Translated from 'Nordmændene i Amerika' by Martin Ulvestad. 1907. Campbell County The first settlers in this county were Nels Lillesveen from Faaberg as well as Svennung G. Sauer, S. A. Sauer and A. S. Bamble, the last three from Telemarken. They settled in the vicinity of Grass in 1883. The first man came from Lincoln Co., S.D., the other three from Humboldt Co., Iowa. Later in the year came Ole Tronsen, A. O. Tronsen from Nordre Land, Jacob Hanse from Telemarken, Christian Johnson and Hans Eversen from Hadeland and A. G. Andersen, born in Minnesota to parents from Hadeland. In 1884 some others came from Canton, S.D. and settled in the vicinity of Gale; Torgrim Fossum from Valders, Andrew Andersen from Næs, Hallingdal, Johannes Løvø† and Ole Løvø from Kvernes at Christiansund, Ole Gjysland from Christiansand S. and Arne Arnesen whose birthplace is unknown to the author. Some of these settled in the lowland at the Missouri River where they built houses of driftwood, the rest settled up on the hill and over the prairie and they had to be satisfied with sod huts. Wheat and cattle raising was the settlers' leading source of income. In the beginning Aberdeen was their nearest marketplace. The oxen and their drivers had to cover a distance of 120 or more correctly 240 miles (if one considers the trip both ways). However the railroad was extended to Ipswick, between 80 and 90 miles from the Norwegian settlement. Later it was extended to the Missouri River, past the Norwegians' doors. The first Norwegian congregation in Campbell County (Bergen Congregation) was established at Grass P.O. in 1884 by Pastor A. L. Lobben, belonging to The Norwegian Synod. The first Norwegian church in the county was built by the Norway Congregation at Tislo in 1897. Pastor T. Skartvedt, who settled in Campbell County in 1887 and who at that time belonged to the Anti-Missouri Brotherhood, was the first permanent priest there. Now there are 7 congregations and 2 churches, 4 belong to The United Church and 3 to The Lutheran Free Church. A. G. Andersen, Probate Court Judge, was the first Norwegian to hold public office in the county. In Campbell County there is a post poffice with the name Herreid. It is named for the State's former Norwegian Governor.