Translated from 'Nordmændene i Amerika' by Martin Ulvestad. 1907. Brown and Doniphan Counties Ole Ericksen from the Arendal or Kristiansand area was the founder of the settlement that stretches over the eastern part of Brown and the western part of Doniphan Counties. He settled in the area between Everest and Leona in the 60s. The nearest marketplaces were St. Joseph and Atchinson. Wheat growing was their leading source of income. Ole Nilsen from Grimstad was the first Norwegian in the vicinity of Robinson, Brown County. And Daniel Anderson from Sogn was the first in the vicinity of Dentonville, Doniphan County. Pastor Roernæs writes that the first Norwegian settlers came from Missouri to Kansas just at the time the Slave and Free Soil parties fought for power in the State (Kans.), the battle was intense and was also full of comical events that the settlers enjoyed telling about in later years. Øvre Wolf Congregation, that was established at Robinson in 1870 by Pastor N. C. Brun, then of The Conference, was the first Norwegian congregation in these two counties. The church was built in 1877. Now there are 2 Norwegian churches and 3 congregations, 2 belong to The United Church and 1 to The Lutheran Free Church. In Doniphan County there was for a time a post office called Norway. ------------------------------------------------------- In Douglas County there is a post office called Vinland and in Ness County there is a town by the same name (Ness) that certainly sound Norwegian but there are no Norwegians to be found, either in Vinland or Ness.