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SNIPPETS of SALEM
774B - WHERE WE LIVE,
WHAT WE WERE
and
WHAT WE ARE
By Linda Valentine
0-251 pages
Material I created to build the WKCHS Facebook Page with Images from the Valentine Digital Collection and Notes. Some
contributed comments are retained with authorships.
This booklet is the material that had been posted to the Historical Society Facebook page by Linda Valentine in the
beginning 2012 thru 2015 and was mixed in with society projects and news.
I was asked to write a book and it appears that I created one by creating chapters for hamlets and topics that made us
"who we are" and "where we live". It wasn’t written as a reference book nor as an authority on the subject. It was written
casually for a casual read with enough information and hints for a researcher to pursue on their own accord, those areas
of most interest.
After this material was copied, it was deleted from the Facebook pages. Between the time that this photo/comment project
was started and until this off loading, Facebook had made several changes regarding privacy, copyright and ability to
search. the changes did not reflect on my need to be able to control the page or the information on it and so, as the
author, I decided to remove my material. Information freely offered on the public page that was important to future
researches has been retained with their names as author.
Linda Valentine, the originator of the page and the author of the material and the provider of the digital images, felt that
Facebook was more about controlling all content than as an outlet for information. Never, did Linda Valentine agree to
Facebook authority in copyright. This document however, is copyrighted by Linda Valentine and cannot be reproduced for
any profit or placement on any website without express permission from Linda or representative/s.
The photos in this document are representative. These images should be in the Valentine Digital Archive and at a much
better DPI.
The photos and comments are presented as they were in the albums of the Facebook page in no particular album
sequence, Unless at the transfer, better, more definitive information was present., the words were as they were first
presented.
This is a digital document and has not ever been printed.
The original materials referenced herein were contributed by those of the area who wished that the history They have
experienced be saved for the future generations.
Researchers should also refer to the Valentine Digital archives at the SALEM COMMUNITY LIBRARY (and perhaps other
websites) for more images in this collection or digital images of items photocopied in this booklet or related to the topic.
Created 04/2015 by L S Valentine Copyright©Valentine2015
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MILITARY ~~~
This board, on which the side panels fold in upon the inner two leaving the flag image exposed, was
at the Wilmot Union High School, the ONLY Kenosha County high school west of I-94 at the time.
Students west of I94 could have gone to Burlington or to Antioch and some may have gone into
Kenosha to school. In 1945, this was added to as students enlisted and the individual cards were
added and reorganized.
Here is an image of the board as it was given to the Historical Society. The bottom edge of the board
was burned, almost as if it were being added to a burn pile. The individual cards all had soot on them!
The society has the cards but has replicated them for display at the Twin Oaks Schoolhouse on their
Military wall.
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This is a commentary in the 1945 Wilmot Union Panther Annual
**George Bruel, Chester Jensen, Henry Kowalik, Arthur Scott, Robert Dean, Wesley Holtdorf **
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Staff Sergeant James VanBendegom 1948 - 2014 James 'Jim' Lee VanBendegom, 18, died July of
1967, while a POW during the Vietnam War. A resident of Kenosha, he was born Nov. 28, 1948, the
second of four sons of the late Robert Paul and Virginia VanBendegom. His father, a World War II
veteran was a machinist and member of Local machinist Union 34; while his mother was a full-time
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Silver Lake Henry Kowalik
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This Honor Roll is at the Wilmot Station.
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This Honor Roll is at the Wilmot Station
These ration books are from the Schenning Family Collection. I don't know where people would
obtain their ration books.
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WWII, first lost from Kenosha. Note: the previous 'first' was the first lost in Germany.
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Dan Patrick Vietnam, from Silver Lake, Salem Township, Kenosha County., buried Holy Name
Cemetery
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Thomas Brandes Wilmot Cemetery - Third day of the "We Were Soldiers"
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Telephone Directories 1914-1964 ~~
I took over 300 pictures of pages that I thought had some special interest... as in businesses that
existed before businesses of today, or the only reference to places I have only heard of... The ads on
the pages are not the only things of interest.. Look at the listings!
The date of each is written somewhere in the margin. Remember when you look at this that Wilmot
was the first in the area to be wired for telephone (electricity too by the way) and so therefore, many
of the businesses early on are from Wilmot. As the years continue, Bristol, Twin Lakes, Paddock and
some of Wheatland join in.
1920 I liked this one because of the Mill (The only one we see in all the post cards) that was making
electricity and still milling and here we can see that it was custom milling for flour and feeds. Carey,
you likely know, is the turret building at CTY W and West C. The Trevor Stock yards we can see was
part of the Soo Railway Company at this time and we can see who the managers were!
1920 Ford and Hegemans Drug Store still stands, across from the now gone Linda's Cafe. IT has
gone thru several reincarnations. R C Shotliff store was also where the post office was located and is
now occupied by the yoga business. Shotliff is still a Wilmot Name
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1920 Schreck had the building at the triangle as well - Trevor Store and in one image we have, i
believe that Mr Schreck is standing on the porch. Mr Schreck married into the Udall/Udell family - they
(the Udells) owned the property where Roof and Bricks/Grumpys is and most of the south half of
Camp Lake as well as property in Wheatland and in Fox River. This is an example of how ownership
chang
1920 I liked this because of the Pfaffenberger General Merchandise ad. We have the image of his
shop in the albums in Twin Lakes . I also liked the MILK and Meat dealers on this page.
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1920 We know the WRIGHT shop and residence but he was here for such a short time that many
don't remember him or his "lady assistant". His building was the stone building in Wilmot north of
West C at HWY W. It is an antique store now. The North section was the residence, the south the
funeral home. The two do not connect. I believe he also had a location in Richmond. If you have not
gone to the antique shop, make the trip and look at the woodwork of the two sections.
1921 (this is the Camp Lake Resort aka Lakeview Apartments that burned in 2013 By this time Jank
was the Proprietor but it was built by McVey. (and perhaps Capt Tuttle)
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1921 John Nett had the store that was owned by IOOF in Wilmot and was the First dance studio
building of Laura Cote. He entered into partnerships with several people including Mr Carey kitty
corner. He also had the Trevor Store in Trevor at the triangle which is now an apartment and was in
business with Walker Curtiss or Mr Montgomery, or Mr Schreck over the years. Mr Baethke owned
the hotel in Trevor and a Creamery (which burned) and built the Town Square of 2014 as a dance hall
and had before this, built Foxy's. His hotel burned. It is said as BET KEY.
1927
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1929 The Dixson's also had a store in Silver Lake and are related to the Schennings in some early
way.
1914. The earliest of the books
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1914 Here is Carey and Dobyns which is the same Baethke store at the triangle. This was a popular
store because it was across from the stockyards and was at the street that crossed the tracks from
Salem . Again, the building is an Apartment building now. See images of it elsewhere in the albums.
As you read the listing, notice that when they state TOWNSHIP, they mean anyplace but the hamlets.
Downtown Salem would be called Salem Station if they meant people in that neighborhood which we
know as DOWNTOWN SALEM .
1914 Wilmot Hotel aka Stage Stop.
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1914 This is the first time I have seen UP-Hill Buffet by Mr Baethke. I am not sure where he had this
tho I suspect it was "up the hill" from his hotel and his tavern and at the ballroom aka Towne Square.
Mr Baethke's home still stands and is south of the Old Salem Garage and north of the Barhyte home
on "railroad street" aka 258th Court
1918 again Pfaffenberger and many Randall township entries. I believe that the Morgan business
becomes the Shotliff business.
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1930 Hartnell Chevrolet - Eugene Hartnell (son of Arthur) is the Proprietor. I think at this time they
were still located across from the Citgo on HWY 83. Bristol had tile works as did Trevor. These are
building tiles (like small sewer) not tiles for your bath wall. Hartnell and Merton families are still in the
area. There are some actual Bristol Tiles at the History Hall.
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1942 I liked this one because it showed an ad for the Pine Oak Cozy. We know it as the Luisa's
Pizzeria. The buildings around the lodge were part of the resort. As we can see they were deluxe
heated cabins. Buckley Sand and Gravel had two locations in Wilmot. One was east of CTY B,
Thelan now, and one which is owned by Kenosha County was West of CTY W. Their East location
extended back to the rock quarry to the south and met up with the extension line off Soo, hugging the
state line east meeting with the main line track.
1942 I liked this because it was an early ad for the bowling center in Twin Lakes, and the Richter
store in Wheatland and the Feed store in Bassett, all with Wilmot numbers! The Bristol Food Store
owned by Mr Pitts (related also to the Schenning family).
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1945 Lee's Appliance store was in the eastern area of the Stage Stop property, known then as
Hegeman's. There was a building there at one time. Lee is a Hegeman. He sold bottled gas and
appliances. The only other locations for appliances other than going to Kenosha City was Burlington,
Slades Corners at Sauer's and Bristol - see the ad.. This early on, they didn't have separate business
yellow pages so as you read this, you will see 'r' for residence and the business names and titles of
the managers/owners. In this list Fred Forster was the Trevor blacksmith, Fairway Grill was by the old
baseball fields across from Liberty Cemetery, Fox River Park had the CCC (Civilian Conservation
Corp) on CTY W, Look for Edgewater Beach Hotel in Twin Lakes and John Gurichan.....
1947 Bassett Hardware and notice this is a yellow pages type layout with extended inline ads plus
separate display ads. Look at the Hotels and Hardware....
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1948 Salem had Chevorlets and Fords for sale. Badger is where Salem Auto Service and Tim
Garwood are today.
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1948 Take a look at the Schools and the Resorts and Restaurants
1948 Taverns. Check the listing!
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1949 Schmidt had advertised for some time but I liked this because the page also showed other AG
dealers. Notice the attorney listing. On this page, Hartnell had his listing and a special ad. ditto with
Schmidt
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1949 The Gamble store building still exists. An auto body shop is there today. Check the hardware
and hotels and ice cream on this page!
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1950 Trevor Feed Company! This would have been after the 4 silos had been built and they could
grind their own feed. I liked this one too because Sonnies is advertising. Sonnies, was east of Wilmot
Riverside restaurant/bar.
