............Chattie Coleman's Stromsburg.....

#1: Introduction and Purpose
#2: Stromsburg Land Office, Galva, Illinois
#3: Pioneer Swedish Baptist L.L. Frisk: Stromsburg resident
#4: C.H. Lundgren: another Baptist pioneer and carpenter
#5: The Chamberlain-Frawley altercation
#6: Stromsburg Presbyterians acquire former Baptist church
#7: A virtual tour of the Seminary on its gala dedication
#8: Captain Edgren: founder of the Seminary
#9: The "Swedish Mile" at New Sweden, Iowa
#10: Folkets Vän's cousin: Forsamlingens Vän of Ceresco

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#11: Swedish roots:Nordstroms, Larsons, Olsons
#12: Company I, Stromsburg, deploys to Wounded Knee
#13: The Railroads through Polk county and their own book
#14: Dr. Susan Nordstrom researches genealogy here
#15: Waldenstrom, Swedish statesman and theologian, comes to town
#16: The Swedish Methodist campgrounds on the Blue River
#17: Waldenstrom writes of his visit in a book
#18: What are "patronymic" names? Or, why so many Johnsons?
#19: Finding the Swedes of York, part one

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#20: Which church is the oldest? The Lutheran case
#21: Which church is the oldest? The Baptist case
#22: Which church is the oldest? The Methodist case
#23: Which church is the oldest? The Mission case, part one
#24: Which church is the oldest? The Mission case, part two
#25: Was the Greenwall's coming to Stromsburg an "affair of the heart?"
#26: What are "ornamental" names? Hint: Grönvall is one
#27: About Morrill and his homestead/estate
#28: Our forbears were required to "renounce" their king and native land

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#29: Finding two links with the past
#30: The Swedish Festival historic tour
#31: Where retired ministers lived; and there were many
#32: Can old ideas become new again? (Where is it written?)
#33: Betzy Anderson: a Swedish woman evangelist comes to town
#34: Two little graves, two big stories
#35: Let's go to Frawley's Lake!
#36: The Winquists' grand tour of Swedish sites: join them!
#37: Newspapers in the basement may one day be for everyone
#38: Polk County Historical Society church stories and pictures
#39: PCHS church stories from "the valley" west
#40: Finding the York Swedes, part two
#41: Salem Baptist Chapel, an amazing survivor
#42: Finding names for stations on the Central City extension
#43: An old Swedish book in an old house, sound interesting?
#44: Grandpa had many inlaws here
#45: "John Johnson's Wedding," the Stromsburg version
#46: That painting of the old man returning thanks
#47: Remembering Sears and Roebuck (or not)
#48: Two stories about Noah's ark
#49: Victor Anderson, a Stromsburg philosopher, part one
#50: Victor Anderson, a Stromsburg philosopher, part two
#51: Oriental workers and "chapel cars," more railroad memories
#52: Finding another priceless book
#53: First anniversary column

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#54: So cold that they had church in the basement
#55: Remembering cattle drives through Polk county
#56: O.A. Rystrom sold lots of Fords
#57: Our own swindler, be on the watch
#58: The "Highline Cutoff" comes through town
#59: The mule team, "Moody and Sankey"
#60: Grandpa buys a Model T
#61: The big Highline Cutoff parade
#62: "Goldenrod Shortcut Route" joins Highline Cutoff
#63: Where to dump the garbage?
#64: That big church sign on Victor Andersons

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#65: Skogsbergh comes to town
#66: "Ollie i Skratthult," #1 Swede commedian, comes to town
#67: 3 new/old books on Swedish Lutherans and Methodists
#68: Your Hit Parade, 1921 version and some drugstore newsstand favorites
#69: Technological wonder of the day: radio
#70: Wonderful video interviews from the library
#71: Life and legends from the Morrill estate
#72: An outside survey of Stromsburg churches
#73: More PCHS churches, this time from the central valley
#74: PCHS churches, east valley

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#75: New bridge and rerouting the Blue River
#76: "Closed cars," the new trend in autos
#77: PCHS churches, east valley part two
#78: PCHS churches, east valley part three
#79: Ice breakup threatens Morrill bridge
#80: Pioneer minister C.A. Falk
#81: Old Potash Road and the Nebraska potash industry
#82: The Wilson block, the Wilsons and Rent-a-Cars
#83: Greens Chapel
#84: The Swedish Historical Society of 1986

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#85: Of trees and people: the Arboretum dedication of 1988
#86: Our second hospital, the Home Hospital, rate $20 to $35 per week
#87: Park Hotel Sunday dinner menu, price 50 cents
#88: Old grocery tokens, given in exchange for farm produce
#89: Bishop Hill Colony and its special connection with Stromsburg
#90: The Skogsbergh farm and burials just over in Hamilton county
#91: Some new Christmas thoughts from an old book
#92: The Bethel cemetery; a church site just over the York county line
#93: Ever hear of Mapps, Nebraska?
#94: Yes, the immigrants brought their folks over, too
#95: A chair with a story
#96: The dawn of aviation arrives
#97: Why not visit the old country via the internet?
#98: Evangelist Anton Cedarholm visits, is thwarted by quaranteen
#99: Was merchant John Castile(Wilson-Castile store)from the Iowa Castle clan?
#100: An amusing car mixup
#101: What went on in the basement of the Senior Center?
#102: Stromsburg restaurants and eateries

