Early Norwegian Settlement
The first permanent Norwegian settler in Columbia County was Cato Parelius from Hitra. He settled at Quincy in 1873.
Churches and Congregations
A Norwegian Lutheran congregation was established at Quincy in 1886. By 1905, Columbia County had three small Norwegian congregations. Two belonged to the Norwegian Synod and one to the Methodist Church.
Sources:
[Ulvestad, Martin. Nordmændene i Amerika. Utg. History Book Company's Forlag. Minneapolis, Minn. 1907.]
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