Wright, Johan Oberg in Cromwell. Other denominations, however, were not far behind, and the National church congregation in Moose Lake, which later became the Kalevala church, was established in 1892, its church building erected in 1900. This building was struck by lightning in 1914 and was burned to the ground; a new one which replaced it came through the 1918 fire unscathed. If smaller communities could not support formal congregations, at least in Wright the National church worshippers could assemble in the small log chapel which Nikolai Luoma built in his yard

Cromwell Plowman's hall in 1913.

for this purpose. Another Evangelical Lutheran church, on the other hand, that in Kettle River, was affiliated with the Suomi Synod: this, the Kettle River Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, was established in 1904, with J. H. Korhonen as its first chairman. Its church, built in 1907, also survived the Great Fire. A Congregational church was established in Sawyer in 1931, with 26 members. Finally, the first Finnish American Methodist congregation had been started by John H. ichaelson in Moose Lake in 1891. emperance societies have been two in number, the first, the Pohjan Valo (Northern Light) was active in the Kettle River Moose Lake area. The newer one, the Uusi Opas (New Guide) in Cromwell, was not established until after the repeal of Prohibition. It was born after Heikki Moilanen, sent out as a speaker by

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