Translated from 'Nordmændene i Amerika' by Martin Ulvestad. 1907 Rosebud County Andrew Andersen from Nordfjord was the first Norwegian in this county. He settled in the vicinity of Decker and has lived there as a hermit between 20 and 30 years. The first at Birney was Tom Salvesen, Tobias Salvesen, T. Larsen and T. Thompson, all from Hitterø near Flekkefjord. They came to Montana in 1890 and occupied themselves with cattle raising. This area lies right by the Custer Battlefield, that is historically renowned. A number of Indians of the Cheyenne tribe still roam the area. They were a part of those Indians who destroyed settlements in Minnesota that escaped westward after the Civil War.