Falun’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Falun. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Falun was founded by the Swedish immigrant Erik Fors (or Eric Forsse as he called himself in America). Erik Fors was born in Malung, and emigrated to America in 1850. He participated in The Civil War 1861–1865, and in 1869 he moved to Kansas with about forty other Swedish settlers and founded Falun, after the name of the town neighboring his birthtown called Falun. Some of the Falun residents came directly from Sweden, while others arrived after having lived in Bishop Hill and Galva, Illinois.
In 1886, the Union Pacific Railroad put rails through the township and established a station; the railway was essential for the town's continued development.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Falun’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Falun’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewFalun Cafe 1955, 1955: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Falun, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Falun is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Falun has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Coronado Heights in Smoky View, 6.5 miles away.
Falun and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Falun Cafe 1955 (1955) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.