Aug 15, 2017
Just on the #eteläpohjanmaa side of the border with #satakunta , in the #kauhaneva - #pohjankangas national park, is the simple memorial for Juurakko Gustaf, who "died of hunger on this spot", just before his 60th birthday, on 11th April, 1868. I take this man to have been Kustaa Salomonpoika Ohmero, from #kauhajoki -- as Kauhajoki is 30km from this spot in #lapinkaivo it seems likely he was there seeking work on the marsh drainage relief project that was being organised. #nälkävuosienmuistomerkki #nälänhätä #nälkävuodet #1868 #famine #memorial #ostrobothnia #pohjanmaa (at Kauhaneva–Pohjankangas National Park)