Translated from 'Nordmændene i Amerika' by Martin Ulvestad, 1907. Florida The seaport of Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida has long and frequently been visited by Norwegian seaman - and a number of Norwegians, probably seaman families can be found there. Who was the first is not known. In Tallahassee, Leon County, Hans B. Raa from Hedemarken was the first. On the east coast of Florida (in Brevard Co.) lives a small group of patriotic Norwegians. There patriotism is shown in that they have two post offices with Norwegian names (Oslo and Viking). The settlement where these post offices lie was established in 1895 and consists of the brothers Jens, Ole, Andreas, Elias and Olaf Helseth as well as Jacob and Andrew Kjøstwig, all from Romsdalen, Bendik Bendiksen from Tromsø, Julius Olsen from Østre Toten and J. Strande, L. H. Hovelsrud and possibly several others whose birthplace in Norway is unknown to the author. Andrew Kjøstwig is the Postmaster at Viking and Ole Helseth manages the Oslo Post Office. In Pensacola there is a Norwegian Seaman's Church (with a reading room), the only Norwegian church in the State. In Gadsden County there is a post office by the name of Norway but there are no Norwegians.