In 1902, Mr. AC Nielsen Sr..from Tyler, Minnesota bought 1600 acres of land east of Junction City.  He advertised in a Danish weekly newspaper at Cedar Falls Iowa and encouraged many Danish people to make a new life here.  The families that were attracted by the article bought land parcels of 10 to 60 acre plots in the area now called Dane Lane.  They established farms and planted hay, raised hogs, chickens and milk cows.  That same year the Danish Lutheran Church was established and a church and parish hall were built.  Over the next two years forty families, some 200 people arrived in the area.

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