They soon joined a group of earlier Norwegian immigrants led by Ole Rynning living in the Beaver Creek Settlement in Iroquois County, Illinois.
Ole Nattestad moved northward into Wisconsin, and in July, 1838, entered a claim in the Town of Clinton, Rock County.
A complete version of Ole Rynning's True Account of America (Norwegian: Sandfærdig Beretning om Amerika) with footnotes and background information can be found at the National Library of Norway in Oslo.
[3] [4] The return trip of Ansten Nattestad to Norway had been immediately instrumental in promoting interest in America.
[citation needed] Ansten Nattestad organized more than a hundred emigrants and led them to Wisconsin arriving in September, 1839.