HISTORICAL FACTS
To learn more about how Marissa got its name,
please read the "About The Name Marissa" page.
May 2008
The Marissa area has long held many deposits of coal and over the years some these mines have operated under different names. The many different names of one such mine: West Side Coal Company 1933-1936; 1937-1938 Marissa West Side Coal Company, Lessee; 1939-1941 West Side Cooperative Mine.
April 2008
Marissa’s original bank opened September 1st, 1879 and was known as the Bank of Marissa and according to an advertisement in the Marissa Monitor newspaper John C. Hamilton and Ernst Kunze were the Proprietors.
March 2008
(The following fact will be deleted in June 2008)
Friedens United Church of Christ celebrated their 100th anniversary in 1991. On August 18, 1991, they held two special services in connection with their anniversary with the morning service being a “Service of Remembrance and Celebration” and the afternoon service a “Confirmation Reunion Celebration.” On September 15, 1991, a “Service of Re-Dedication and Celebration” was held.
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