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Norwegians on the Prairie: Ethnicity and the Development of the Country Town PUB195201 and others who wish toAgainst the broad backdrop of the expanding western frontier, noted Norwegian American scholar Odd S. Lovoll explores the country town through the lens of ethnicity in this pioneering study. Benson, Madison, and Starbuck, all located on the western Minnesota prairie, were settled primarily by Norwegians and served as urban centers railroad hubs, destinations for trade, and social nexuses for the farming communities that surround them. Lovoll's