Leif Eriksson, an Icelander, discovered America in 100 A.D. Eight centuries later 1855-1860 sixteen pioneers from Iceland established in Spanish Fork, the first permanent Icelandic settlement in the United States. They were: Samuel Bjarnson & Wife…
Settled by Mormon pioneers in 1851 a branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized on December 21, 1851 with William Pace as bishop.