The Christian Keyser Preus family posed in the yard of the Spring Prairie parsonage with horse-drawn vehicles, and ducks. Behind them is a rural frame house with gable, and a cart on side. C.K. Preus was the son of Herman Amberg Preus and was born in Spring Prairie in 1852. He was pastor at Spring Prairie from 1876-1897, and he died in 1921. Walworth Co.