Translated from 'Nordmændene i Amerika' by Martin Ulvestad. 1907. Whiteman County At Hay there is a small Norwegian settlement. And a congregation was established there in 1902. Pastor Iver Andreassen of United Church was its first priest. This (Selbu) congregation built a church in 1904. It now belongs to Hauge's Synod. At La Crosse there are also a number of Norwegians. This settlement was established in 1900 by the author Elias Molee, whose parents came from Tinn, Telemarken. The next settlers at La Crosse were Peder and Jørgen Wigen from Selbu and Alex Hoyen from Hardanger.