This story commences just prior to the turn of the 20th century. It is a true account of two individuals who migrated to the United States from their motherland of Norway. These two adventurous pioneers met in 1903, marriage was to follow in 1904. The path they chose in this life took them down the trail of homesteading in southern Idaho. It reveals their trials, hardships, joys and moments of happiness encountered along their way. This truly was a quantum leap for them from the fjords of far northern Norway to the fields of dry farming in southern Idaho.

This book reveals the religious and social dilemma of a family faced with local opposition and acts of rejection including persecution. Old friends and neighbors became hostile creating an ultimatum for the family to leave their ancestral home in Norway fleeing to America for religious freedoms.

The "Victorian Age" provided a time period related to a renaissance in progression of human betterment. It accompanied the development of the "Industrial Age," it opened the way for expansion and acquisition of knowledge which promoted science and the arts. Human medical treatments and general life sustaining practices improved the overall health and well being of individuals. This time period experienced its problems and shortcomings in life, but as this tale of love depicts, life provided pleasantries for many who experienced it. Most people today refer to this time period in a very...