1842 and Subsequent Years

211 Chapter XXV. Immigration from Hallingdal, Norway, to Rock Prairie from 1843 to 1848. Continued Immigration from Numedal. Other Early Accessions 216 Chapter XXVI. Economic Conditions of Immigrants. Cost of Passage. Course of the Journey. Duration of the Journey 221 Chapter XXVII. Norwegians in Chicago, 1840–1845. A Vossing Colony. Some Early Settlers in Chicago from Hardanger 230 Chapter XXVIII. The Earliest Norwegian Settlers in the Township of Pleasant Spring, Dane County, Wisconsin 241 Chapter XXIX. The First Norwegian Settlers in the Townships of Dunkirk, Dunn, and Cottage Grove, in Dane County, Wisconsin 249 Chapter XXX. The Expansion of the Koshkonong Settlement into Sumner and Oakland Townships in Jefferson County. Increased Immigration from Telemarken. New Settlers from Kragerö, Drammen and Numedal 255 Chapter XXXI. The Coming of the First Large Party of Immigrants from Sogn. New Accessions from Voss 265 Chapter XXXII. Long Prairie in Boone County, Illinois; A Sogning Settlement 272 Chapter XXXIII. The Growth of the Racine County (Muskego) Settlement, 1843–1847 278 Chapter XXXIV. The Heart Prairie Settlement in Walworth Co., Wis. Skoponong. Pine Lake 289 Chapter XXXV. The Earliest Norwegian Settlers at Sugar Creek, Walworth County, Wisconsin. The Influx from Land, Norway, to Wiota and Vicinity, 1844–1852 300 Chapter XXXVI. Continued Immigration from Aurland, Sogn, to Koshkonong. The Arrival of Settlers from Vik Parish, Sogn, in 1845 305 Chapter XXXVII. Kirkeregister. Church Register of East Koshkonong, West Koshkonong and Liberty Prairie Congregations as Constituted During the Years of Reverend J. W. C. Dietrichson’s Incumbency of the Pastorate from 1844 to 1850, and as Recorded by Reverend Dietrichson 314 Chapter XXXVIII. The Founding of the Norwegian Settlements of Norway Grove, Spring Prairie and Bonnet Prairie in Dane and Columbia Counties, Wisconsin 331 Chapter XXXIX. Blue Mounds in Western Dane County, Wisconsin 340 Chapter XL. The Hardanger Settlement in Lee and De Kalb Counties, Illinois. Big Grove in Kendall County, and Nettle Creek in Grundy County, Illinois 350 Chapter XLI. The First Norwegian Pioneers in Northeastern Iowa 362 Chapter XLII. Survey of Immigration from Norway to America. Conclusion 375 Appendix I 383 Appendix II 386 Bibliography 387 Index 389

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INTRODUCTION

In this volume I shall aim to give an account of the Norwegian immigration movement from 1825 down to 1848. Thereupon will follow a brief survey of the course of the movement and the growth of the settlements founded here in that period. In the