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Ludlow, SD
November 14, 1949
Dr. Harold Carter
Historical Society
St. Paul, Minnesota
Dear Dr. Carter:
An article has been sent me which states that new evidence shows that the runestone was blank when taken from the gournd and the inscription carved at a later date by Olof Ohman. This is untrue. The Ohman family and our family were neighbors. I wa threshing for Olof a the time, September of 1898. He was grubbing trees when he unearthed ths stone and hauled it home. his intentions were to use it for a door step -- but by handling it he noticed it had some kind of carvings on it. It was duringthe noon hour, Olof, myself and my threshing crew started to remove some of the shale & deposits and the more we worked we noticed that someon had carved on the stone.
There is a lot more I can tell you about the finding, etc. o this stone. So I know the evidence you have recieved is false.
Sincerely yours,
W.L. Sarsland
Ludlow, South Dakota
[MHS: Holvik papers]
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