1950 Taverns and notice TELEVISION. Trevor Tile still exists. The area where the tile company
existed has a pole barn on it now;. on the east side of the tracks north of 110th Street.
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1951 Taverns! and SKIING!!@!@!@
We take a lot for granted because we are familiar but at one time, DIALING a phone was new. The
term itself is new. Today, we say it but we don't mean it literally. People needed to be taught. Much
like we need to be taught to add an APP to our phone.
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All of the telephone books have a predrilled hole at the top left corner. On two, I found a tag - an
additional form of advertising over and above the on-page directory listing, the on-page display ad
and the inside/outside cover ad that many paid for. In both cases, it was for the same company 1943 and then 1947. The string was of a special kraft paper kind of string. I am certain there is a
name for this string type. The tags were clearly threaded to thru the holes and then the two ends
knotted together....
Early on, at least in 1914, Guy Loftus was the manager of the Wisconsin Farmers New Era
Telephone Company. In the beginning, Wilmot was attached to the Richmond Illinois operation and
some people in Salem, not necessarily Salem Station, also were included in the telephone service.
Eventually, the company became part of General Telephone which then re-located in Silver Lake,
west side of the
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Fred Leadbetter sez: 537 was here in the 50's,maybe before.
Trista Friemoth sez: What is the VInewood, TUcker, etc?? And why are the first two letters
capitalized?
Western Kenosha County Historical Society sez: THose are called EXCHANGES... We still have
them today but they are all numerical... Mine is 862.. which was UNderhill. At the time they used the
early exchanges, people in the Underhill area only had to dial 2 followed by the 4 digits. As we know
every time there is an additional number added to the front of the telephone number, thousands of
new numbers are added to the possibilities.. just like when 414 was changed to 262. or in Chicago
312 was changed to 708 and 773 and 630! I remember FI 7 1313 FIRE1313) and PO51313 (POLice
1313) But that might just be Chicagoland????? We have to remember that when telephones first
started, they were limited with the technology that existed and then the 'new inventions' and then the
more new inventions with the interest in letting people keep their numbers during the conversions.
And now, there aren't even any wires! it is WIFI.local area wireless technology and tho the Wi-fi is a
tradename like Xerox, we use it as if it is a common term. It is a take off on HI-Fi High fidelity! The
exchanges were not named for families. The telephone companies just 'had' them. I grew up with
PALisade aka PA5.....
NOV 1956 LOFTUS phone COMPANY in WILMOT telephone office in the building above.
Julie Pate Martiny Nelva sez: Lynn was one of the operators there and she lived next door in the
house her grandfather and father built from the trees on their property. Their back yard went to the
front of Wilmot high. Lynn passed about 10 years ago - Born and died in the same house. Home just
sold last summer , yellow house on HWY W, to the North of the Telephone home that is owned now
by Mary Shafer.
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1956 11 24 R2L Daphne Loftus, Sue Miller and Sylvia Novacek telephone
Julie Pate Martiny sez: I believe Sylvias family owned Camp Lake Hotel Resort..Her and her sister
lived in the house that is now Home Again. Sister never married Sylvia married later in life to a
Carpenter and never had children.
Western Kenosha County Historical Society sez: Yes but she and her sister were both operators.
When Sylvia's sister died, Sylvia married and moved into a house at Sunset Oaks 264th
Julie Pate Martiny I WAS A CARE GIVER FOR HER IN THE TREVOR HOUSE AND SHE TOLD ME
ALOT OF STORIES SHE HAD DEMENTIA BUT REMEMBERED THE PASSED OF THE GRAND
RESORT HER FAMILY HAD, THOUGHT SHE SAID HER AND HER SISTER LIVED IN THE HOUSE
I MENTIONED, SHE SAID SHE MADE THE BEST BREAD IN THE MIDWEST, HER SECRET WAS
HALF RYE FLOUR AND HALF WHITE FLOUR.PEOPLE CAME TO STAY AT THIER (camp Lake
Resort ) RESORT FOR THE WHOLE SUMMER THEY HAD 2 BARS AND DINNING ROOMS.
1926 first Hackel entry in the directories, (posted because someone asked about this name)
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POLITICS~~
John Schnurr for town chairman. The time for nomination papers is upon us and I found these three
CARDS being used for notes on totally unrelated material!! (It is funny where history is FOUND
Don Klapper candidate for supervisor of Town of Salem.
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MAPS~
1882 POSTAL map but it does show the KD line tho Twin Lakes is not shown and we know that Twin
Lakes did have a depot. Thru Western Kenosha: Woodworth, Bristol, Salem, Fox River, Bassett,
Twin Lakes, Genoa Junction ---. And East thru Pleasant Prairie and Trusedell and Southport
1889 Map of the Wisconsin Central/SOO thru the town of Salem -Trevor, Camp Lake, Silver Lake,
Wheatland, and Burlington in Racine
1834/1835 Surveyor maps of Interior and Exterior surveys creating the towns in the state of
Wisconsin. This shows SHELL-fish lake aka SILVER LAKE. and THE EARLY Waukeshah's
Lake(which I remembered erroneously as Marchuks's lake - sorry) later to be CENTER LAKE and
Camp Lake. In this map, you will notice that ROCK LAKE aka MARSHALL LAKE is not noted at all.
This is from the OFFICAL surveyor's book, not their working notes. They transferred their notes to
these books and turned them in when they certified their work and 'got paid' the final installment.
These images are on line under the field notes for Wisconsin. A google search should result with the
links. Causal readers will find that they need to read maps and understand TOWNS (ROW), Ranges
(COLUMN) , Meridian placements, Base lines and something of what the 36 sections in a town
represent. It is easier to teach in person
This particular image, I believe is from the meanderings that were done by surveyors when WATER is
involved - and other obstacles where CHAINS along section, quarter section lines were not possible.
This is a copy of the original note book but by the surveyor.- the one that he turned in.. his notes
made on the land are not turned in. The surveyors would sit and write in a very controlled
environment and double check their work so that if they had to do a RE-DO of the measurements,
they could do it without going too far from the place that they were in. I know of one place where Ii
researched where it took the surveyor two days to find an error but by then it was too late to make the
adjustment. The locations continues to have curved roads in order to meet up with roads in another
section..... ( ) This is from the Bureau of Railroad Commissioners.
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1834/1835 clear hi res image of lake number 1 in the surveyors sketch book, which was written on
the vertical and often missed when map reading. This later became CENTER LAKE being in or near
the center of Salem Township. By 1861, Silver and Center were the common names on maps of the
area
This is a 1913 map of Kenosha County. It reflects Marshall Lake (the Marshall family owned the land
around the lake at the time) which is now Rock Lake. This shows some roads and the rail lines
This is an 1899 map of Pleasant Prairie. Yes, it is outside of the realm of Western Kenosha County
BUT
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The Original location of Pleasant Prairie was the next eastbound stop from Woodworth. We think of
Pleasant Prairie as the largess of today. It started out much like Salem, Woodworth, Twin Lakes, Fox
River. Each hamlet had their assets that grew them (or ghosted them) to as they are today. Old
Pleasant Prairie still exists. 104th Avenue east of the I north Of HWY C. Notice the Powder Plant
property adjacent to the Pleasant Prairie Hamlet. A small lake is in that area today, and not on this
early map. And oh, THE POWDER PLANT BLEW UP!
This is a 1908 cropped Kenosha Racine County Image. It reflects rail lines, the division of the
townships on the west end, the old hamlet names
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1855 This map shows Wheatland and the Nippissing Lake that is now part of the Twin Lakes of 2013.
This map does not reflect Randall which was created out of Wheatland in 1860 . You CAN see how
County K, the Plank Road dipped at SALEM (not referenced as Brass Ball or Burgess Corners or
Paddock Lake) into CTY F and to the south of Silver Lake and between THE TWIN LAKES
ISTHMUS.. Liberty is erroneously noted on the map being placed on CTY F on the map when it
belongs down on CTY C in section 27?
This 1855 map shows Wheatland, no Randall, the slice of Burlington and just why Wheatland was
split up (it was too big) and Bristol. The cutout of Kenosha at that specific location, I believe had
EVERYTHING to do with a new bridge that had been built by the citizens of Burlington Township to
help those on the south end of their township get across the river without having to travel into the City
of Burlington. . Bristol - at the North end of their town was the settlement area (because of Plank
Road and Jacksonville until the train came thru the mid section.
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This is interesting tho the place of Des Plaines in Illinois http://www.scribd.com/doc/12878811/3/G-HKOLZE and this from the Wisconsin state historical society Term: Des Plaines River, Racine Co.
Definition: From Increase Lapham's 1844 Geographical and Topographical Description of Wisconsin:
"The DES PLAINES, is another branch of the Illinois river, that rises in Racine county. It is usually
called the O'Plaine. Its name is derived from a species of maple called plaine, by the French. Its
aboriginal name was She-shik-ma-o."
This is an 1833 January meandering map of Wheatland Township which at that time was unnamed
other than T1NR19 Town 1, North (of the baseline) and Range 19 east of the 4th Principal
Meridian..... No lake names were entered by Lucius Lyon in his meanderings around the waterlands
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1853 Unsourced Map but likely a preliminary map for where Rail Lines could be laid between
Kenosha City and the "west". The map is interesting on several fronts...
First, it is rare. It shows Wheatland before Randall was a dream.
Second, it shows where the earliest of our REAL roads were, tho faint. They are indicators to where
Commerce CENTERS were which may have included and Milk Pickup locatio
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The society used this map on their 2002 front page of the calendar.
This might help researchers of the future to know where the one room/2 room school houses were
before they were combined into districts. Thanks to Doris Magwitz and Donna Barhyte for the work on
this map.
We have some images of all school west of I-94 EXCEPT for the Paddock Lake School. This means
that kids going to school there, are totally missing from our index. It is believed that Hartnell and
Paddock kids attended the school but as mentioned, we have nothing. We have found that some
records for the Paddock Lake and Brass Ball schools are at Parkside.
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Here is an 1899 map. I call attention to section 3 which is where the Brass Ball school is, straddling
the Huntoon and the Hartnell properties... And to section 12 where the paddock school is in the midst
of Paddock Properties.
I wanted you to know why I said the WIKI entry is a tad 'off'.
