Westward we came : a Norwegian immigrant's story, 1866-1898 / Harold B. Kildahl, Sr. ; edited and organized by Erling E. Kildahl.

"Westward We Came is a first-hand memoir written by Harold B. Kildahl, Sr., a Norwegian, who sailed across the ocean to the New World in 1866. The book provides vivid descriptions of the Kildahl family's travels to southern Minnesota. The family witnessed the infamous James-Younger gang bank raid in Northfield, Minnesota in September 1876 and the founding of St. Olaf College. The book describes the annual floods of the Red River of the North ultimately leading the family to move to the Dakota Territory in 1883." "Westward We Came is an authentic depiction of difficult pioneer life - true Americana, including the hardships as well as the joys of the times. In 1888, Harold B. Kildahl, Sr. returned to Minnesota to seek an education. During the next ten years he completed grade school and high school, graduated from St. Olaf College (1895), and the Lutheran Seminary in Minneapolis (1898) was ordained, married, and received a call to be a pastor in the Lutheran Faith."--BOOK JACKET.