Translated from 'Nordmændene i Amerika' by Martin Ulvestad. 1907. Red Lake County The first Norwegian in this county was Ole Branum from Trondhjem. He settled at St. Hilaire. The year is not known. Gilbert K. Hove from Valders - - settled in the vicinity of Thief River Falls in 1881. Later in the year came another Valdris, namely Ole Aabole as well as Nils Knudsen and K. Knudsen from Nummedal, Hans Langseth from Søndre Gubrandsdalen, Sander Engebretsen from Hallingdal and A. A. Wassen from Søndre Land. In the vicinity of Tweet, Sevrin L. Dimmen from Søndre Søndmøre was the first. He settled at Tweet at the same time as the aformentioned persons settled at St. Hilaire - - thus 1881. The year after, the Sogning, Ole J. Hegg, settled in the vicinity of Wyandotte and so was the first there. Martin Rockstad, said to be from the Kristiania area, was the first in the area where Rockstad P.O. is now located. Red Lake County, however, is not old. For a long time it was part of Polk County. The Indians here were, as in many other places where Norwegians settled, their neighbours in the first years. They built log cabins and began to grow wheat and oats, that they took to Crookston, where they also made their purchases. It was 40 miles to there. There was no closer marketplace. There are 14 Norwegian congregations and 9 churches in Red lake County, 4 belong to The United Church, 4 to the Norwegian Synod, 2 to The Methodist Church, 2 to Hauge's Synod and 2 to The Lutheran Free Church. For information on Norwegian county officials, se the xsection, 'Norwegians in public office in America'. Places with Norwegian names; Norden, Nummedal, Garnes, Tweet (Tvedt) and Rockstad.