Sailing to America

Tosten made his way to the United States.

"I left home June 15, 1884 and by boat from Oslo on June 21, which happened to be my birthday. We sailed via Hamburg and Bremen, which happened to be the cheapest route. I wrote home from these places and from New York, where we docked July fourth. On July 8, I arrived at Dexter, Minnesota, which was my destination. My brother Lars lived ten miles from there, and I caught a ride with the mail man."

Excerpt from Tosten's autobiography, written in 1917