In 1900 Marion became electrified with the avaiability of electricity to light homes and businesses in the evenings.
Use of this new electricity was at first limited to after dark hours when light bulbs attached to a cord hanging from the ceiling provided dim light for nighttime activities.
In Feb. 1902 a severe ice storm, shown below, disabled much of the city's power when weighted lines snapped from the additional weight of collapsing limbs and trees.
A group of Marion business men of the day standing between The Marion Bank, on the left, (now The People's Bank), and Yandall & Gugenheim Dry Goods Store on the right, (now Frazer & Massey Law Offices.)
All these stores would be burnt during the March 1905 fire that destroyed Marion's business district.
They were beautiful buildings of their time.
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