The first church organization on Rock Prairie was made by Diedrichson; Lars H. Skavlem was one of its members.

The evidence

• “He urged the Norwegians to organize and support their own parochial schools and send to Norway for good orthodox teachers. The first church organization on Rock Prairie was the one organized by Diedrichson in 1845, and Lars H. Skavlem was one of its members.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/18-scandinavians.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 472 / book p. 438

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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