Anyone here from Clifton, the Norwegian capital? Or know much about it? (Commerce: home)

[Bestemor]

My husband and I are looking a possible places to retire in Texas--Clifton is one place we want to research. Would appreciate some input.

[Metro Matt]

My great grandmother on my moms side is Norwegian & settled in Clifton when she arrived here. I have no idea what the population there is like.

[Canine*Castle]

Clifton is a great small town with a population less than 4,000. It's a pretty place with some hilly (for Texas) areas. It's right near Lake Whitney.

They have a great clinic and hospital which has recently been enlarged...very nice. I really like the town very much.

Here is a link to the C of C.

Clifton, Texas, Chamber of Commerce

[doctorjef]

If you've not explored the area, be sure to check out Norse, the centre of the old Norwegian settlement area -- not much there now except a charming and still active Lutheran church (be sure to see the interior with its semi-circular altar rail and wonderful altarpiece painting of the Risen Christ. Norse is also quite wooded in a way that the surrounding countryside is not. Also check out the rather hidden and still populated village of Cranfill's Gap, also with another worth-seeing Lutheran church; and ask directions to the "Stone Church", the oldest Norwegian Lutheran church in the area (the old St Olaf's actually -- the present congregation having moved to Cranfill's Gap back in the 1920s); the Stone Church is just used occasionally now but again has a remarkable altarpiece painting of Christ the Good Shepherd. The church sits in the middle of rolling farmland in a completely rural setting and one can imagine those early settlers so very far from home in such a remote, new land (and such a hot place compared to their homeland).

[Bestemor]

Thanks for the info! Very interested. Clifton has a one day celebration (Dec. 1?) of their Nowegian heritage. Maybe that would be a good time to drive over and do some sightseeing. Lutheran churches are also high on our list (maybe my username is a clue.....bestemor= "grandmother" in Norwegian).

Originally Posted by doctorjef

If you've not explored the area, be sure to check out Norse, the centre of the old Norwegian settlement area -- not much there now except a charming and still active Lutheran church (be sure to see the interior with its semi-circular altar rail and wonderful altarpiece painting of the Risen Christ. Norse is also quite wooded in a way that the surrounding countryside is not. Also check out the rather hidden and still populated village of Cranfill's Gap, also with another worth-seeing Lutheran church; and ask directions to the "Stone Church", the oldest Norwegian Lutheran church in the area (the old St Olaf's actually -- the present congregation having moved to Cranfill's Gap back in the 1920s); the Stone Church is just used occasionally now but again has a remarkable altarpiece painting of Christ the Good Shepherd. The church sits in the middle of rolling farmland in a completely rural setting and one can imagine those early settlers so very far from home in such a remote, new land (and such a hot place compared to their homeland).

[jtur88]

I had always thought Oslo was the Norwegian capital.