His efforts helped to create a Danish farming community in Lane County, Oregon.

[1][2] In 1902, A. C. Nielsen left Tyler, Minnesota and purchased at auction 1600 acres east of Junction City, in an area now in the vicinity of Dane Lane.

Nielsen placed advertisements in a Danish language newspaper, the Dannevirke, in Cedar Falls, Iowa, for parcels of 10 to 60 acres.

[3] Another publication to carry the advertisements was Den Danske Pioneer in Omaha, Nebraska.

[4] The farms were purchased by European immigrants, many born in Denmark, and within a few months the Danish colony came into existence.