It was established in 1845 by Johan Reinert Reiersen of Kristiansand, Norway, who urged Norwegian immigrants to settle in the new community.
Blegen, Theodore C. Norwegian Migration to America, 1825-1860 (2 vols., 1931; 1940., New York: Haskell House, 1969)
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The colony, originally named Normandy, merged with nearby Brownsboro.
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Reierson traveled to Austin, where President Sam Houston encouraged him to bring Norwegian settlers to the republic and promised aid in the establishment of a colony.
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