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By William Fischer, Jr., September 4, 2011
Mennonite Settler Statue and Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| On Athletic Park Drive, 0.1 miles north of Fischer Field (football stadium), on the right when traveling west. |
| | The "Mennonite Settler," designed and sculpted by artist Max Nixon (1915-2000), was dedicated by the City of Newton September 10, 1942. Funding came from citizens of Newton, the Junior Chamber of Commerce, and the U.S. Works Progress Administration . . . — — Map (db m53494) HM |
| On Main Street east of Highland Avenue, on the left when traveling west. |
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When settlers came to the prairie in the 1870s, they learned from the land that grasses grew better than any other crop here. In 1874, Russian Mennonite immigrants brought seeds of Turkey Red winter wheat from the Russian steppes. Well . . . — — Map (db m64254) HM |
May. 2, 2024