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COVER PHOTOS ~
Postcards predated GREETING CARDS of today! People often used them instead of letters or the
expensive telephone calls (if they had a phone or if their receiver had a phone) and were used even
across town or between rail stations!
The Twin Oaks School and the new WHCKS display shed September 2014
Models made to show the schoolhouse and the display shed
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The historic school house is open for free for educational purposes... This could be for children,
scouts, and adults or just to see the inside! This was an active school until 1945 in Brighton... contact
the society if there is an interest. SCOUTS! You Can get your HISTORY badge with such a visit here.
Bring your Specifications and we will make sure all that you need to have as badge criterial w
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THE MUGWUMP - THE MUGWUMPS ARE ALWAYS ON THE SAFE SIDE.... (FENCE SITTERS
THEY ARE!)
The paper was an 11"x17" sheet folded. Mr Sauer mailed some and had others on his counter at the
General Store which still stands in Slades Corners! Todd's building! 39608 60th St
He fought for LIBERTY, an idea, a dream, a new concept in the world, a new concept in how
humankind decides under which laws they will be governed and under which they will live.
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These are some of the books that have been donated over the years by members and friends. Some
were from schools that have since closed in Western Kenosha County. Others were books that
friends remembered reading at the time of their grade school years. School libraries were basically at
the discretion of the teachers and the families of that school. The first official library in the area
outsid...
This is a postcard of the 1910-1920 era from an unknown family member to Frank (Frankie) Kersting
of Fox River, WI. It is my opinion that the Kersting family lived at what we know as Lily Lake Resort
and farmed much of the lands on the Eastern side of Lily Lake. Fox River is in the small intersection
area of W and FR (FOX RIVER, tho the initials were attributed to another when Fox River station
'disappeared" shortly after May, 1939 with the removal of the Post office at the depot of the KD
(Kenosha Division) division of the Chicago Northwestern. This particular card was embossed... with
an indentation for the flowers and the 'page' of the Easter Greeting.
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This is a collage of Twin Lakes images used at the Blurt It OUt #7 in February, 2013
This is from a Member collection. It is postmarked 1910 to Clara Hartnell
This image is of Christmas Postcards from 1908 thru 1915. Cards cost a PENNY to send and didn't
cost much to purchase. Many were embossed with an outline of the image to give DEPTH. Some had
glitter. Penny Postcards were used as a means to communicate - perhaps more than with the
telephone which was not always available at the household. Mail, on the o
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2011 Holiday Party at the History Hall of Western Kenosha County Historical Society
Lake street looking from Dr Fletchers home to 83, Waldeck, Wilmot from the bridge to the mill, Twin
Lakes Slide and beach, Map of the Spur to Paddock Lake off of KD, Eastern Ice house on Hooker,
Twin Oaks School House, Twin Oaks school house and tree, Peace Lutheran thru the bridge
supports Van Wie family died of carbon Monoxide poisoning, Foster/King mercantile, Kruz/Wheeler
Cottage, Boat Houses in Hooker Lake with Three Oaks in distance right, Hooker Lake area map and
Montgomery Lakes, Easterly looking vies of the two ice houses on the south side of Hooker with
Three oaks on the left side in 1911.
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In this collage, bobsleds delivering mile in Salem Square Salem Lunchroom in the middle, Trevor
Silos built in the 1940s now Horn Trevor Feeds Inc., Joe Hilbert tailor shop which at one time was in
the Salem Lunchroom, Salem Methodist Church #1 built at the east end of the present church,
Cheese Mart on HWY 41 in Bristol, Salem Mound Cemetery Block Building, Gerry Sieberts realtor
Book of Matches ...
Octagon cabin Powers, drugstore. tuxedo Wilmot, TL VFD shield, Camp Fire hut, C C L R D worker,
History hall, Benet, C C L R D worker, Mrs Pitts, Burgess corners, Powers homes, Wheatland station
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In this collage, TOS Snow Plow (TS), Close Pyrenese, Wilmot Ski Hills pin, Drugstore in Wilmot,
Hartnell station in Paddock Lake on Geneva Road, Summer Enchantment cover, Kenosha rail map,
Folly Turkey Farm Roast, WCLO of Camp Lake Oaks Radio, Larwin Home, Turner General
Merchandise Store, Hartnell farm, Hartnell Chevy pens, Turkey Lady House, Soo Line Rail Police
Badge, Stockwell Farm, Camp Lake Tavern, Sande Last Resort .
This is a collage of locations in Western Kenosha County. One image is from the COUNTY BOARD
ROOM behind the Board. Camp Lake, Central HS tree, Twin Oaks School - Trevor, Camp Lake
Tavern, Sandi's Resort, St John Church in TL, Pickle Ad in the MUGWUMP for our local area long
ago, Trevor Vol FD badge, Harry Orvis' house, A water Cooler from the Oak Dale School....
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Pardon Yaw, sometimes YAEW, settled the farming area south of the SA/AH intersection in Camp
Lake. He operated a small tavern called YAW's PLACE during the time of the early automobile and
the Camp Lake Depot. His Farmplace and home (which still stands) and Barn (which foundation is
still visible in some places at the Yaw's launch) fronted Camp Lake South and WEST to the Wetland
areas and Thomas Udall/Udell's property line (Valmar). Portions of a quilt were found in the walls of
the Yaw home and we are lucky for this image of this quilt.
I suppose there is a name for this pattern. I don't know it, but any quilter willing to offer the name
would be well received
This collection is of items from one of our very early benefactors representing postcard images of
their Resort, the LAKE SIDE RESORT, in downtown Camp Lake. One of the 5 buildings on this
property was known as VITO's and before that KOUBA's. Earlier, people reading this may remember
THE NOVACEK's, LAMB's, BREWERSDORF/Bewersdorf and McVEY's. (As a little note: If YOU,
yourself remember this as LAMB...
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GENERAL HISTORY ~
Just because I saw the word BOBSLED in a status:
A bob sled is different from a sleigh because it has 2 sets of 2 runners and a sleigh has a set of 2
runners. Turning was much easier with a bobsled because the front set of runners swiveled with the
direction of the power source. The Olympic sport of bobsledding uses the 2 sets of 2 runners on the
equipment.
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TREVOR - TURKEY FARM Mayer Family Christmas ~
Mayer Family Christmas items from 2006 before the home was razed
There was a time, when shopping included getting boxes for each and every item we purchased.
Folding boxes; some plain, some with store names, some with an image that changed from year to
year like this one.
TREVOR - TURKEY FARM Mayer Family Christmas items from 2006 before the home was razed .
This is a box of candle holders. The balls were made of clay and painted a gold. They had a bend in
the wire so that it hooked over a branch with the candle above, The ball, the counterweight.
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TREVOR - TURKEY FARM Mayer Family Christmas items from 2006 before the home was razed .
This was part of a gas burner for a gas lamp, which was changed out at the holiday. Personally, I
think it would be quite dangerous! Best guess is pre 1940
TREVOR - TURKEY FARM Mayer Family Christmas items from 2006 before the home was razed .
Satin dolls with rubberized faces, I would guess These date 1945s
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TREVOR - TURKEY FARM Mayer Family Christmas items from 2006 before the home was razed .
This was a candle holder that clipped on to the branch.
TREVOR - TURKEY FARM Mayer Family Christmas items from 2006 before the home was razed
The balls were blown and painted.
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TREVOR - TURKEY FARM Mayer Family Christmas items from 2006 before the home was razed .
In this collection we can see electric bulbs that were used for Christmas decorations most seemed to
be hand blown and some, seen later in this photo album as composite items
TREVOR - TURKEY FARM Mayer Family Christmas items from 2006 before the home was razed .
These we can see were bulbs that had Blown glass covers that fit over the bulb
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TREVOR - TURKEY FARM Mayer Family Christmas items from 2006 before the home was razed .
These bulbs were a composite... The red and blue centers were the bulb and the pointed sections
were affixed and were of glass
TREVOR - TURKEY FARM Mayer Family Christmas items from 2006 before the home was razed .
This is another image of the candle holders that were hung over the branch with the clay like balls.
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TREVOR - TURKEY FARM Mayer Family Christmas items from 2006 before the home was razed . In
this image we can see the candles hanging on the branches. This was a dangerous practice... lighted
candles in Christmas trees! Bucket brigades were created in churches that had such decorate trees!
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TREVOR - TURKEY FARM Mayer Family Christmas items from 2006 before the home was razed .
These small glass decorations were hand blown and decorated and if the color was not enough, they
had some Silver decoration added to them! Remember though, Silver tarnished as it has on these
items
Another view of the glass ornaments. These are not large but about the size of a BOULDER marble
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Here we can see the additional SHINEY decoration on the ornaments!
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There were several ornament clusters that were made with a tinsel and glass ornament into a
composite. There is shown a paper ornament that had tinsel wire on it as part of the decoration
Here are paper ornaments with tinsel wire and glitter added to them. Very fragile. These three items
would have been used to carry nuts or hard candies...Notice the crepe paper, thin cardboard and
glitters...Many of these illustrated ornaments are on the shelves at the History Hall for viewing
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WHEATLAND ~~
1873 image of Wheatland after the 'adjustment'. Notice the section numbers (a normal township has
36 sections. beginning with 1 in the upper right corner and ending with 36 in the lower right.)
Wheatland of today is short 6 sections by agreement
1908 image of Wheatland plat, which shows changes since the 1873 version. In this image, you can
see the SOO rail line that went thru WHEATLAND STATION. This station would have been, before
the split, in BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP, straddling its sections 35 and 36. But here we see it included
in Wheatland township. Also the LINE used, I believe had a lot to do with the creation of the bridge
over the F
By the way, the SLADE BROTHERS would have been happy with the reorganization of the townships
because now, they were ALL in Wheatland and not split between Burlington township and Wheatland.
Notice in this map especially, why Slade's Corner is named as it it and that current day P is
substantially straightened to bypass THE CORNER
At the time of the JB bridge, there was a bridge IN BURLINGTON CITY and on CTY F at Silver Lake
aka Bullens Bridge. The bridge over the river at 50??? Am not so certain that it was a dependable
bridge. Give me a shout out if you have some data on it!
