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Jefferson Prairie Settlement, Wisconsin
Jefferson Prairie Settlement was a pioneer colony of Norwegian-Americans located in the Town of Clinton, in Rock County, Wisconsin. This site and the nearby Rock Prairie settlement outside Orfordville, Wisconsin served as centers for both Norwegian immigration and developments within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.〔''History of Clinton and the Surrounding Area'' (The Clinton Community Resources Guide. Village of Clinton, Wisconsin 1998)〕 The unincorporated community of Bergen, Rock County, Wisconsin is in the vicinity of Jefferson Prairie Settlement.
==Background==
Ole Knudsen Nattestad and Ansten Nattestad, two brothers from the valley of Numedal in southeastern Norway, emigrated in 1837. Numedal is a traditional district located in the county of Buskerud, Norway. Together the Nattestad brothers played a key role in promoting immigration from Norway and for directing immigrants to southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois. Ole Knutson Nattestad first came to the Town of Clinton in 1838. Ansten Nattestad returned to Norway to have the letters of Ole Rynning published. Ole Rynning (1809-1838) had been an early immigrant living in Beaver Creek, Iroquois County, Illinois. Rynning's work was published as ''True Account of America'' (Norwegian: ''Sandfærdig Beretning om Amerika'').〔''Ole Rynning's true account of America'' (translated and edited by Theodore C. Blegen. Norwegian-American Historical Association, Minneapolis. 1926)〕
The return trip of Ansten Nattestad to Norway was instrumental in promoting interest in America. Ansten Nattestad organized more than a hundred emigrants and led them to Wisconsin, arriving in September, 1839. Some joined Ole Nattestad at Jefferson Prairie; others settled in nearby Rock Prairie. The Jefferson Prairie Lutheran Church was organized in 1844. Pioneer Lutheran Minister, Claus Lauritz Clausen, accepted a call during 1846 from Norwegian-settlers at Jefferson Prairie. He relocated from the Muskego Settlement and made Rock County the center for his activities among the settlements in southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois, remaining until 1853. Clausen based part of his efforts from Rock Prairie, which he rechristened Luther Valley.〔"Luther Valley Has a Thriving Church". ''Janesville Gazette'', November 9, 1929.〕〔Blaine Hansen. "(The Norwegians of Luther Valley )". ''Wisconsin Magazine of History'', vol 28, no. 4 (June 1945): 422-430.〕
During 1846, the Eielsen Synod, a Norwegian Lutheran church body, was founded at Jefferson Prairie by a group led by Elling Eielsen. In 1853, the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (the "Norwegian Synod") was organized at Luther Valley. The organizing meeting of the Augustana Synod was held at Jefferson Prairie in June 1860.〔Nelson, E. Clifford, and Fevold, Eugene L. ''The Lutheran Church among Norwegian-Americans: A History of the Evangelical Lutheran Church''. Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1960.〕 Today a historic marker near Wisconsin Highway 140, four miles south of Clinton, marks the former location of the Jefferson Prairie Settlement and highlights the role of the Nattestads in its development.〔McBride, Sarah Davis. ''History Just Ahead''. Madison: Wisconsin Historical Society, 1999.〕〔(Historical Markers - Rock Co., WI Jefferson Prairie Settlement )〕
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