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Book:  History of the Swedes Who Settled in Clay County, South Dakota and Their Biographies by August Peterson (1947)

· Trace your family history!

· Learn about the early settlers of Clay County!

 

Price: $25

"Swede Books"

Reprints of the book History of the Swedes Who Settled in Clay County, South Dakota and Their Biographies by August Peterson (1947) are available at the Gift Shop at the W.H. Over Museum on the USD Campus in Vermillion, SD and from Ron Johnson at 605-253-2575, or rjohnson@bmtc.net. The books are $25.00 per book + postage and handling, and sales tax if applicable. Mail orders may be sent to:

Dalesburg-Hub City Historical Society
30493-464th Avenue
Centerville, SD 57014-6403

Dalesburg Band, late 1800’s

Additional information about the history of the Dalesburg Community may be obtained from these sources: Trotzig, Elmer G. "Early Swedish Settlements in the Dakota Territory" THE SWEDISH PIONEER HISTORICAL QUARTERLY, Vol. XXVIII, No. 2 April 1977. Schell, Herbert S. CLAY COUNTY: CHAPTERS OUT OF THE PAST. 1985 Vermillion Area Chamber of Commerce. Schell, Herbert. HISTORY OF CLAY COUNTY (South Dakota). 1976. Clay County Historical Society Ostergren, Robert C. "Prairie Bound: Migration Patterns to a Swedish Settlement on the Dakota Frontier" ETHNICITY ON THE GREAT PLAINS, University of Nebraska Press 1980, Frederick C. Luebke, editor. Moses, Lloyd R. editor. CLAY COUNTY PLACE NAMES (South Dakota). 1976. Clay County Historical Society. Anniversary Booklets of Dalesburg Lutheran Church, Dalesburg Baptist Church, Komstad Covenant Church and Brooklyn Evangelical Free Church. GUIDE TO HISTORIC SITES IN CLAY COUNTY SOUTH DAKOTA. 1994. Clay County Historic Preservation Commission. Centennial Books of Beresford and Centerville, South Dakota Winquist, Alan H. SWEDISH-AMERICAN LANDMARKS. Swedish Council of America 1995.