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This is a 1908 version of Racine and Kenosha County. I bring to your attention the Three Townships
on the far western end.... Burlington, Wheatland and Randall. This creates fractional townships for
Wheatland, Randall (and Rochester in Racine County) and an oversized Township of Burlington. This
was by agreement in the mid 1850s when Kenosha separated from Racine County. This is what
happened. Whe
Wheatland has a post office now - in New Munster - but i don't believe it has delivery from there.
Delivery comes out of Burlington. It is not unique. Camp Lake people have their delivery out of Trevor
(now Bristol because the consolidated all the route delivery). This is the area of a lot of discussion.
People think that they live in Villages because they have a spot on the map. Wilmot, Camp Lake,
Salem, Trevor- all because they have a post office that puts them on the map. Without these post
offices, these names would become JUST PLACES or HAMLETs as they really are. All that I
mentioned are within the governing body of the TOWN of Salem. They are covered by a POSTAL
DISTRICT. Just as Schools cross governmental lines and are School DISTRICTS. DISTRICT is the
word used when the area covered for taxes and such which do not correspond to the govt body or
bodies. They could be smaller or larger. As a Lake District that is often smaller than the governing
body.
The split of Wheatland over Randall, Burlington was not, in my opinion why your post office delivery is
out of Burlington. It is because that is how the post office wanted it. Slades Corners also had a post
office and in the late 40s it was closed and people from Lades had the option of New Munster or
Burlington.
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Racine Kenosha Salem 1794-1873 R U M S E Y Maps showing the original township orientation in
Racine County. This is one of the rare maps showing this breakdown. At last check, Wisconsin State
Historical Society did not have any maps reflecting this detail.
Looking at the rail line (KD of CNW rr) you can see a stop at Pleasant Prairie, Bristol, Salem. These
entries could mean that these were the only stops on the rail line and then the stops grew until when
the Line closed 1939. What I see as the Salem stop is actually FOX RIVER but then there is known to
be a stop in downtown Salem which is NOT noted on this map .. Neither is there a stop for
Woodworth in Bristol. I notice that Somers, and Brighton and Waterford aren't even named on this
map as townships...This is one of those images that can teach if more research effort is given and
more records are found. This map predates 1853.
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1940 image of the Wheatland Depot. The building does still exist but not in its original place. It is up
the Road about 500 ft and is used as a big rabbit hutch. There was also a MILK platform on the right
side (we are looking to the northwest) and on the left we can see some of the creamery building.
This was on the Wisconsin Central/SOO line. The next stop north would be Burlington and to the
south, Silver Lake
1913 This rare image is in the Town Of Wheatland Booklet which can be downloaded for free from
the Town of Wheatland website. We are standing at Karcher Road and looking South. In the distance
on the right side you can see the HIGH STREET METHODIST church, its parsonage (smaller) and
the cemetery. Only the cemetery remains. The booklet identifies this other than the High Street
Church but it has been confirmed by the farm on the Left side of the image as we look to the SOUTH.
We are standing on Karcher Road at approximately the High Street Creamery
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CLAMS... These from CAMP LAKE, others from the Fox River... and they were used for what????
Did you know that the Fox River in Wheatland was a source of clam shells for the button industry?
They were caught and then shipped to Iowa for processing.....
Wheatland - 1877 Oakdale School board let out a contract to pay $1.20 per cord for "good virgin oak
or second growth" in 2ft lengths for a total of 8 cords. By 1881 it was $3.50 per cord, 1883 at $2.00
per cord and in 1884 it was $4.50 always going to the highest bidder.
*(It would be logical that if there were no bidders, the price would be higher.)
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ICE HARVESTING - GENERAL~~
Western Kenosha County Historical Society sez: FB does not let me put things in total order and
KEEP them there.. what I suggest doesn't always happen but the images are here and I think that
reader logic will help in the chronology of the ice harvesting process. For certain, these were not ICE
HARVESTING MILL. A Mill is something that grids, compresses or in some way CHANGES the RAW
form of an object - Wheat, Oaks, Metal but not ICE. We had Ice Houses to store ice that was cut but
not ground. Box cars were loaded as well as houses loaded so that m cars would be taken to the incity storage places. As if to FILL THE PIPELINE. Those filled, the storage houses at the source would
be next to be completed. In the summer, box cars would be loaded as the CITY demand dictated and
often by local boys. In the summer the effort was not a manpower orientated. In the winter, it was a
BIG deal! A BIG deal.
Terri Say Hudson sez: My grandfather was an ice harvester in Twin Lakes. He's told us many stories
about them. Several men that worked as ice harvesters that passed away, had no identification or
known family were buried in Mound Prairie Cemetery in Twin Lakes/Nippersink. They were buried in
the same area without markers. A few years ago they wanted to honor those men so they asked my
grandfather to show them the area where they were buried. It is now marked with a large boulder and
plaque there.
Western Kenosha County Historical Society sez: Many thought that the men who worked here were
STOLEN from the Cities. The truth is that parents living here told their kids stories to keep them safe
from strangers. Some did come to the porch for food or water/milk. As today, strange people always
were an issue when kids were around. But, the fact is, men wanted to work and cutting ice was a
means to do just that. Getting there would have been easy since almost all the big ice companies had
operations near a railroad. (In Town of Salem especially - two!) and we did have places for people to
board - either at the ice company property or at inns/hotels - Sieberts, Raymonds, Lakeside(camp
Lake) Powers Lake Hotel, Twin Lakes had a multitude, Paddock had their own boarding house, as
well as private residences letting out a room.
The work was dangerous. A 200 # cake coming at you on slick watered ice broke bones, knocked
people off small galleries. Backbreaking work! Horses fell thru ice. Men got hurt trying to pull them
out, Horses acted up. Steam engines blew up, the means to run the steam engines required work to
fuel them, working at heights, building and even cutting the reeds to insulate the double thick walls
and between layers of ice compounded with a large group of men who hadnt worked together as a
unit, a team, and COLD, COLD weather day and night, all contributed to situations where people got
sick, hurt, heart attacks etc. There was no OSHA.
Cross lake pulled out ice too but it went to Antioch and Chicago from the Antioch Side of the lake.
Today, if one was working in the ice fields, just about everyone would need a reflective vest. Most
would need a hard hat if working anywhere near the building or conveyors.
All likely would need steel toed shoes/boots and perhaps with metal heel liners. Those on the ice
would need cleated boots and would have life preservers as well as knee protectors. Hours might be
limited to something other than the 16 hours they worked to take advantage of the freeze period so
that they could get another two or three freeze/refreeze where they had already cut ice. Thermal
requirements for coats, pants, gloves might be present. DNR would get involved because of the
taking of ice which lowered the surface of the lake waters, the mass taking of reeds for insulation and
the building of huge ice houses, boarding houses and areas at the shore where steam engine and
conveyor operations would infringe on the shore. Rail lines might not be able to be built even if the
railroad purchased the land because of being too close to an environmental corridor.
Terri Say Hudson Very interesting facts! It was VERY hard work for obviously very little pay. It was
always sad to me to think that a man would die doing this and they didn't know how to contact family
since they came from all over.
Terri Say Hudson I can check with my grandpa and see if I can get any information from him. He's still
with us! (He's 101 years old, living in Florida). Very hard to have a conversation with him sometimes
but I'll see what I can do. I'll also look some pics I have of his and see if I find any from that time.
Western Kenosha County Historical Society Yes we would like that..
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Jack Saucerman sez: I remember my dad telling me about harvesting ice from the river. They'd take a
sled and team of mules, go on the river, cut blocks of ice, and then stack them in the ice house with
saw dust in between the blocks.
That was probably in The 1910's.
Western Kenosha County Historical Society sez: As a note, in Kenosha county Knickerbacker didn't
incorporate in Wisconsin until 1894 and by 1895 they had ice houses in process of being built and
used. They had incorporated in Illinois earlier and then in 1893 saw the ice at the World's Fair, that
had come from ROCK LAKE specifically for the fair. ... Wisconsin was in their sites....................
Greg Saucerman sez: Just so you know Linda, what Jack is referring to, wasn't in Kenosha County. If
you can find that photo of the Model T Ford that was converted to a power ice cutting saw, people
might like to see that one.
Western Kenosha County Historical Society sez: SOO LINE: ROCK, CAMP, CENTER, SILVER,.....
KD LINE: HOOKER, PADDOCK, SILVER, TWINS, POWERS;. the COMMERCIAL ICE HOUSE RAIL
ACCESSES.
Greg Saucerman sez: The spur going to Rock Lake supposedly continued on over to Peat Lake near
Wilmot where they harvested the peat moss for packing the ice. Never could get much about that.
Any photos or info?
Western Kenosha County Historical Society sez: I believe there were two spurs.. one that went to
Rock Lake (straddled HAHN and RUNYARD farm sections and ended at the lakeshore and the other
that went to the Wilmot Sand and Gravel behind the Holy Name of Jesus Cemetery and did not stop
in route... went over a small bridge.. hugged the stateline for most of the distance off the main line
and then angled to the Pit. .... never heard that they pulled out peat for packing in the houses or in the
cars - this is first hearing it....... If done, i would expect it was done via wagon/truck and not rail as
there isnt anyplace along the line that would really work for rail loading or using a locomotive for this
sort of thing...
Also, i don't believe a locomotive ever headed west... but backed the rail cars to the west from the
main line.......
These are the hand tools used in harvesting. the tongs were used mostly in delivery to the consumer
Here are some of the tools used on the ice field
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This is an ice plow with a guide that would be used in the cut previously made. The guide would not
be level with the cutting side so that the cutting side would go INTO the ice. Before plowing,
sometimes snow had to be removed and so there was a shovel contraption that would be put behind
a horse and snow would be moved off where they were going to cut. It could be stockpiled and then
just allow...
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The sawing operation was hard work. The saw was heavy and its weight worked both for and against
the sawyer. The society has several. The long pole was a pike and both tips were sharp enough to
GRAB The ice and PULL/PUSH it as the float moved or the cake was redirected.
update 01 02 2014 Missy Messersmith Zarnstorff sez: Although we lived just over the border in
Antioch, my Father, who was born in 1916, harvested Ice on Rock Lake in the winter months when he
was in his early 20's.
