Max Henius

[2][3] Max Henius was educated at the Aalborg Latin School and went on to study at the Polytechnic Institute in Hanover, Germany He attended the University of Marburg, earning his Ph.D. degree in chemistry during 1881.

Max Henius subsequently emigrated from Aalborg to the United States in 1881 at the age of 22, settling in Chicago.

Initially he was employed by the Northern Pacific Railway on an assignment to test the waters between Fargo, North Dakota, and Bozeman, Montana.

In 1912 Max Henius presented the deed to H.M. King Christian X as a permanent memorial from Danish Americans.

[10] Every July 4 since 1912, except during the two world wars, large crowds have gathered in the heather-covered hills of Rebild to celebrate American Independence Day.