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A Story: Romundstad Valley: Its Beginnings by Norma (Rindal) Pire, former valley resident. MSWORD. |
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| The story at the link above is about a Wisconsin farm valley and the Norwegian extended family that came to the USA about one hundred forty years ago, settled in and farmed the valley. This is a story about Romundstad Valley.
Romundstad Valley is found in west central Wisconsin, about 15 miles south of Eau Claire and along Eau Claire and Trempealeau County Highway D, about 4 miles north of Strum. The valley and its residents were part of the old Norseville community. Some descendants of valley settlers live there yet today. All of the original settlers of Romundstad Valley came from Rindal, Møre og Romsdal, Norway. Rindal, Norway is about 100 kilometers (65 miles) southwest of Trondheim. The municipality of Rindal was established in 1858 when it was separated from Surnadal. Rindal municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Rindal farm since the first church was built there. The initial population of Rindal in 1858 was 2,684. The administrative center of the municipality of Rindal is a village by the same name, Rindal. Surrounding this village are farm villages of land, buildings and residents. The local structure was similar in earlier years. Farm villages (gaards) were named and numbered and each person’s full name combined with the name of the farm where they lived served as an address. Romundstad Farm was Gaard (Farm) #11 and Rindal Farm was Gaard (Farm) #18. Each of these and other such farm villages, or, farm clusters, had smaller farm units within them. Romundstad Valley settlers were born and raised on two of these smaller farm units of Romundstad Farm: Oppistua and Austistua. Norma (Rindal) Pire February 2011 Posted by Fred Matson 8, 18 Feb 2011 |