There s a cenotaph as Nathan is buried in Weaverville, California. See memorial #145229362.
He introduced popcorn to England, popping a batch for Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle. He met his death in the California gold fields, and his burial there is recorded here with his wife Currance.
N.O. kept a large dairy on the farm in Norway and sold his farm before moving to Illinois; came to Illinois 1837 and began farming probably on land given to Nathan by his father. Nathan inherited the irrepressible energy and business tact of his father and appears to have had a propensity for engaging in various agricultural speculative ventures, plus his partnership with his brother William in the sawmill. Thus, he early began the saving and shipping of timothy seed and soon had a large part of 900 acres devoted almost exclusively to this crop. The seed brought considerable better prices in New York than did eastern seed on account of its quality and supposed freedom from weeds. He also raised large quantities of mustard for the value of the seed, canary seed, and popcorn. In 1844, Nathan is reported to have sowed and raised 220 acres of mustard seed. The crop was a prolific one, yielding 2,250 bushels, and this was all cut with grain cradles. The mustard crop was gathered and threshed from the gavels, in large wagons, with boxes of which were constructed for the purpose, and then deposited in a small granary, upon wheels, 14 by 16 feet, which was covered with canvass. Here the seed was cleaned by his son, Sylvanus; then it was conveyed to a barn and spread until it was dry, when it was put into casks and hauled on wagons to Peoria, from whence it was shipped down the river, via New Orleans, to New York, and consigned to parties who failed to dispose of it satisfactorily to Mr. Ferris; and the enterprise not proving financially sound, he abandoned the production. In 1848, Olmstead was in New York City visiting and met a Mr. Ekins, newly arrived from Deal, England and persuaded him to come to Galesburg, where Mr. Ekins engaged at once in the tailoring business, later elected as City Marshall and other appointed political positions. (See They Broke the Prairies for more information on Nathan and his enterprises, including his popcorn trip to England.) (Popcorn at the Palace, by Emily Arnold McCully) Nathan, true to his adventurous instincts, was one of the '49ers' who joined the rush to California in the excitement over the discovery of gold, in 1850. Although he died in California, the family erected a monument to his memory in Hope Cemetery, Galesburg with the following sentiment: Some in our native valleys rest One sleeps beneath the glowing
From our cold graves together rise
To meet the Lord within the skies.
He introduced popcorn to England, popping a batch for Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle. He met his death in the California gold fields, and his burial there is recorded here with his wife Currance.
N.O. kept a large dairy on the farm in Norway and sold his farm before moving to Illinois; came to Illinois 1837 and began farming probably on land given to Nathan by his father. Nathan inherited the irrepressible energy and business tact of his father and appears to have had a propensity for engaging in various agricultural speculative ventures, plus his partnership with his brother William in the sawmill. Thus, he early began the saving and shipping of timothy seed and soon had a large part of 900 acres devoted almost exclusively to this crop. The seed brought considerable better prices in New York than did eastern seed on account of its quality and supposed freedom from weeds. He also raised large quantities of mustard for the value of the seed, canary seed, and popcorn. In 1844, Nathan is reported to have sowed and raised 220 acres of mustard seed. The crop was a prolific one, yielding 2,250 bushels, and this was all cut with grain cradles. The mustard crop was gathered and threshed from the gavels, in large wagons, with boxes of which were constructed for the purpose, and then deposited in a small granary, upon wheels, 14 by 16 feet, which was covered with canvass. Here the seed was cleaned by his son, Sylvanus; then it was conveyed to a barn and spread until it was dry, when it was put into casks and hauled on wagons to Peoria, from whence it was shipped down the river, via New Orleans, to New York, and consigned to parties who failed to dispose of it satisfactorily to Mr. Ferris; and the enterprise not proving financially sound, he abandoned the production. In 1848, Olmstead was in New York City visiting and met a Mr. Ekins, newly arrived from Deal, England and persuaded him to come to Galesburg, where Mr. Ekins engaged at once in the tailoring business, later elected as City Marshall and other appointed political positions. (See They Broke the Prairies for more information on Nathan and his enterprises, including his popcorn trip to England.) (Popcorn at the Palace, by Emily Arnold McCully) Nathan, true to his adventurous instincts, was one of the '49ers' who joined the rush to California in the excitement over the discovery of gold, in 1850. Although he died in California, the family erected a monument to his memory in Hope Cemetery, Galesburg with the following sentiment: Some in our native valleys rest One sleeps beneath the glowing
From our cold graves together rise
To meet the Lord within the skies.