Here you can see the men FLOATING a FLOAT in the float pond
Here we can see that they BARRED off a float after one of the men had sawed across the 4 strips
that have been ice plowed
This is not a lake of this area. This is showing what was done in the process of ice harvesting which
was done the same all over the northern part of the United States. It was used because it was a good
exhibit of the process.
Penny Price sez: Do you know if the story about the man buried in an unmarked grave in Paddock
Lake is true? It is said that his body was found in one of the ice house after the spring thaw.
Western Kenosha County Historical Society sez: likely buried at UNION cemetery if no family found.
or Liberty. I have not heard of such a story...
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Here you can see men moving the cakes (part of a float) to the conveyor
Here you can see men moving a float of cakes to their conveyors. They usually were not this large so
this size must have been the preference of this company. Sometimes conveyors were not used and
cakes were loaded to sleds and taken to a farm place or to a property off the lake/river: Usually small
operations.
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This shows a NON-ICE season conveyor at the shoreland of CAMP LAKE at the north side of the
Marchuk Park. At the time, it was the conveyor for the Oetting Ice Company which operated in Camp
Lake and on the lakes in Antioch and dispensed in Chicago! There is still a small channel that we can
see here to the left of the conveyor.. The 4 "2x4's" were the walkway for a person with the railing. The
conveyor was sectioned off to hold the cakes as we can see by the cross beams. The conveyor was
on a loop and somewhere near was a steam engine or similar power plant. The shore across was the
southern part of YAW's.
Here you can see cakes already on the conveyor on the GALLERY (The structure that graced the
outside of the building) and the man with a PIKE would redirect the cake into the ice house where it
would fall via a ramp to the level that was being packed. You can see a man in the distance. He could
be catching a cake as well and switching it to the ramp that he was responsible for!
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Here is an etching showing an icehouse with the inside. In our area, the doors were higher because
we packed to the height of the door. In this, they would not have packed as high because the cakes
could only be moved if by gravity feed as there were no conveyors inside. Notice no windows... The
area above the door COULD possibly have been something that they could remove as the height of
the ice floor rose. No way to be sure.
This is a small, local ice house operation. It would be similar to the ice house used by Downtown
Salem as a co-operative. It still stands and is east of the home at the end of POST OFFICE STREET
and is used as a home. This could have been a community event of a cooperative of the businesses
and some farmers had their own ponds and put up ice on a small scale - like the size of a one car
garage
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This was an ICE box. Ice on the top and the cool air COOLED The items on the shelves below. A
Tray under the ice box captured the water
This is a collection of images representing the steps and man/horsepower needed to harvest ice. Any
one operation could entail 10 or more men. Operations lasted as long as boxcars were filled to
stockpile the buidlings in the cities, as long as it took to fill the ice houses in our area or as long as ice
was able to be harvested - til the goal was met. !6 hours a day - under torches
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Guiding saw is Chester Hockney west shore of Silver Lake in 1922 with a 1917 ford chassis from
Hardy Schmalfeldt. Chester Hockney (family still in area) liked to invent. He Invented the Weed
cutting machine that was used early on the lakes in this area to cut weeds in the summer and likely to
cut weeds just before ice harvesting and lake level changes! This was in the BULLETIN paper, date
above
I believe that the building on the shore is 123 Cogswell. Larry's Auto would be across the street and
to the left. The house opposite is also still standing.
Tom Smith sez: The house to the right is 122 Cogswell Dr. in Silver Lake. The building to the left is a
barn that was on their property. Larry's Auto would be directly across the street of the barn.
Yellow shows the commercial ice houses in the area on a 1908 map
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about this image specific......
This sitting plow would have added 150 lbs to the weight of the...
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Yes this is a terrible image but it shows a few men working at shoreline moving ice up to a ramp
crown and from there it would slide to where the ground was more stable for a wagon or an
icehouse.. Its length is what the two men would have needed to pull the block from the water, twist
and hoist it to the crown and let it go on its own momentum on a wet slide.....
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This shows an ice plow that had a guiding edge (on the left) and the cutting edge - hooked to the
horse) and guided by the saw operator and the man with the
horse...
if a block were cut out without scoring or in volume, this might be what it looked like... first a drilled
hole, then sawed around. The block would not be easily duplicated because of the unique cutting of
this single block... The hole into the ice accounts for the corner curve and the need after cutting to
insert the tongs to get it out of the hole......
this would show how two people would move a stockpile of ice blocks or blocking coming out of a
float channel up a ramp into a buckboard. The wagon would require two horses to pull if loaded....
The men are standing on wood surfaces to reduce the wear on the ice at the edge of this
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lake/river/pond. I note that they had rubber looking boots and that they have been working hard
...
this illustrates loading of a small ice house without conveyor. The ice was 8-12 inches thick and they
cut over 200LB blocks and stored without any insulation between blocks so this house was not
opened for long periods of time to allow melt and likely only used by a small group of people. This
shows 9 levels on a wood floor and they stacked on the edges that they knew
we
Where we lived seldom had
more than one conveyor to an icehouse. ... this is a nice collage of activity on the ice and at the
edges.. compound this for several ice houses on a single lake and you can see that there would be
many people working on ICE DAYS....
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It was one of the most widely used tools in the ice harvesting process. those on the ice used it, those
moving floats used it, used at the conveyors, used on the conveyors and doors to the ice house itself
and inside the ice house. If dropped, it MIGHT float as opposed to bars that were all iron and would
fall to the bottom of the lake area......
When ice was being cut on our lakes it was a BIG production. If ice was cut and a second crop could
be had two days later, it was wonderful for the top officials and for filling the ice houses in the
business districts and in our areas for summer uses. To do this, meant that there were many people
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working and many horses. There are few images of
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TREVOR ~~~
Colony House beams in 2005 with the birdhouses!
John's Shell Service structure is still in place but the business is now TOWN AUTO on 264th and SA
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This is a September 1957 image of the Valmar Guernsey Farm, which at the time, was
owned by J H Posch*** who continued to raise Registered Guernseys and had, at that time, 2 bulls,
45 cows, 20 bred heifers and 18 open heifers. He was selling the farm and milking equipment and
herd at auction.
In April 1959, the Valmar Farm was again being auctioned and there were 67 head on the block each sold...
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Our lake areas prospered during the era of the trains. Trevor was the first passenger depot on the
SOO line from Chicago and Salem the First depot on the KD- CNW RR line from Kenosha into the
Lake area.
These trains brought the passengers to the resorts from the cities where the air was filthy from coal
smoke of residences and businesses.
In this image, we can see the water tank for the Stea
1860s under Wisconsin Central then SOO thru mid 1940s. Those which came to SALEM AND
BRISTOL( which were stations on a different line called the KD Kenosha Division of the Chicago
Northwestern ) crossing each other on the Western side of Schenning Industrial Park at grade) . The
KD LINE of the Chicago and Northwestern ended May 31 1939.
The building in NORTH LAKE WI is the original building built 1888 in TREVOR and was moved. We
would like to return it. However, Costs are outstanding and rules and regulations to move it whole thru
3 counties and over 8 towns/villages are prohibitive. It would have to be sectioned and transported.
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Here is an image of the East side of the depot and in the distance the covered Milk Platform and the
TRIANGLE APARTMENT building of today. At this time, it was the TREVOR STORE which was a
general store and had the post office.
The platform area was raise up an filled with crushed rock/limestone. There was a set of tracks on the
far side of the Depot which was a small spur to the Pickle factory that was north of the depot. It was
used in season for preparing pickles and other pickled items for shipping to Chicagoland TO THE
ROGERS PARK AREA and BUDLONG PICKLES.
1910s Trevor Yards when the Rail road still owned them - pre silo
In these images you can see the milk platform and the MAIL HOOK and STEPS to put the bag to the
HOOK, the water tower, the depot, the covered sheds and the OFFICE.... These yards extended to
the north quite far, tho not all were covered. tho hard to see, The depot had a set of tracks on BOTH
sides of it. The east side siding went ...
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This is a view to the North east and shows the covered stock yards. You can see the milk platform in
this image as well. The small buiding in the image on the right still exists not far from the four silos
that are a landmark for this place today
This is an image from Jason over at Horn. Nice aerial and shows farming, The old highway garage in
its first stages.... The small building on the right by the tracks/258th court road was for a pump system
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for the cistern. We see the manifolds there today and the storage cistern is over on the road to 256th
north of horn... looks like a silo without a top..... to the left is the OUTHOUSE
And the third of three stations in the town - Trevor. We see this building in its reincarnation whenever
we pass PIZZA TIME! and next to it Fuchs Welding and an earlier gas station. On this image I thank, and I
think we all thank, the men and women who banded together early in their local areas - Wilmot and
Salem and Trevor - and sought to gather funds and education to protect us all from the terror of fire.
Thanks also to those who grabbed at the concept of paramedics and made us a safe community.
I grew up in a time where there was no 911. Life certainly has changed! In this case, for the better.
1907 Trevor Blacksmith. Usually communities had a blacksmith who did anything related to metal;
and often things related to wood. This was physically located just north of the triangle apartments
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(aka the Trevor store) on railroad (258th and the street where Foxy's is.... Forster owned t. Family is
still in the area...... credit valentine digital collection. During the days of the Horse auction and Rail
activity, this would have been a great location for a business.
TOWNE SQUARE in DOWNTOWN TREVOR~~~~~
One of the very earliest business men in Trevor was August Baethke. His name is said like BET-Key.
He owned a hotel which is long gone - burned. He owned a creamery that burned down - it was north
of Foxys. He owned the house near to the Old Town Garage. And he buildt Foxys too which was yet
another tavern/hotel. Between Foxys and the Trevor Hotel was yet anot...
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Rock Lake HIghland Beach Pier, Trevor School #2, Booth/Mecklenberg.Gekas house, Trevor LIne,
Historical Society Hall, Rock Lake Highlands along Rock Lake Road, Trevor Silos, Twin Oaks
Schoolhouse Trevor.
