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448 APPENDIX B. EARLY SWEDISH SETTLEMENTS IN U.S.A.
Mattson. They went up north, and founded a colony at Vasa,
Goodhue Co., Minn. New emigrants, chiefly from North-
Eastern Skane, poured into this colony the following years, and
in 1860 this had become one of the largest Swedish settlements
in America.
15. STOCKHOLM, WISCONSIN. 1854.
The following year, 1854, a very large number of Swedes
left Vermland. It had now become known in Sweden that
Minnesota and Wisconsin, with their beautiful lakes and colder
climate, reminded much of Sweden. Consequently the larger
number of these sons of Vermland went north and settled on
the shores of Lake Pepin, near the Vasa settlement in
Minnesota. The new settlement at Lake Pepin was called
Stockholm.
16. ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS. 1852-1854.
While thus many new comers went into Wisconsin and
Minnesota, letters from the earlier emigrants to their friends at
home led many emigrants, in the years 1852-1854, to settle in
Illinois. Many of these, chiefly from Smaland and Westergot-
land, came to Rockford, Ills., where very soon a large Swedish
colony flourished.
17. CARVER COUNTY, MINNESOTA. 1853-1854.
In 1853 a number of people from Westergotland went up into
Minnesota and founded a settlement in Carver Co. Next year
their number was increased, and several Swedish colonies
sprang up in that county.
18. SCANDIAN GROVE, MINNESOTA. 1856.
Soon the Swedes began to push further and further into Min
nesota, and in 1856 a large number of people from Northern
Skane founded a colony in Scandian Grove, Minn.
By this time railroads were extended into the West, and
Atlantic travel was done by steamships. Since 1860 large
numbers have come over ; many of these have stopped in the
old Swedish colonies of Illinois and Minnesota ; many also have
settled in Pennsylvania and the eastern cities. But a consider
able number have gone West, into Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska,
Colorado and even California, with stray settlements in other
States like the Dakotas. In Kansas and Nebraska, however,
are the largest settlements of later years, and the smoky steel
district in Kansas is now well known as largely a Swedish settle
ment with a prosperous population. Others, like New Got
land and Gothenburg, Nebraska, testify to the number and the
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