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Harmony Amish

On the streets of the small town of Harmony, in Fillmore County, cars and trucks share road space with horse-drawn black buggies and wagons. Drivers in modern dress travel alongside people dressed in dark, plain clothing resembling mid-nineteenth-century attire—members of a local Amish enclave. Since its founding in 1974, the Harmony-area Amish community has grown to become the largest Amish population in Minnesota.

Sons of Norway lodge in Windom

Members of a Sons of Norway lodge gather in Windom, 1925.

Sons of Norway Display

Sons of Norway display, 2018. Used with the permission of Janelle Kaye.

Meeting of Stavanger Lodge 538

Meeting of Stavanger Lodge 538 at the Cottonwood County Historical Society, 2018. Used with the permission of Janelle Kaye.

Meeting of Stavanger Lodge 538

Meeting of the Stavanger Lodge 538 at the Cottonwood County Historical Society, 2018.

Meeting of Stavanger Lodge 538

Meeting of the Stavanger Lodge 538 at the Cottonwood County Historical Society. Photograph by Janelle Kaye, May 30, 2018. Used with the permission of Janelle Kaye.

Stavanger Lodge 538 banner

Banner for the Stavanger Lodge 538. Photographed at a lodge meeting held at the Cottonwood County Historical Society, 2018. Used with the permission of Janelle Kaye.

Sons of Norway in Cottonwood County

Cottonwood County citizens have participated in local chapters of the national Sons of Norway organization, called lodges, since 1938. Since 1974, Stavanger Lodge 538 has brought members together to participate in cultural, artistic, and community events that celebrate Norwegian American traditions.