Early Norwegian Settlement
The first Norwegian settler in the county was J. J. Beck from Nordland. In the late 1880s, Beck and a few other Norwegians established what became known as the Normanna Settlement. The settlement, however, remained relatively small.
Sources:
[Ulvestad, Martin. Nordmændene i Amerika. Utg. History Book Company's Forlag. Minneapolis, Minn. 1907.]
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