The Icelander knew no fear of hostile military forces on his borders nor could his country be used as a corridor like Belgium through which the marching and rolling forces of a mighty aggressor might move at will. Like Japan. his country remained closed to aliens until the middle of the 19th century when trade and commercial intercourse were suddenly permitted with the rest of the world. a world that was revelling in the marvels of steam. a factor that was revolutionizing transport and bringing inaccessible areas within reach of political and commercial centers. It was under circumstances such as these that the earliest permanent immigrants from Iceland came to Utah 100 years ago. And they must have thought they were far better isolated here than on the island they had left behind. We know well what the brief span of a hundred years held for those who settled in this new land.
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