Fox River Settlement

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The Fox River Settlement was the first permanent Norwegian-American immigrant settlement in the Midwest.[1] It was located in La Salle County, Illinois[2] in Mission and Miller Townships, with a part of Rutland Township.[3] Opinions differ as to when they first arrived at the Fox River Settlement with some writers fixing 1835 as the year, Knud Langeland claiming it was 1836, and Prof. Rasmus B. Anderson arguing that it was 1834.[3]

The Norwegian Settlers Memorial, situated just south of the community of Norway, La Salle County, is the official memorial of Illinois maintained in honor of these immigrants.[4]

  1. ^ Norwegian Settlers Memorial (Illinois Historic Preservation Agency) Archived 2009-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Flom, George Tobias (1909). "CHAPTER V, The Founding of the Fox River Settlement. Personal Notes on Some of the Founders.". A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States from the Earliest Beginning Down to the Year 1848. Iowa City: Privately Printed. pp. 55–63. Retrieved 17 July 2024. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ a b Strand, Algot E. (1905). A History of the Norwegians of Illinois: A Concise Record of the Struggles and Achievements of the Early Settlers Together with a Narrative of what is Now Being Done by the Norwegian-Americans of Illinois in the Development of Their Adopted Country ... J. Anderson Publishing Company. pp. 73–76. ISBN 978-5-87196-373-9. Retrieved 17 July 2024. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ "The Fox River, Illinois Settlement". Telelaget of America. July 7, 2015. Retrieved October 3, 2015.