Printed History Books

These are some of the most worthwhile printed books on the subject of the Norwegian Ridge area.

History & Analysis

The Promise of America	Norwegians on the Prairie: Ethnicity and the Development of the Country Town
Norway To America: A History of the Migration	History of the Norwegian Settlements
Norwegians in Minnesota	Spring Grove: Minnesota’s First Norwegian Settlement
Norwegians in America, their History and Record, Volume 1	Pocket Guide to Minnesota Place Names: The Stories Behind 1200 Places in the North Star State
Between Rocks and Hard Places

Personal Narratives

In Their Own Words: Letters from Norwegian Immigrants	Westward We Came: A Norwegian Immigrant’s Story, 1866-1898
The Diary of Elisabeth Koren 1853-1855	A Chronicle of Old Muskego: The Diary of Soren Bache, 1839-1847

General Resources

Norwegian-English Dictionary: A Pronouncing and Translating Dictionary of Modern Norwegian (Bokmal and Nynorsk) with a Historical and Grammatical Introduction

Langenscheidt Pocket Universal Dictionary Norwegian-English