This is from a time when the yards were a public auction house for dairy on two days and horses on
the other two days. The yards were busy and the Trevor Town was busy with visiting bidders and
sellers! in the distance, just to the right of the middle building you can see the top of the water tower
of the railroad which was used for watering the steam locomotives. By this image, the locomotives
should have been converted to diesel......
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This is 1941 of rock Lake Highlands after the Hahn Family (this was their farm and the main barn was
AT THE TRACKS and still has a replacement barn). Their home burned one Thanksgiving Day which
foundation will be in the woods between the driveway and the tracks. It was terrible. Mother Hahn
was walking with the kids from Antioch on the tracks and could see the fire. Then they moved to a
small wor1941 image of Rock Lake Highlands. Of note, Hahn Barn (now gone), Colony House gable,
Lubeno Farm, Some of Gekas/Mecklenburg/Booth farm. Also note that Rock Lake Road had a
different configuration as it reached and continued as JF.
JF, the road to the right side of the subdivision is a true east/west road
Restaurant and camp ground owned by Earl Elfers in the 60's
Elfers campground is just outside of the frame to the left top corner....
Here are some pictures of Trevor…-The Brighton (Twin Oaks) Schoolhouse, the
Booth/Mecklenburg/Gekas house, the Wilton Farmhouse, the Higgins/Turkey House, the Hahn fire
exercise, the Trevor Feeds/Horn silos - each is the content of one box car.
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This house was across the street from the Turkey farm on HWY c and was the childhood home of
MRS HIGGINS whose new young husband built the turkey house.
This house was on HWY C across from the Folly Turkey Farm apx where Roof and Bricks is today.
This is one of the several Udell/Udall homes in the area. At one time the family who owned this was
SCHRECK (his wife a Udell) and he was the person wh
Here is just a close up of the person and dog in the preceeding Schreck Udell house picture
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Early Colony House Bar with beams from the Trevor Yards.
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Here is a nice beaded purse.
This belonged to Helen Brown McWhinney Castle, of the Farmer Brown (HWY 50) group. It is no
longer in the family but this has kept its provenance and is one of few things that survives the person.
Very nice..
Comments addressing manufacture, period, costs, and just any little tidbit, would be welcomed here!
Ditto with any individuals who know of McWhinney, Castle or Brown.
I like receipts. Often they are as important as photographs. In this case, we know the proprietor. We
know that this was of the time when we were still 414 area code. And we know that at one time
TOWN AUTO, which is at the location today, was a Shell station. Silver Lake had a Shell station and
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so did Camp Lake. DEEP ROCK was another brand in Liberty, Salem and at Brass Ball.
I continue to look fo
Historians like old things. Even if they are little. Here is a simple business card. It tells us a lot! In this
case, the place is the Green Parrot Café. We like seeing the name and the telephone out of WILMOT
and not out of Trevor yet and that they served lunches and dinners We know it was located at the
intersection of 110th St and 264th Avenue Southwest corner. At one time it was the George Haz
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Morry's Standard Service - Lake's All Season's 5 gallons $2.00 1971
Bonnie Reiche Myra sez: Morry's was in downtown Trevor, it's the BP station now.
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In 1983, Shoreview subdivision (North of Camp Lake Gardens, south of Sunset Oaks.) apparently
had need for 9 tons of #6 stone and paid $63.00 for the stone and delivery! The Barhyte Family has
been in the Trevor Area for a very long time.
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Blackies DEEP ROCK Service at the Northwest corner of HWY 83 and CTY C . LOOK at the price!
5.4 gals of regular gas for $1.90!@!@ .349 a gal! I don't know the Signature but maybe someone
does know...
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GENOA JUNCTION aka Genoa City ~~~
Why is Genoa City sometimes called Genoa Junction?
Well,
When two different rail lines cross each other it is called a JUNCTION. When there are no longer two
lines, as in when the KD LINE of the Chicago and Northwestern Left the scene in 1939, Genoa
Junction ceased to be a Junction. The actual naming of the City OFFICIALLY would not be the
concern of the railroad however. That would be solely the responsibility of the governing body of the
area. Therefore, Genoa Junction could be in Genoa City.
This is a very nice and rare image of the junction itself and the tower where the railmen would
SWITCH the tracks as necessary.
http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/58896/Genoa+Junction+Village/Walworth+County+1921/
Wisconsin/
and
http://www.genoacity.info/history.html
"A junction, in the context of rail transport, is a place at which two or more rail routes converge or
diverge. This implies a physical connection between the tracks of the two routes (assuming they are
of the same gauge), provided by 'points' "
and
when the rails left Genoa Junction, it became Genoa City Wisconsin.
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Trista Friemoth sez: Where was or is this building? It looks to me so much like the restaurant in
Richmond that is closed.
Western Kenosha County Historical Society sez: it is the same I added Richmond images to
GC.ANDRE's STEAK HOUSE
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Summer Home of The Recreation and Old Peoples Home Society of Branches of The Mid-West
States of the Workmen's Sick and Death ·Benefit Fund of America, Genoa City, W isconsin.
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PRESCRIPTIONS CARUUll Y COMPOUNDED.
,3 11 FREEMAN STREET
GENOA CITY, WISCONSIN 53128
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HAASE- ADAMS
FUNERAL HOME
24 HR. SERVICE
AMBULANCE SERVICE
Anywhere at Anytime
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TREVOR - POST OFFICES ~
depot, Trevor Store, Pepper Home, perhaps the IGA, Dexter Home
Apx 1930s the Trevor Store at the triangle.. the road in front is to Fox's and the road on the left is
258th Court, fronting the Railroad tracks. Carey (of Wilmot), Montgomery (of Montgomery Lakes, a
relative of Carey), Walker Curtiss (of the Community Park whose wife was a Beimer) and Frank
Schreck (who created Valmar and whose wife was a Udall) all were owners or co owners over time.
In this angle, we can see to the right, the north and backside of the Blacksmith shop. And, across the
street, on the left Rail cars south of the crossing. People are unknown in this image.
1937 Pappy Dexter at the Trevor Store Post office, which was at the Triangle. This fronts 260th
Street. He lived on HWY C in the 2013 Post Office Building. The dates of the moves are not clear.
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1938 The two buildings in this image still stand. The one in the forefront was owned by the Pepper
Family and they operated the Post office. The house in the distance I believe is the Forster home and
He operated the Blacksmith that was on 258th Court immediately south of the Triangle Trevor Store.
1956 Cancellation cover of the Trevor Post Office location May 5 1956 by Florence E Dexter .
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1961 in the front of the Dexter Home. And Florence Dexter in White at the window.. Notice the dog
outside the door.
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1999 with the curb by the box
2006 with the curb by the box - this area has since been changed to be a slope.
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07/0112014
Dear Customer:
The Postal Service has established a review process for certain Post Offices known as the POST Plan. The Trevor Post
Office wa~ amo11g the offices evah12tmi under the POST Plan criteria. Tl"le Posta! Ser1ice is nov! so!icitino community
irput through the enclosed survey to help determine the best course of action for providing postal services to your
community.
After receiving the results of this survey, the Postal Service will examine the responses and, unless the community has
a strong preference (more than 60 percent) for conducting a discontinuance study for the Trevor Post Office and
establishing one of the addition<•.! sources of services described below, the Postal Service intends to maintain the
Trevor Post Office with 4 hours of window service each weekday. Current Saturday window service hours and access to
delivery receptacles will not change as a result of the POST Plan realignment of weekday window service hours.
In addition to this survey, the Postal Service will hold a meeting at the Trevor Post Office at 25930 Wilmot Rd, Trevor
WI, 53179 on 8/5/2014 at 12:30 PM to answer questions and provide additional information about POST Plan. At the
meeting, local management will share the results of the survey, answer questions, and solicit input regarping the time
of day the;. Post Office will be open. Although survey results will be known and shared, the Postal Service will not make
a final decision regarding this office until after the public meeting. This will enable the Postal Service to obtain all
community anput and opinions, from both the surveys and the meeting, before making a final decision.
The Postal Service is also seeking locally established businesses or organizations to serve as contractor-operated
postal retai units in communities li<e yours. If you are interested in operating a postal retai unit, please visit
the website at http:l/about.usps.comlnewsle/ectronic·press-kits/expandedaccess!we/come.htm for additional information.
Generally, these contractor-operated postal retail units will operate in combination with a community's Post Office.
However, selection of the third option in the attached survey indicates a preference of your Post 0ffice to be studied
for discont!nuance with the establishment of a contractor-operated unit as a replacement for the Po~t Office.
Please return the enclosed survey in the postage-paid envelope provided by 7/22/2014. We kindly request the inclusion of
your mailing address so that we can ensure that one survey response is submitted per address. Please note that your
response may be entered into a publicly accessible record.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Sincerely,
Mary B Olsen
Postplan CoordinatOI'
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MARYBOLSEN
2849 WISCONSIN ST
STURTEVANT Wl53177·2452
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POST Plan Customer Survey· Trevor Post Office 53179
I. E11ter your mailing address here: - - - - -- - - -- - - - -- - -- - - -- - - -- - -- - 11. Please select the alternative below which you most prefer (choose only one):
1. ( ) Keep the office open, but with realigned weekday window service hours, based on actual office workload.
In the case of the Trevor Post Office, hours would be changed from 5.5 hours each weekday to 4 hours each
weekday. Current Saturday window service hours will not change as a result of POST Plan and access to your
delivery receptacles will not be impacted by POST Plan.
2. ( ) Conduct a discontinuance study for the office and pro·tide roadside mailbox delivery. Retail and delivery
service would be provided through a rural carrier. M3il delivery r-oints will be established or maintained and
customers can purchase most postal services through the carrier or other alternate access points. If you
currently receive delivery service, Post Plan will not affect that service.
3. ( ) Conduct a discontinuance study for the office and find a suitable alternative location operated by a
contractor, usually at a local business. When businesses are found that meet the criteria, these
establishments ue contracted through the United States Postal Service and offer stamps and flat rate products
with service hours gener.111y more expansive than what the local Post Office may be able to offer.
4.
) Conduct a discontinuance study for the office and relocate P.O. Box servict. to a nearby Post Office.
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Ill. In the event that window service hours are changed to 4 hours per weekday, please indicate your preferences for
weekday window service hours. Please note that the "box up" time (i ~ - the time when mail is normally delivered to
mail receptacles) will likely be affected by the range of hours selected.
