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The Mennonites In Kansas

 
Kansas State Historical Marker
Marion County
 
KS, USA
 
 
      Beginning in 1874, hundreds of peace-loving Mennonite immigrants settled in central Kansas. They had left their former homes in Russia because a hundred-year-old immunity from established religious orthodoxy and military service was being threatened.

    K-15, Marion County
    Roadside turnout, 1 mile north of Goessel