
<p></p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="History">History</span></h2>
<p>The town was established as a trading post by <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Severin" title="Jacob Severin">Jacob Severin</a>'s company in 1741<sup id="cite_ref-ole.21_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ole.21-8"><span>[</span>8<span>]</span></a></sup> and named in his honor.<sup id="cite_ref-BibNar_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BibNar-9"><span>[</span>9<span>]</span></a></sup> The name was sometimes <a h