Arne Garborg. once wrote of his people: They are a strong. stubborn folk who dig their way through a life of brooding and care. putter with the soil and search the Scriptures. force a little corn from the earth and hopes from their dreams. put their faith in the penny. and trust in God. Over 2 million Norwegian people have come to America. The story of the fortunes of these "strong. stubborn folk" in the New World has been preserved in letters that were treasured by families in Norway and later collected by historians. in memories of the pioneers who. in the dreamy days of old age. recalled their youthful conquest of the new earth. in Norwegian newspapers published in the Midwest. the East. and the West of America. in pamphlets and books which traced the history of local churches. schools. towns. and societies organized and build by the immigrants. Norwegians began to come to the Montana Territory in the 1860s and continued to arrive all through the seventies and eighties. A considerable number of Norwegians settled on the grazing upland of the Flathead Mountains.
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Strong, stubborn folk who dig their way through a life of brooding and care, putter with the soil and search the Scriptures, force a little corn from the earth and hopes from their dreams. put their faith in the penny. and trust in God.