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These two great cities in the Midwest were virtually built by Norwegians.
1836, Chicago was founded by Halstein Torrison and Johan Larson. Anderson, Rasmus, Norwegian Immigration, p. 38.
1849, The village of St. Paul, MN Territory has about 30 huts. Norlie, The History of the Norwegian People in America, p. 178. C. L. Clausen took the very first steamboat to St. Paul, there was no Minneapolis.