My preference for window service hours each weekday would be: -- - - -- - -- - -- - - - - - - IV. Additional Comments:
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BRASS BALL~~~~
In this early image (apx 1900) we see Annette Upson-Huntoon aka Nettie and son Roger Huntoon
(born 01-25-1895) with Nettie's brother, Willie Upson on the porch of the original Brass Ball Inn.
Supposedly this was physically moved to the northwest corner of 50/75 on to another Huntoon
property. However, comments over the years have been made about a move here, a move there,
another move, a move to the east side of the road behind Bear Realty. The facts are diluted. Willis A
Upson b: 7 SEP 1860 in Bristol,WI . Willie was a COUNTY SUPERVISOR for BRISTOL at the same
time that ARTHUR HARTNELL was a COUNTY SUPERVISOR for SALEM (at least in 1914).
1920s Brass Ball Inn #2 where the WalGreens is in 2012. This was built about 1914 and was the
second structure. The Brass Ball Restaurant that followed this was built in the 1930s. At this building
was a brass ball. An earlier name for this corner was BURGESS CORNERS as the Burgess family
owned several of the 4. Burgess, Huntoon and Hartnell, all owners over time of parcels near this
corner we a
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In this undated linen postcard, we can see the outside and the inside of the Brass Ball Tavern then
named Adam and Eve's Brass Ball Tavern. The corner, just to the left of the sign is the doorway into
the Walgreens today. I saw this building. It was closed before I had a chance to see the inside.
And then Dec 2000 or Jan 2001, it was torn down on a snowy day.
This building - the Brass Ball Tavern Restaurant - was built in the 1930s and had several additions
made to it. It was on the corner where the Walgreens is in 2012. This image was taken by Mary
Damrow as it was being razed.(Thanks Mary!)
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1975 image of ROGER HUNTOON's HOME which was on the property now occupied by Brass Ball
Mobile. This facade faced 75th East, HWY 50 to the left...
1975 image of Roger Huntoon's home which was on the property now occupied by Brass Ball Mobile.
This facade was the west and the South (along HWY 50).
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another view of Roger Huntoon's home at its original location. The building was physically moved...
First to a holding area west of the Brass Ball Burger King/Mobile and then to its final and current
location on CTY F before the first turn. This was the South facade facing HWY 50.
Although family Members call it "Roger's House" at the time of the move many referred to it as the
Koenecke home. This image is from May 20 1983 Westosha Report by Nancy Pouler. This facade
faced 75th, HWY 50 to the right
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This is a pitiful image, thru several panes of glass with reflection as well... but it shows how the entire
house, additions and all were lifted and rolled to the new spot on CTY F. The image at the top right
gives orientation to the intersection with the Brass Ball Tavern in the background.
2007 image of the Huntoon Koennecke home at its current location 7734 256th Ave on CTY F.
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Here is a small collage of rare images of Brass Ball. The House image is where Community Bank is
today and the Barn is about where the retention pond has been created. If one was standing on the
porch of the house, They would see the view of the second image. The first street is HWY 50 and the
street to the top is going south on HWY 83. The little building would be in today's east bound lane of
HWY
his is a 1992 image of the Oak Tree that once stood in front of Westosha Central. We see it
reincarnated as a Falcon.
The school was built on property owned by the Smith Family. Their one request was to retain the tree,
which for some time did survive...... Few really know that it was the SMITH farm.. With all the
NAMING we do in this area, some would think that there would be SOMETHING named Smi
In 2014, The carved falcon was removed to provide more parking.
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Brass Ball Corners, North of 50 on 75 ~ This farmplace was in the Hartnell family for several
generations. Called Auburndale, Arthur Hartnell farmed this with his father before he moved into
downtown Salem in the early 1920s with his wife Verna. This house was burned down as part of fire
practice and only last year was the area cleared of metals and stone debris. It is just north of the
Brass Ball Mobil/Burger King on the west side of 75. . The area between 50 and this property was
Roger Huntoon's farm and that house was physically moved and still exists on CTY F before the
southwesterly turn.
Greg Saucerman sez: I was told a number of years ago by a Mrs. Huntoon (don't remember her first
name) who was alive then, that the original Brass Ball Inn that was on the corner, was later moved up
the road and at some point, was used by the family to live in and later, was simply a tool shed. At the
time, she said it was still out back on the property, but I never got a chance to check it out. This would
have been north of the northeast corner of 50 & 83.
Western Kenosha County Historical Society sez: it would have been south of this as this house is to
the southern edge of Hartnell property adjacent to Huntoon property... When Roger's house was
moved, other buildings were actually left and only a year or so ago were finally removed because of
danger of empailment of snomobilers and others who ventured into the brushy area. Metal and
cement blocks all around. Now all gone. There is one BRASS BALL small building image that I will
look for and add to the albums in next issues.
Greg Saucerman sez: That's what I thought, that it was on the west side of 83. But she told me it was
in back of her house, which was on the east side, or I would refer to them as the newer houses. Wish
now I had taken the time to go and look. I believe she passed away not long after. She stated that it
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was the original inn from way back. Not even going to start trying to remember the dates. But wasn't
there like 3 inns total over the years, each one replacing the previous?
Western Kenosha County Historical Society sez: Burgess, Hartnell and Huntoon were all related.
Greg Saucerman sez: Maybe her name was Dorothy Huntoon. Does that sound right? I believe she
was Roger's mother.
Western Kenosha County Historical Society sez: Huntoon had a barn on the EAST side of 75th pretty
much behind the Bear Plaza up on the hill and it could have been there. The Burgess house (Clare
Burgess Hartnell) lived in the house that was where Community Bank is and their barn was where the
pond is east of the bank. It is my opinion that Brass Ball Corners buildings were on all three corners
over the last 150 years except for the SO EAST corner where the Schlax family had a black smith
shop, and later relocated into Salem. There were on the SO east corner THREE houses. Only Effie
Hartnell's house stands now and may be in jeopardy when a right turn lane is added to north bound
HWY 83. Sorenson's renters have it today. (gone in 2014) I suspect when Burger King/.Mobile was
created, any remains of buildings on that subdivided lot were removed. The other subdivided lot had
buildings that were destroyed but not totally removed until recently. That portion was owned by Dr
Park.
Greg Saucerman sez: I can remember a building or two being on the northeast corner before they
widened 50. I believe those buildings were razed. And the big house on the other side (where the
Mobil is), was moved over to Highway F. While doing research on Brighton, I learned that the first
home built in that town (township), was actually constructed at Brass Ball Corners and then moved to
Brighton. I believe that was someone in the Burgess family. I thought it was funny that the first home
in Brighton was a (modular) home.
In this very early image - before Arthur Hartnell had a Chevrolet - in a horse drawn buggy is Arthur
and Verna Wicks Hartnell. Verna grew up on the farm on the north of 50, west of B up on a hill. I am
not sure of which bridge this is. There were a limited number of bridges in the area - Silver Lake
Bridge (the earliest 'out west" ), Wilmot, and a bridge over the DesPlaines near HWY C, K and early
50. I am not sure which is illustrated in this photo
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Brass Ball Inn, about where the Walgreens is located at the corner of HWY 50, 83 75th.
Fred Leadbetter sez: I can just tell you I still miss the place.
Dorie Jost sez: I wish it was still there! This is the spot that Walgreens now sits, correct?
Deborah Wortman-Hoffman sez: My aunt and uncle lived in the blue house kiddy corner from it in the
late 60 ' s early 70 ' s. Remember the place well.
Selena Brau sez: I worked there for a few years but there were 3 different owners before it was torn
down
Ryan Redlin sez: Lots of memories in that place Michael Peck and Nicole McCarthy. Those were the
days...
Nicole McCarthy-Chambers sez: Glenna owned it! I worked there all through high school and part of
college!
Darcy Finefield-Wolff sez: So, so many memories, good times and friends made for life in that
building, I still have dreams about working there...The Halloween parties were the best!!!
Darcy Finefield-Wolff sez: My Mother, Glenna Robinson owned the Brass Ball from 1984-until it was
sold to Walgreens. She purchased the building and remodeled it after the fire in the early '80s. The
building was leased out a couple of times during the '90s but she ran it the majority of the time that
she owned it.
Marci Schultz sez: I worked there with Blaine Schultz and Nicole McCarthy.
There was a cook there by the name of George. Was fun.
Diane Mequio sez: I remember that place so well. I really enjoyed working there with Glenna, Darcy
,Robin ,Caroll etc and I even worked after Glenna rented it out several times just loved the people
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and customers, Finally after my heart broke and it was sold I went to work with George at the yacht
club
Western Kenosha County Historical Society sez: It came down a few days before 01 15 2001 while it
snowed and had several feet of snow on the ground already.
Carter Schuld I seem to recall back in the 50's (perhaps 60's, too) the owner's first name was
Gene.......cannot remember last name at the time. Just called a friend of mine - this place was owned
by the Adams family and the son took over from parents - in my memory bank Gene Adams sounds
about right. This would have been 50's/60's era.
Diane Mequio worked there for some time alot of great memories with Glenna,Carol,Darcy etc really
missed the place even worked when Glenna leased it out I remember some regulars had asked me
one time if I had a place in the basement and would reappear when it would open back up lol !!
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WILMOT - Hegeman Wilmot Hotel~~
Over the weekend, a nice gift of early ledgers was given to the historical society.
I have been reviewing these and one is a ledger of the John Hegeman building in WILMOT where
John operated a hotel, livery and bar. WILCOX HOTEL, WILMOT HOTEL, STAGESTOP. The time is
1892-1897 and these are some of the things I have determined. He fed people and he had some
animals to feed and he had help in the h
As an update for the period of 1915 thru 1922 with Louis Hegeman from a book i just finished
reading....
Louis Hegeman was the owner of the Wilmot Hotel, his father John, dying in 1896...
Mary Kaiser has moved from 2 dollars a week to 8 dollars a week! and 9 in 1921!...
In 1917 he was still paying the town $400.00 for license per year.
In 1915 he purchased coal from Wilber Lumber in Silver Lake at 4270# at $.50 for a total of $18.15.
