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Rolvaag recounts pioneer travels to Story County in 1855
In an American Magazine excerpt reprinted by the Roland Record, O. E. Rolvaag details Norwegian settlers from Lis on Illinois moving in 1854 1855 to Story County Iowa. The piece traces the scouting of land, the Palestine congregation, the 1855 trek with 106 people and 25 teams, and notes on pioneer memory fading as new generations rise.
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Rolvaag
Story County
American Magazine
Lisbon
Ill
O. E. Reglvaag
St. Olaf College
Northfield
Minn
Crowell Publishing Company
United States
R¢lvaag
Illustra
LaSalle County
Illinois
Wisconsin
Mississippi
Norway
Iowa
Joshua
Caleb
Canaan
Osmund Johnson
Johnson
Promised Land
Congregation
Palestine
Ole Anfinson
Erick Sheldahl