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The first Norwegian settler to cross the Puget Sound was Zakarias Martin Taftzon (died 1901). He was a shoemaker and had roots from the Northern parts of Norway.  After arriving in America he married a Native American woman and had two sons.
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=== Genealogy  ===
 
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[http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=pf_output.cfm&file_id=3410 1889 Washington Posten] was created, later changed to [http://www.norway.org/News/archive/1998/199805viking.htm Western Viking]. The largest Norwegian newspaper in America today.  
[https://www.historylink.org/File/3410 1889 Washington Posten] was created, later changed to [https://www.historylink.org/File/3411 Western Viking], the largest Norwegian newspaper in America today.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "The Norwegian American" at Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Norwegian_American, accessed 10 December 2023</ref>


==== Societies:  ====
=== Societies ===


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[https://ewgsi.org/ Eastern Washington Genealogical Society]
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