The chance to experience a first-hand account of an adventure experienced by one of our Marion citizens over 135 years ago doesn’t come around very often. Such is the case with the following diary written by Brice Holland on his trip to the Black Hills in search of gold. Brice was accompanied by a handful of Marion residents in April 1877 when they made their way from St. Louis by paddle wheeler, wagon  and by foot on their way cross country at a time when Native Americans had barely been bottled up in reservations. As always, even today, plans don’t always work out the way you desire them to.  Continue reading →