Upper East Koshkonong Norwegian Lutheran Church dressed up for Christmas near Cambridge WI Wood Print

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"Upper East Koshkonong Norwegian Lutheran Church"
A recent snowy drive near Cambridge WI at the two beautiful EAST Koshkonong Norwegian Lutheran churches. Seen here is the "Upper" (oldest) church, beautifully bedecked in Christmas adornments. A few other images are available of location - just search "Koshkonong" on my site to see them all.

A historical sign at this site summarizes history ->
In 1844 at the request of pioneer Norwegian immigrants newly-ordained Johannes Wilhelm Christian Dietrichson came to Koshkonong from Norway. Under his leadership congregations were established and log churches built at both East and West Koshkonong. During his pastorate (1844-1850) Dietrichson traveled widely and organized a number of other congregations in the pioneer communities of Wisconsin and Illinois.

Both community and church prospered with the steady flow of Norwegian immigrants. Koshkonong became known as "Queen of the Norwegian settlements in America" and...

Peter Herman was born and raised on a farm in North Dakota. He first became interested in photography during high-school, and after acquiring a Pentax SLR, began taking photos for the school yearbook and developing/printing B&W images in school darkroom. He continued shooting through college, taking portraits, group pictures, weddings, but after beginning his engineering career at Cummins, he let his photography interests go dormant until about 2005 when he acquired his first DSLR and started shooting scenic landscapes from around the US, but concentrating especially on rural areas in ND and WI. Many of his images were encountered while riding motorcycle down random backroads during "golden hour", searching for that magic light...