100 years ago today, on December 19th, 1921, my great grandfather Karl Larson received his citizenship and became a full-fledged American. Karl came from a small town in Sweden and, after landing in New York, eventually found his way to the small Alaskan town of Skagway. It was there where he would eventually marry my great grandmother Edith Feero and make a life for himself while working as a carpenter for the White Pass & Yukon Railroad. Although I’ve shared it before, here is the certificate of his citizenship (below) and my favorite photo of him (above) with my grandfather Tex in 1946 while working on the railroad.
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