Translated from 'Nordmændene i Amerika' by Martin Ulvestad. 1907. Utah County The first Norwegian in this county was John Olsen, who settled in Salem. He came to America by sailship and was thus a pioneer. There is a small Norwegian-Danish Methodist congregation in this county. Andrew Knudsen, a Norwegian living here (in Provo City), is a Mormon Bishop. One of those who came here in the early days tells, "Arriving out in the Atlantic we were hit by a hurricane that lasted almost 3 days. And during this storm there was great battering of people and baggage down in the cabin. Emigrants, chests, barrels etc bumped against each other during the ship's violent lurching. It was worst for a man from Rennesø. He had taken an ale keg into his berth and it rolled over the edge. He grabbed for it with the result that he went with it to the deck. He suggested however that it was no worse than if it had tipped."