Translated from 'Nordmændene i Amerika' by Martin Ulvestad, 1907. Furnas County Ole Simons from Gausdal was the first Norwegian here. He came from Iowa Co., Wis. and settled in the vicinity of Cambridge in 1873. C. C. Christensen, another Gudbrandsdøl accompanied him. The settlement's main source of income was in growing maize. The nearest marketplace was Lowell, 90 miiles away. There is a Norwegian (United Church) congregation with a church.