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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SS1_the-terrible-swedes-coach-ray-hahn-dr-ted-kessinger-historical_Lindsborg-KS.html
The Terrible Swedes In 1902, Dr. Carl A. Swensson, president of Bethany College, hired Bennie Owen as coach of the Bethany Swedes football team. He developed an awesome team that demolished all opponents, including the University of Oklahoma and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SRV_home-and-studio-of-anton-pearson-historical_Lindsborg-KS.html
Anton Pearson was an immigrant from Lund, Skåne, in southern Sweden. He is best known for his woodcarvings of local Lindsborg and Smoky Valley characters depicted in everyday situations. Anton opened his studio in 1929. Today it continues to be a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SRU_the-swedish-pavilion-historical_Lindsborg-KS.html
The Swedish Pavilion, the largest building to the south, was originally the Swedish exposition building at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri. Modeled after traditional Swedish manor houses, the Pavilion was prefabricated in Sweden, ship…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SRT_messiah-chorus-historical_Lindsborg-KS.html
Handel's "Messiah" has been performed annually in Lindsborg since 1882. Dr. Carl Aaron Swensson, the founder of Bethany College and pastor at Bethany Lutheran Church, was introduced to it by Pastor Olof Olsson, a Lindsborg pioneer who had moved to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QJB_a-brief-history-of-early-lindsborg_Lindsborg-KS.html
THE FIRST SWEDISH AGRICULTURAL COMPANY was formed in Chicago in early 1868. The Company, with the assistance of Railroad Agents, purchased 13,160 acres of land here in the Smoky Valley, and sent Anders Olsson, A. Jacobson, L. N. Sandell, Magnus Ca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QJ8_evangelical-covenant-church_Lindsborg-KS.html
Emigrants from Östergötland, Sweden formed the Rose Hill Church northeast of Lindsborg in 1874 with J.A. Pihl as pastor. They were joined by fifty people who had left Bethany Lutheran Church. In 1876 the congregation built a church in town, only…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QJ7_birger-sandzen_Lindsborg-KS.html
To the plains and mountains of America's West came not only waves of pioneers but also immigrants directly from Europe. Swedish painter Birger Sandzén (1871-1954) arrived in Lindsborg at the age of 23 on September 4, 1894, to teach at Betha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QJ6_messiah-lutheran-church_Lindsborg-KS.html
In 1908, Lindsborg presented a fertile time and place for the establishment of an English speaking Lutheran Church. Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church, located two blocks west, was organized on January 15, 1909. Following an organizational meeti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QJ3_bethany-college_Lindsborg-KS.html
Bethany College, located one block west, is a small, liberal-arts based college solidly rooted here in Lindsborg. Established by Swedish Lutheran immigrants in 1881, Bethany is a college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, owned and op…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JPL_war-memorial_Lindsborg-KS.html
Dedicated in perpetual memory to those who served and to the valiants who gave their lives for the United States of America in its wars. World War I Killed in Action Emil Pinkall Died in Service Claude Pratt · Elmer Holmgren World…
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