“My father had friends and relatives in America, who kept writing
about the wonders of their new land,”

                                                                                                          John Stromstrem, Corydon 1860’s.



“Our liberties we prize and our rights we maintain,”
                                                        Iowa State motto.



“If we remain healthy, within a few years we can start our own farm,
which would have never become a reality in Vriesland.”
                                                                          Sjoerd Siqma, Pella 1848.