Browse Items (1 total) Tags: James P. Shannon Browse All Browse by Tag Search Items Sort by: TitleCreatorDate Added Bellegard and Mariadahl, Pottawatomie County Against all hopes, Bellegard, the Swedish farming oasis, never truly became a town. But in symbiosis with Mariadahl, both “towns” persisted for approximately 30 years before Bellegard dissolved. Their union was the only thing that kept either… Tags: Alexander Doll, B, Bellegard, Big Blue River, Blue River Valley, C.J. Holt, Irish, James P. Shannon, John A. Johnson, Mariadahl, Mark Manbeck, Norman horses, School, Swedish, Tuttle Creek Dam, William Shannon Featured Item Eureka Lake, Riley County This paper examines the history of Eureka Lake, a short lived resort southwest of Manhattan, Kansas.