There s a cenotaph as Nathan is buried in Weaverville, California. See memorial #145229362.
He introduced popcorn to England, popping a batch for Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle. He met his death in the California gold fields, and his burial there is recorded here with his wife Currance.
N.O. kept a large dairy on the farm in Norway and sold his farm before moving to Illinois; came to Illinois 1837 and began farming probably on land given to Nathan by his father. Nathan inherited the irrepressible energy and business tact of his father and appears to have had a propensity for engaging in various agricultural speculative ventures, plus his partnership with his brother William in the sawmill. Thus, he early began the saving and shipping of timothy seed and soon had a large part of 900 acres devoted almost exclusively to this crop. The seed brought considerable better prices in New York than did eastern seed on account of its quality and supposed freedom from weeds. He also raised large quantities of mustard for the value of the seed, canary seed, and popcorn. In 1844, Nathan is reported to have sowed and raised 220 acres of mustard seed. The crop was a prolific one, yielding 2,250 bushels, and this was all cut with grain cradles. The mustard crop was gathered and threshed from the gavels, in large wagons, with boxes of which were constructed for the purpose, and then deposited in a small granary, upon wheels, 14 by 16 feet, which was covered with canvass. Here the seed was cleaned by his son, Sylvanus; then it was conveyed to a barn and spread until it was dry, when it was put into casks and hauled on wagons to Peoria, from whence it was shipped down the river, via New Orleans, to New York, and consigned to parties who failed to dispose of it satisfactorily to Mr. Ferris; and the enterprise not proving financially sound, he abandoned the production. In 1848, Olmstead was in New York City visiting and met a Mr. Ekins, newly arrived from Deal, England and persuaded him to come to Galesburg, where Mr. Ekins engaged at once in the tailoring business, later elected as City Marshall and other appointed political positions. (See They Broke the Prairies for more information on Nathan and his enterprises, including his popcorn trip to England.) (Popcorn at the Palace, by Emily Arnold McCully) Nathan, true to his adventurous instincts, was one of the '49ers' who joined the rush to California in the excitement over the discovery of gold, in 1850. Although he died in California, the family erected a monument to his memory in Hope Cemetery, Galesburg with the following sentiment: Some in our native valleys rest One sleeps beneath the glowing
From our cold graves together rise
To meet the Lord within the skies.
He introduced popcorn to England, popping a batch for Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle. He met his death in the California gold fields, and his burial there is recorded here with his wife Currance.
N.O. kept a large dairy on the farm in Norway and sold his farm before moving to Illinois; came to Illinois 1837 and began farming probably on land given to Nathan by his father. Nathan inherited the irrepressible energy and business tact of his father and appears to have had a propensity for engaging in various agricultural speculative ventures, plus his partnership with his brother William in the sawmill. Thus, he early began the saving and shipping of timothy seed and soon had a large part of 900 acres devoted almost exclusively to this crop. The seed brought considerable better prices in New York than did eastern seed on account of its quality and supposed freedom from weeds. He also raised large quantities of mustard for the value of the seed, canary seed, and popcorn. In 1844, Nathan is reported to have sowed and raised 220 acres of mustard seed. The crop was a prolific one, yielding 2,250 bushels, and this was all cut with grain cradles. The mustard crop was gathered and threshed from the gavels, in large wagons, with boxes of which were constructed for the purpose, and then deposited in a small granary, upon wheels, 14 by 16 feet, which was covered with canvass. Here the seed was cleaned by his son, Sylvanus; then it was conveyed to a barn and spread until it was dry, when it was put into casks and hauled on wagons to Peoria, from whence it was shipped down the river, via New Orleans, to New York, and consigned to parties who failed to dispose of it satisfactorily to Mr. Ferris; and the enterprise not proving financially sound, he abandoned the production. In 1848, Olmstead was in New York City visiting and met a Mr. Ekins, newly arrived from Deal, England and persuaded him to come to Galesburg, where Mr. Ekins engaged at once in the tailoring business, later elected as City Marshall and other appointed political positions. (See They Broke the Prairies for more information on Nathan and his enterprises, including his popcorn trip to England.) (Popcorn at the Palace, by Emily Arnold McCully) Nathan, true to his adventurous instincts, was one of the '49ers' who joined the rush to California in the excitement over the discovery of gold, in 1850. Although he died in California, the family erected a monument to his memory in Hope Cemetery, Galesburg with the following sentiment: Some in our native valleys rest One sleeps beneath the glowing
From our cold graves together rise
To meet the Lord within the skies.
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