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Dear Viewers:
I certainly hope you have an enjoyable journey traveling through Swedes: TheWayTheyWere (SWEDES)
Go HERE, for my connection to this Swedish Kansas history, and for career and education information.
You may CONTACT me at [email protected] with a subject line of SWEDES.
I would love to hear from you.
Tusen tack,
Fran Cochran
I certainly hope you have an enjoyable journey traveling through Swedes: TheWayTheyWere (SWEDES)
Go HERE, for my connection to this Swedish Kansas history, and for career and education information.
You may CONTACT me at [email protected] with a subject line of SWEDES.
I would love to hear from you.
Tusen tack,
Fran Cochran
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CONTACTS
For 1869 Lindsborg,
CONTACT Today, go HERE
For 1881 Bethany College,
CONTACT Today, go HERE
For 1957 Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery
CONTACT Today, go HERE
For 1963 Smoky Valley Historical Association
CONTACT Today, go HERE
For 1984 Hemslöjd, Inc.
CONTACT Today, go HERE
For 2021 Lindsborg Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum
CONTACT Today, go HERE
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For "Some Reviewing Remarks,"
go HERE.
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CONTACTS
For 1869 Lindsborg,
CONTACT Today, go HERE
For 1881 Bethany College,
CONTACT Today, go HERE
For 1957 Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery
CONTACT Today, go HERE
For 1963 Smoky Valley Historical Association
CONTACT Today, go HERE
For 1984 Hemslöjd, Inc.
CONTACT Today, go HERE
For 2021 Lindsborg Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum
CONTACT Today, go HERE
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For "Some Reviewing Remarks,"
go HERE.
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The Old Deere Farm
"Peaceful Acres," "Old Deere Farm" Sundgren Road, Lindsborg 2006
SWEDISH OWNERS: First settled in 1873 until 1936: The Larsons, Helms, and Olsons
DEERE OWNERS: Emil and Lydia Deere, 1936; Neice Nina Sohlberg Fry, 1966; Daughter Lois Fry Cochran, 1974;
Daughters: Fran and Melinda, 1996 to 2011
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With my Uncle Emil, looking at my dad, Gene Cochran, Yosemite, 1950
MY LAST LIVING LINK TO FOUNDATIONAL BETHANY COLLEGE HISTORY
MY LAST LIVING LINK TO FOUNDATIONAL BETHANY COLLEGE HISTORY
Deere House
1996
Home to Dr. Emil O. Deere and Lydia Sohlberg Deere from 1940 to 1966 at 344 North First Street, Lindsborg, Kansas
1996
Home to Dr. Emil O. Deere and Lydia Sohlberg Deere from 1940 to 1966 at 344 North First Street, Lindsborg, Kansas
1964
Inside the Deere home with Lydia's paintings behind us: Melinda, Nina, Lois, Emil, Frances
Last Family Owners: Nina Sohlberg Fry & Lois Fry Cochran
Bethany College
Deere Hall
1957 - 2015
At North 2nd and East Normal Streets, Lindsborg, Kansas
Replace by New Hall 2017
Bethany College
Deere Hall
1957 - 2015
At North 2nd and East Normal Streets, Lindsborg, Kansas
Replace by New Hall 2017
Courtesy photograph by Dale Houg postcard
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"Let Us Celebrate Them"
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Swedes: TheWayTheyWere
~ restoring lost local histories ~
reconnecting past to present
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All color photography throughout Swedes: The Way They Were is by Fran Cochran unless otherwise indicated.
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