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#103: When Nebraska had more elephants than people
#104: Reverends Johnson and Hall debate the baptism question
#105: The Old Library still holds many treasures
#106: Pick up your lost auto crank at the Headlight
#107: Another example of biligual skill: the Sioux Indian language
#108: We know more Indian words than we think: e.g. names of the states
#109: Swedish names based on the "Lind" tree
#110: World War Two military chapels served Protestants, Catholics and Jews
#111: Swedish archivist Setterdahl visits Stromsburg
#112: When a box of hardware is so much more
#113: The "Jennie Lind" walking cultivator
#114: Those bank basement barber shops
#115: An interesting encounter at the Swedish Festival
#116: #117: Did the Augustana Synod change directions?
#118: The second Festival Historic Tour
#119: The McCunes tour Colorado in their Winton auto
#120: A Lustron house in Osceola
#121: Spinning wheel spins a tale or two

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 #122: Remembering Dr. Charles Patterson
#123: Big cities versus small towns
#124: An audio tape of Earl Byleen's Swedish class
#125: Finding the places where relatives lived
#126: Could you drive a Model T Ford?
#127: A flag story involving a local veteran
#128: When the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad went through York
#129: "Did you know?" a famous industrialist once lived here?
#130: Guy Green's other claim to fame

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#131: Best wishes to a fine lady
#132: Is the builder of Chicago's first house buried here?
#133: An Arboretum update
#134: Stromsburg churches celebrate 300th Gustavus Adolphus Day
#135: Finding Uncle Forslund's store, part one
#136: Finding Uncle Forslund's store, part two
#137: Why 1933 is missing from our newspapers, and encouragement from Ford
#138: Alex Swanson demonstrates his miniature steam tractor
#139: Stromsburg Dairies: Morrills,Nelsons and Nuttlemans
#140: Counting the Carlsons
#141: Another cousin! Is it possible?
#142: Why some Swedes have French names
#143: Jeweler J.A. Anderson remembers Ryder House, other things
#144: Natalie Lingenfelter's "Nebraska" movie collection
#145: The McKeesport Pennsylvania Swedes
#146: When a Swede is a turnip
#147: Keeping friends to the end
#148: Was a movie filmed in Stromsburg?
#149: Church news from 1934
#150: Good stories from the Senior Center

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#151: Books from Ceresco
#152: S.G. Sjöquist's Entertaining Book
#153: More on Swedish Names
#154: A Local Connection with Martin Luther King
#155: Frykman the Hymn Writer
#156: Did You Walk Through A Kawneer Door Today?
#157: Sportswriter Robert Edgren
#158: From the Attic
#159: Church for Sale: $150
#160: A Ghost Railroad
#161: York Cousins-Part 2
#162: Golden Circle
#163: Finding Miss Julia-Part1
#164: Finding Miss Julia-Part2

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#165: Taste of Sweden Couldn't Be Sweeter
#166: Where Do I Fit In?
#167: J.W. Stromberg of Orleans
#168: Now: Historic Stromsburg
#169: More Survivors (old dist. 50)
#170: One Mile North
#171: Does Time Really Fly?
#172: 29 years ago (Ellen, Hannah & Gus)
#173: News From Arborville
#174: The Railroad Engine House
#175: Not All News is Good News
#176: Another Professor in the News
#177: When Dreams Come True
#178: A Stained Glass Window Story
#179: Gladys Stroms' Books Return

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#180: Barefoot Charlie-Part 1
#181: Barefoot Charlie-Part 2
#182: Professor Dan (from Sweden)
#183: Uncle Nelson the Tailor
#184: "Goose Bumps"
#185: "Piety Ridge"
#186: More About Jenny Lind
#187: Another Great-grandparent?
#188: America's Great Awakening
#189: Catfish and Large Mouth Bass
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#190: Up In The Balcony
#192: Melgrens
#193: On the Backtrack
#194: A Letter to Sweden
#195: Yesterday and Today Shaking Hands
#195a: Chaos in the Cowbarn
#196: Swede Home Store Burns
#197: The Birth of Highway #92
#198: Aviation Update
#199: Peter Bergman, Capitalist
#200: Anna Bloom
#202: Letters from Sweden
#203: Selma Jacobson
#204: The Flying Parson
#205: The Dry Years
#206: Crime Did Not Pay

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#207: The Defense Training Program
#208: The Stromsburg Men's Chorus
#209: The Edgren Memorial
#210: Chattie in "Who's Who"
#211: Panorama of the Square
#212: Farmland Ownership in 1941
#213: Checking Grandparents' Grave
#214: Another New Sweden Iowa-Stromsburg connection
#215: From Stromsburg to Strömsbörg
#216: P.T. Buckley Back in the News
#217: More on the Salem Chapel Story
#218: Some Problems with Swedish Names
#219: What a Wind it Was!
#220: Friends
#221: Dalakarl Gå Bort!
#222: Dalakarl Gå Bort(2)
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#223: Peter Bergman-Part 3
#224: Two Church Stories
#225: Dark Island Trail
#226: Naturalization
#227: High Altars
#228: Fooled in Finland
#229: Christmas Came Early
#230: Variations of Santas
#231: Another Attic Find
#232: Rev. E.R. Beckman
#233: "I'm a Jensen"
#234: Billy Sunday's Bibletour
#235: Railroad News
#236: A Note in Swedish
#237: Fun With Words
#238: Covenant Home Fund Drive 1970's
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#239: Stromsburg's Best Known Church Leader
#240: Stromsburg in Hall's Baptist History
#241: Peter Bergman Update
#242: Some Funny Swedish Expressions
#243: More for the Archives
#244: Stromsburg Seventh-day Adventists
#245: Osceola?

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