On Main Street at Union Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
Charles Wesley
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Glory To The New Born KingO For A Thousand Tongues To Sing
My Great Redeemer's Praise
John Wesley
"The World Is My Parish"
Swedish Methodist Church, 1881 - . . . — — Map (db m80604) HM
On Lincoln Street at the Välkommen Trail, on the right when traveling west on Lincoln Street.
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 . . . — — Map (db m92299) HM
On Swensson Avenue at the Välkommen Trail, on the right when traveling west on Swensson Avenue.
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 . . . — — Map (db m92293) HM
On Olsson Street at the Välkommen Trail, on the right when traveling west on Olsson Street.
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 Bethany . . . — — Map (db m92294) HM
On Lincoln Street at the Välkommen Trail, on the left when traveling west on Lincoln Street.
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 . . . — — Map (db m92298) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 4) at Lindsborg Street, on the left when traveling south on Main Street.
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 . . . — — Map (db m129427) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m95408) HM
On Olsson Street at the Välkommen Trail, on the left when traveling west on Olsson Street.
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 . . . — — Map (db m92295) HM
On Main Street at Lincoln Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
Hello! Welcome to My World, a place where you can, like me, let your imagination run wild. Do you believe that good buildings die and go to heaven? If you do, welcome to my fantasy of Architectural Heaven. Please travel with me and our . . . — — Map (db m54089) HM
1872 Dam grant to Charles Johnson. First grist and saw mill
1887 Destroyed by fire
1889 Smoky Valley Roller Mill built by J. C. Bergsten
1890 Purchased by Theodore Teichgraber
1907-1927 Operated by Wm. Hagstrom
1934-1935 Reopened and . . . — — Map (db m54054) HM
On Mill Street west of 1st Street, on the right when traveling west.
1Lt. USAF who was shot down on April 2, 1970 while on a mission over South Vietnam
He will be remembered with pride by all who knew him. — — Map (db m80660) WM
On Lindsborg Street east of Main Street (Kansas Highway 4), on the right when traveling east.
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, . . . — — Map (db m95406) HM
On Mill Street west of 1st Street, on the left when traveling west.
Built 1906
has been placed on the
National Register of
Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Reg.[istered] 11-15-2005 — — Map (db m80658) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m95415) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m81795) WM
On Main Street near Lincoln Street, on the left when traveling south.
The story of Lucia, the symbol of light amid the darkness for Sweden, has many different versions. Although her feast day is celebrated on December 13th in Sweden, Lindsborg celebrates Lucia Day on the second Saturday in December. Lucia was born . . . — — Map (db m54082) HM
The
Womans Missionary Society
of
The Lutheran Augustana Synod was
organized at this site June 6-1892
which was then the home of
Dr. C.A. Swensson
Founder and President of Bethany College
with
Fifty Charter Members present . . . — — Map (db m57008) HM