According to Milo Erwin’s history of Williamson County, “The cholera made its first appearance in July 1849, but caused only a few deaths. It re-appeared in 1866, and lasted for six weeks, during which over twenty five persons were taken away, and the city of Marion vacated. Among the deceased were the three beautiful Ferguson girls, ladies without parallel in all the arena of beauty and refinement.” Continue reading
Category Archives: Acts of God
A storm roared thru south Marion Monday evening (April 29, 1963), leaving thousands of dollars in damage but no injuries. Continue reading
Thursday night’s hail storm (Jan. 10, 1963) sent some of Marion’s older residents searching for their photographs of hail stone collections picked up in the wake of the monster hail storm that hit Marion Feb. 16, 1926. Continue reading
“On Wednesday morning a heavy wind accompanied by rain, visited Marion and the surrounding country, carrying before it fences, trees and houses, and otherwise doing great damage to the wheat and growing crops. Continue reading
Most folks who lived in Marion on Friday, May 8, 2009 will remember this day as the beginning of many long days of power outages, impassible streets and the sounds of chain saws and gas powered electrical generators. Continue reading
