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  • 50th Anniversary, 1964.

1964 Hougen's history

Marriage of Margrethe and Berent Hougen

Margrethe and Berent Hougen were married in Norway in 1914. The Photo was taken at their 50th wedding anniversary. On the wall photo is Berent as a young man, He went to sea at age 14 and sailed on square rigger sailing ships twice around the world before coming to the Yukon in the early 1900's.