In the early 1880's, a small group of Swedish settlers left their homeland for Dakota Territory and took up homesteads in this vicinity. After first holding services and meetings in their homes, they organized The Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Nyhem Church on September 15, 1883, seeking a new church home in their new land; Nyhem is the Swedish word for new home. Its charter members were Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Nels Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Gustaf A. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. August Carlson, Mr. and Mrs. A. Lindstrom, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Lindahl, Mr. and Mrs. Charley Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carlson, Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Sand, Carl Honasson, Gustaf Sandstrom, J. P. Carlson, Carl Tornquist, Mr. and Mrs. John P. Carlson, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Carlson, Mr. and Mrs. John Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. Sven G. Strand, Nels Rosenquist, and Hultin Rosenquist. Services were held in homes and a schoolhouse until 1885, when P. E. Anderson offered five acres of land for a church and cemetery. A small frame church was built later that year, and a bell tower and other improvements were added over time. Because of a declining rural population, the congregation decided to relocate the church to nearby Mitchell, and the last worship service was held on August 24, 1958. Only the bell remained of the sturdy white church that stood on this hill for three quarters of a century.