Dannebrog on the American Prairie Book

	Foreword	7
	Preface to the Translation	11
1.	Introduction	12
1.1	Emigration to the USA	11
1.2	Distribution of Danes in the USA	20
1.3	Theories about Distribution and Assimilation of the Danes	28
1.4	Dannebrog - a Danish Colony-initiative on the Prairie	37
2.	Among the Danes in Wisconsin	41
2.1	Wisconsin - Goal for the earliest Danish Emigration	43
2.2	Pine Lake - The first Danish Settlement	46
2.3	Lars Hannibal's Arrival to the Pine Lake Area	55
2.4	Sergeant in the 15th Infantry Regiment of the Wisconsin Volunteers	64
2.5	The Pine Lake Area Around 1870	68
3.	The Danish Land and Homestead Company	77
3.1	The Idea Behind the Land Company	77
3.2	The Company Achieves Recognition by the Wisconsin Legislature	82
3.3	The Group Behind the Company	90
3.4	Further Progress	94
3.5	Government and Railroad Land	104
4.	The Land is Found	117
4.1	A Committee is Sent Out	118
4.2	The End of the Company	131
4.3	The Trip to the Middle Loup River	136
5.	Colonizing of the Area by the Middle Loup River	143
5.1	The Dannebrog Colony Comes Into Existence	147
5.2	The Source Material	154
5.3	Colonization in the First Years	167
5.4	Lars Hannibal as Landowner	218
6.	The Founding of the Prairie Town Dannebrog	224
6.1	Town Site for Dannebrog	227
6.2	Deeds to the Land	234
6.3	In Good Times and Bad	237
6.4	Lars Hannibal as a 'Town Builder'	258
7.	Conclusion	274
	Source Materials	278
	References	282