“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 by contacting:

Dalesburg Scandinavian Association
30595 University Road
Vermillion SD 57069-6507

or by contacting Ron Johnson at:  rjohnson@bmtc.net.

The books are $25.00 per book plus postage & handling.  The book is a collection of over 253 biographies of the first Swedish immigrant families who settled inClayCounty, Dakota Territory /South Dakota.  The book consists of 383 pages.

 

Additional information about the history of the Dalesburg Community may be obtained from these sources:

Trotzig, Elmer G.  “Early Swedish Settlements in theDakota Territory” THE SWEDISH PIONEER HISTORICAL QUARTERLY, Vol. XXVIII, No. 2 April 1977.

Schell, Herbert S. CLAYCOUNTY:  CHAPTERS OUT OF THE PAST. 1985

Vermillion Area Chamber of Commerce.

Schell, Herbert.  HISTORY OFCLAYCOUNTY(South Dakota). 1976. ClayCountyHistorical Society

Ostergren, Robert C.  “Prairie Bound:  Migration Patterns to a Swedish Settlement on the Dakota Frontier”  ETHNICITY ON THE GREAT PLAINS,UniversityofNebraska Press1980, Frederick C. Luebke, editor.

Moses, Lloyd R. editor. CLAY COUNTY PLACENAMES (South Dakota). 1976.ClayCountyHistorical Society.

Anniversary Booklets ofDalesburgLutheranChurch,DalesburgBaptistChurch,KomstadCovenantChurchandBrooklynEvangelical Free Church.

GUIDE TO HISTORIC SITES IN CLAYCOUNTYSOUTH DAKOTA. 1994. ClayCountyHistoric Preservation Commission.

Centennial Books of Beresford andCenterville,South Dakota

Winquist, Alan H.  SWEDISH-AMERICAN LANDMARKS.  Swedish Council ofAmerica1995.

 

 

Comments…  Questions…  Call:  605-253-2575 or E-Mail:  rjohnson@bmtc.net.