This short blog essay is intended to be some of my personal speculations about the plausibility of long ago interest in Norse land claims emanating from the landscape of "medieval Minnesota." I'm referring to visiting Norwegians or Scandinavians who might have once been interested in gaining ownership over a desired stretch of territory deep within what is now inner-America...and well before the time of Columbus. I hope to explain to readers why anyone might possibly have been interested in claiming land in faraway Minnesota during medieval times. We do know that Erik Gnupsson, Bishop of Greenland and Vinland, disappeared in AD 1121 while looking for Vinland. I speculate that the lucrative fur trade and emerging Christianity are what prompted the Bishop's search. But enough about America's medieval East Coast I will compare and contrast two already-conceived land claim speculations: The "Kensington Run
I'm facinated by the Kensington Runestone, self-dated to 1362. The stone document was discovered near Kensington, Minnesota in 1898 by farmer Olof Ohman. I believe the simple story carved onto the KRS. The purpose of this blog is to look at and discuss various interests possibly connected to the KRS in some way. Comments are welcome. After commenting, please hit the "Publish" tab.