Ernest & Luzean Yorgason Family

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Ernest & Luzean Yorgason Family

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Ernest arrived in Nampa by train in 1915 and purchased land in the Deer Flat area for farming. His wife Luzean and baby daughter, Alta arrived shortly after. Around 1921, Ernest and his brother Joe opened the Yorgason Dance Hall, which is mentioned in several of Nampa's Oral Histories collected in 1984-1985.

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Brothers, Ernest & Joseph Yorgason
Yorgason Family

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“Ernest & Luzean Yorgason Family,” Nampa Public Library, accessed April 18, 2026, https://nampalibrary.omeka.net/items/show/687.

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