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Chapter I. Norway. Population, Resources, Pursuits of her People, Social Conditions, Laws and Institutions 18 Chapter II. Emigration from Norway 27 Chapter III. The Earliest Immigrants from Norway, 1620–1825 35 Chapter IV. The Sloopers of 1825. The First Norwegian Settlement in America. Kleng Peerson 45 Chapter V. The Founding of the Fox River Settlement. Personal Notes on Some of the Founders 55 Chapter VI. Causes of Emigration from Norway. General Factors, Economic 64 Chapter VII. Causes of Emigration Continued. Special Factors. Religion as a Cause. Emigration Agents 73 Chapter VIII. Causes of Emigration Continued. The Influence of Successful Pioneers. “America-Letters.” The Spirit of Adventure. Summary 80 Chapter IX. Growth of the Fox River Settlement. The Immigration of 1836. Further Personal Sketches. 89 Chapter X. The Year 1837 Continued. The Sailing of Aegir. 97 Chapter XI. Beaver Creek. Ole Rynning 102 Chapter XII. Some of the Immigrants of 1837. The First Pathfinders from Numedal and Telemarken 108 Chapter XIII. Ansten Nattestad’s Return to Norway in 1838. The Year 1839. Immigration Assumes Larger Proportions. The Course of Settlement Changes 116 Chapter XIV. Shelby County, Missouri. Ansten Nattestad’s Return from Norway in 1839. The Founding of the Jefferson Prairie Settlement in Rock County, Wisconsin 125 Chapter XV. The Earliest White Settlers on Rock and Jefferson Prairies. The Founding of the Rock Prairie Settlement. The Earliest Settlers on Rock Prairie 135 Chapter XVI. The Rock Run Settlement. Other Immigrants of 1839. The Immigration of 1840 147 Chapter XVII. The Settlement of Norway and Raymond Townships, Racine County. The Founders of the Settlement. Immigration to Racine County in 1841–1842 155 Chapter XVIII. The Establishment of the Koshkonong Settlement in Dane County, Wisconsin 164 Chapter XIX. The Settling of Koshkonong by Immigrants from Numedal and Stavanger in 1840. Other Accessions in 1841–1842 172 Chapter XX. New Accessions to the Koshkonong Settlement in 1840–1841. The Growth of the Settlement in 1842 180 Chapter XXI. The First Norwegian Settlement in Iowa, at Sugar Creek in Lee County 190 Chapter XXII. The Earliest Norwegian Settlers at Wiota, La Fayette County, and Dodgeville, Iowa County, Wisconsin 198 Growth of the Jefferson Prairie Settlement from 1841 to 1845. The First Norwegian Land Owners in Rock County 204 Chapter XXIV. Immigration to Rock Prairie from Numedal and Land in