Translated from 'Nordmændene i Amerika' by Martin Ulvestad. 1907. Atchison county Harald O. Tvedt from Nordre Aurdal, Valders came to Lancaster, Kans. from La Crosse, Wis. in 1858 and was the first Norwegian settler in the county. Somewhat later came Tom Flattery† from Voss as well as Elling and Ole Tvedt, Nils T. Ness, Tom Seversen, Ed Hegland and Ole Gigstad, all from Nordre Aurdal. Wheat, maize and hemp were the settlement's main produce for sale. There is a Norwegian congregation belonging to The Lutheran Free Church.