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Contact:
Rev. Wesley Hougsted
1307 Radcliffe Road
Buffalo Grove IL 60089
847-368-8085
whougsted@aol.com
Meets annually at the Norway Community Center in Norway,
Illinois, on the Sunday nearest October 9. |
The Sloopers'
Voyage to America
The first group of Norwegian Immigrants to America
departed Stavanger, Norway, July 4, 1825, on the Sloop "Restauration".
These 52 persons entered New York Harbor on October 9th, 98
days later.
Cleng Peerson led this group first to upstate New York;
then to to the area of Illinois near Norway, Illinois,
where the first permanent Norwegian settlement was
established.
Descendants of these Norwegians who came over on the sloop
have formed the Norwegian Slooper Society of America. |
