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Congregation of Valley Grove (West) Church

The congregation of Valley Grove Church (West) gathers outside its newly built church in Wheeling Township, 1894. Used with the permission of the Norwegian-American Historical Association.

Two Valley Grove churches

The two Valley Grove churches (built in 1862 and 1894, respectively), Nerstrand (Wheeling Township), Minnesota, 2019. Used with the permission of Rice County Historical Society.

Margaret Brooks Thompson

Margaret Brooks Thompson at the cornerstone-laying ceremony for Charles Thompson Memorial Hall in St. Paul, June 3, 1916.

Charles Thompson Memorial Hall

Charles Thompson Memorial Hall in St. Paul, November 11, 1916.

Charles Thompson Memorial Hall

Charles Thompson Memorial Hall in St. Paul, November 11, 1916.

Keeper’s cabin at Kettle Falls Dam

Keeper’s cabin at Kettle Falls Dam. National Park Service, undated. Public domain.

The Tosten E. Bonde Farmhouse, built of locally quarried limestone in 1875, is one of the oldest structures of its kind in Wheeling Township, Rice County. The Bonde family emigrated from Norway to Minnesota in 1849 and homesteaded land in 1855. The private home was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.