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“The Making of Pioneer Wisconsin; Voices of Early Settlers.”
“The Making of Pioneer Wisconsin; Voices of Early Settlers.”
Norwegians were the earliest and most numerous of the Scandinavian peoples to settle in Wisconsin. In 1840, there were already two sizable communities, Rock Prairie and Jefferson Prairie, in Rock County. About the same time, 40 Norwegian families from Upper Telemarken district settled near Lake Muskego in Waukesha County, and the following year, the largest […]
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