Early Settlements in America

"It was the boldest that set off first", from Vilhelm Moberg. Semmingsen, Norway to America, p. 38.

"Histories have been written and more will be written of the Norwegians in America, but no man can tell adequately of the tearing asunder of tender ties, the hardships and dangers crossing the deep, the work and worry, the hopes and fears, the laughter and tears, of men and women who with bare hands carved out of a wilderness a new kingdom". Rønning, N. N., Fifty Years in America, p.19.

This history of the early settlements is a "work in progress".

Kendall, Orleans County, New York.

Fox River, Mission, La Salle County, Illinois.

Beaver Creek, in Iroquois County, Illinois.

Chicago in Illinois and Minneapolis in Minnesota.

Clinton, Rock County, Wisconsin and is called the Jefferson Prairie settlement.

Muskego, Wisconsin.

Koshkonong in Dane County, Wisconsin.

Fillmore County, Minnesota.

Winneshiek County, Iowa.

Chickasaw County, Iowa.

Norseland at Nicollet County, Minnesota.

Minnehaha County, South Dakota.

Big Bend, Chippewa County, Minnesota.

Glenwood, Starbuck, Alexandria and Fergus Falls in west-central Minnesota.

Trail County and Griggs County, North Dakota

Buffalo River Settlement near Glyndon, Minnesota