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Door County Advocate
Friday, November 25, 1921


                         Old Lake Captain Dead.
                         
              The death last Friday of CAPTAIN TOSTEN TOSTENSON
            of Manitowoc marks the close of a career notable
            for its activity and usefulness. With the departure
            of CAPTAIN TOTENSON, the last of the school of hardy
            seafarers, who did much to build up the lake traffic,
            is gone.
              CAPTAIN TOSTENSON passed away at his home in Mani-
            towoc at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon. Through his 90
            years he had enjoyed the perfect health which comes
            to only those who live an outdoor life, although
            during the past year he was feeble, due to his ad-
            vanced age.
              CAPTAIN TOSTENSON was born at Valders, Norway, in
            1832. Like countless other ambitious young men he
            forsook the Old World when he heard of the advant-
            ages and opportunities in the New World.
              Coming to this country in 1851, when a young man
            not yet 20 years of age, he went directly to Manito-
            woc shortly after his arrival in the United States.
            CAPTAIN TOSTENSON reached Manitowoc, which was at
            that time virtually all woods, in July, 1861. For
            a year after that he worked in a tannery at Two
            Rivers.
              The call of the lakes was strong, however, so it
            was not long before he entered upon his career as
            a sailor. One of the first boats on which CAPTAIN
            TOSTENSON sailed was the Experiment, a little craft
            which plied in and out of Manitowoc. Other boats on
            which he sailed were the El Tempo, The A. P. Nichols,
            and the Henry C. Richards. The Henry C. Richards was
            a grain boat which made trips between Buffalo and
            Chicago. Besides being captain of these boats, 
            CAPTAIN TOSTENSON was part owner of them.
              In his years on the lakes, although he was in many
            severe storms, CAPTAIN TOSTENSON never encountered
            any serious disaster.
              It was a number of years ago that CAPTAIN TOSTENSON
            left the lakes and lived on a farm north of Manitowoc
            and has since made his home at 812 North Seventh street.
            
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