Gardar. though others such as Pembina. Langdon. and Mountain do not reveal the Icelandic origins of their population. To the west. Bottineau. Upham. and Bantry are Icelandic settlements. to the south Grand Forks counts several Icelanders. among them Richard Beck. Professor of Scandinavian Languages and Literatures at the University of North Dakota and the most active publicist of Icelandic culture now living. The Icelandic immigrants of 18701900 had nothing to prepare.them for farming on the great midwestern plains except the habits of .haid work and austere living in their homeland. They were all. Lutherans and among their first tasks were forming congregations and building churches.
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