Pioneers On The Prairie: A History Of Marquette, Kansas Allan Lindfors, Eleanor Burnison Biographies,Genealogy,Kansas Related

Self-Published by the Authors, Lindsborg, KS. 1978. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light rubbing to boards. No DJ. Blue buckram cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine and front board; wagon wheel in gilt on the front board. 170 pp 8vo. This book was written by two descendants of the original Swedish settlers who came to the area in the mid-1800s, homesteaded and stayed. This book is attempt by the authors to record the history of early years before it is lost forever. The effort was a town-wide effort to piece together a history from scraps and writings that were collected and saved by settler families who still live in Marquette. If nothing else, the book will show the settler/pioneer spirit and will of the present population to keep Marquette a thriving town even with its 2020 population of 522. A clean very presentable copy.