hop-raiser of Sutter Township, was born in Gramstadt, Norway, March 25, 1825, a son of George and Christina Lovdal. At the age of fifteen years he began to learn his trade, and since that time he has made his own way in the world. July 12, 1850, he sailed from Gramstadt for the United States, and landed at New York, after a voyage of ten unpleasant weeks. He finally purchased a place from his brother-in-law, Anton Olsen, which now contains about thirty acres, situated at Riverside, about half a mile below the city limits, and is devoted entirely to hop-raising. Mr. Lovdal has another ranch of 130 acres about three miles further below, devoted to hops, fruit, hay and pasture. On that place there is a young orchard of twenty acres, mostly of Bartlett pears. In all this business he has been very successful. Socially he is a pleasant, genial gentleman.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Davis, Hon. Win. J., An Illustrated History of
Sacramento County, California. Page 677. Lewis
Publishing Company. 1890.
© 2007 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.