Translated from 'Nordmændene i Amerika' by Martin Ulvestad, 1907. Clay County The founder of the little Norwegian settlement in the visinity of Harvard was Paul Sampson (Simonsen) from Bømmelhavn. He came there in 1869. There is a congregation belonging to The Norwegian Synod. Many of its members can be found in ¨'Sammenstillinger af Norske Sambygdinger i Amerika'