This lasted not more than a month.
In 1915 Walter Carey (Carey Electric, now of Antioch) wired the hotel for electricity for $30 bucks and
paid for electric lights $5.25 for 2 months of service
He, for at least one purchase, purchased from MILLER BREWING...
But continues to purchase beer monthly at about $50 from Finke-Ulhen Co.
In 1919 he recorded his taxes (real estate) as
82 for the hotel (in 1913 they were 37)
58 for the residence (1913 26)
23 for the Alduson building (don't know where this is/was) (1913 10)
1.43 for lot 7 (1913 7.65 indicating something was removed)
20 for the North building (1913 9)
19 for the south building (1913 8)
13 for the Wilcox building (1913 6)
5 for the ice house (1913 2)
and
14 for personal property... (1913 7)
In 1913 they also had the Haythorn building at 3 bucks)
He owned a FORD car but sold it and had a REO but I didn't find any purchase entry for either.
In his 1916 harvesting effort (jan 18)
he paid
Chas Pagel 2
Mie OMalley 2
John Moran 2
George Dean 2
John Rash half day 1.
Guy Loftus 2
3 hours to Wm Volbrecht and Son 2
Ed Neff 2
Art Dowed 1
and a notation that started HAULING (not cutting) at 8 and put in 9
courses and finished at 3pm
In early 1919 he purchased ice from OETTING BROTHERS who had an ice house on the old
Marchuk Property on Camp Lake and on lakes in Antioch.
But, in Dec of 1919, he again did his own ice work
and had Fred Frank spend 3 hours at 1.05
John Moran 6 hrs 2.50
Guy Loftus 6 hours 3.00
George Mattern 6 hours 2.75
Leland (son) 5 hous 3.17
himself (field ex) 3.00
Bill VOlbrecht and tom 3 2.00
Edd Nuff 15 hours 5.25 and
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john Gauger 5 hours 1.75
In 1917 he paid a wiskey tax of $263.59 for two barrels of booze!
In April 1918 he paid 10.30 total 84.30 for 16370# of NUT COAL from Wilber Lumber and 6 bucks to
haul it. and
11640 soft coal at 5.75 for 33.47 and 4.50 hauling....
He noted that his son ROLLIE went off to war on 05-11-1918 and that Rollie returned home 01-021919
and then later that his son LELAND leaves for overseas 07 22 1918 and home 04-26-1919 but it is
unclear if Leland was in service of studying... or visiting..
In 7/1918 his hotel insurance went from 45 bucks to 56.25.
In 8/1918 he began noting slot machine at 3,00 receipts and then a month later was making entries of
$40.00 each week! And then starts reflecting peanut machine where he receipts 8bucks here and
there...
In 10/1915 Morgan put up a new roof for over 25,00 ... I cant be sure of the full amount because he
must have not recorded the full amount as cash.. stating this was the balance.
Craig Hegeman sez: Louis Hegeman was my great grandfather...I remember visiting my
grandparents in Wilmot and having dinner at the restaurant at the former hotel.
Western Kenosha County Historical Society sez: Not everyone ever sees the things that their
grtgrandfather touched and used. Pretty lucky you are to have such things floating around! Don't
know that I have any images of him or wife or of your grtgrtgrand parents.
Craig Hegeman sez: I have found quite a bit of information online. I agree I am lucky to discover
this!!!
Western Kenosha County Historical Society sez: Notice on this page RECD H- I have determined this
is cash he received for that day from the hotel but not from the bar.. just cash from the hotel and this
ledger is of the other materials noted... on this page you can see the 2,00 paid for ICE LABOR to the
men of the area... and that they put up 9 tiers... Wm volbrecht made up his own tab for hours
worked.... on page 26 slip
Craig Hegeman sez: the family also had a farm in the area and I have found reference to it being
where the Gander Mountain state reserve area is today, but I don't know that for sure.
Western Kenosha County Historical Society sez: the Hegeman family had lands all surrounding
WILMOT Gander MTN you are talking about is in ILLINOIS so you would have to check their archives
for land records.
Western Kenosha County Historical Society sez: Craig Hegeman to search to see if Hegeman had
patents, on lands in Illinois, you can go to CYBERDRIVE illinois and then Archves and then LAND..
use lots of variations on name spelling and likely will be under JOHN, not Louis.
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This is going to be little difficult to illustrate but after you read and then look at the two maps (1895 is
blue, 1924 is orange), they might help to SEE how Wilmot was so thriving.
John Hegeman and then later his son, operated the hotel which also provided at least breakfast for
boarders and 'bar'. TO my knowledge, tho Wilmot was originally DRY and clearly had changed by
1892 (per the register...
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This image is apx 1910 as well and in this you can see the trees that once lined the streets of
downtown Wilmot. Tho some did die from age, others were cut when sewers were installed through
most of the populated places of the town
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Mr. Hegeman married Miss Beatrice
Henrietta Brown, daughter of Henry and Constantia G. (Ford) Brown, and four children have been
born to this union, Hazel C., Rolland L., Leland B. and Vera B.
For those who have been to the Stage Stop, here is a 1910 image of the eastern parking lot. At one
time this was believed to be SABIN's, a general merchandise store. Eventually, Hegeman had the
early books and so it is believed that Hegeman took over that trade in addition to his hotel and livery
business. It isn't a perfect image because the Modern Woodmen Parade float (wagon) (as part of
their pWestern Kenosha County Historical Society At this time and into the 20s, it was a 'hotel' . I was
told that the doctor in the mid 20's had his office where the 'gift shop' is on the second floor. I have
seen ledgers of rooms being rented but I will have to get that date/cost for you later as I don't have
the ledgers at hand. Those will be scanned/PDFd in the near future (Their next processing step is to
do that) . The hotel also had long term renters - food/bed and a place to HANG OUT and watch
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WILMOT life happen around them. In the early times we have to remember that Wilmot was very
active... The mill brought people to the community and the creamery and the three/4 general stores
and the farm shop, blacksmith, livery and the druggist and ice cream parlor as well as a gas station
and several fraternities and post office and 3 or 4 churches! ... Wilmot had a Bridge ,the only other
Wisconsin bridge being north in Silver Lake (the first in our area BULLEN's) BRIDGE (CTY F) and
then up far on JB and far south into Illinois. Unless you have people to stay with while your work was
being done, you'd stay at the hotel.
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BRASS BALL - CULL HARTNELL SORENSON~~~~
Over the last week, the eyesore of a property at the corner of 83 and HWY 50 has been torn down.
When built, guestimate 1890-1918 era, it was the center of three similar homes presumed to have
been built by W V Cull who was a big land owner in Salem and Brighton. He leased this land and the
farm where the diamonds are to a nephew MINER HARTNELL who operated the farm until his death.
Shortly after his passing, the wife, EFFIE COOK HARNELL purchased the land and farm. All during
his life, people called it the Miner Hartnell farm. He never owned it.
In this album, you will be able to see the Miner Hartnell farm place. Look and you will see the
milkhouse that still stands. The house across the street is the house where the Miner Hartnells and
their family (Richard Hartnell) eventually lived but when first married, they lived at the house that was
torn down.
In the image where Effie and Miner are standing (a dark brown image), we are looking at them on
their wedding day - 12 30 1919 .
I have included maps. the pink one is 1899, the blue one 1908-1924. the white one is 1963 .
The aerials show prior to Walgreens, prior to the Bank and the Burger King and the building that was
closer to the farm.
I have included images that show~
1 the crooked chimney, something that is common. It is not a falling chimney. It was mortared in that
angle...
2 the metal siding, the asphalt fake brick siding that sealed up the clapboard siding and for the owner
would have helped with wind thru the walls. There were is only a few places, a greyboard siding.
3 While I was taking pics I notice that the front had some scalloped trip. I asked the operator to tear
off some of the asphalt singles and VIOLA! VIsions of the scallops!
4. Image of the basement access of field stone with cement mortar.
5 There was insulation only around some of the plumbing.
6. There was no insulation in the walls and only some insulation in the attic.
7. some of the structure trims.
All of the wood and metals were removed, recycled when possible. All the stone and large cement
remains and has since been filled and leveled with dirt.
A right hand turn lane will be added by the State of Wisconsin.
As part of this story, I have captured some aerial images which have dates at the bottom or the left
corner.
Carter Schuld sez: Effie Hartnell was a hoot....always a lively person who could make you laugh with
her happy attitude.The picture of Miner and Effie reminds me of how tall she was. Miner used to
frequent my dad's barber shop in Salem. Great pics....wonder who got to live in the horrid green room
in the house?
Joyce Slatner sez: I remember Effie.....she was well loved by the Salem Paddock Lake Community.
Fred Leadbetter We noticed that the house was coming down fast last week. I wonder what will be
built in its place.
Western Kenosha County Historical Society sez: right hand turn lane
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Jean McGann Holland sez: It's a shame that those pretty wood shingles were covered up!
Western Kenosha County Historical Society sez: Has to do with air penetration. This house and this
level of this house were the highest point in this area! must have been one cold home!
Jean McGann Holland sez: I never thought of that!
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This is being taken form the Walgreens parking lot.
This is the main farmplace of Miner Hartnell and is now the parking area of Sorenson Fields. The milk
house remains.
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EFFIE COOK HARTNELL's PARENTS
Based upon 1900 and 1910 US census records, and 1905 Wisconsin State Census,
Effie's parents were Richard and Anna Cook. Effie's grandson Lynn Richard
Hartnell indicated his great-grandmother's name was Anna C. (nee Colby)
Cook.
It looks like Effie's father was born 1857 and died 1919, according to
FindAGrave. Her mother was born 1858 and died in 1936 if her gravestone is
accurate. Her birth year is improperly transcribed on FindAGrave as 1855.
They are buried in Salem Mound Cemetery, Lot 115, graves 2 & 4.
Effie was born in 29 Dec 1895 in Holland according to her social security
death record. (The census records estimate her birth as 1896.) She died 20
May 1978.
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TREVOR - OETTING LARWIN MARCHUK~~~
realized that I was asked to do something about Marchuk property on the east side of Camp Lake
which is now part of the Town of Salem Parkland holdings.
In the early 1920s (and earlier at least to 1891) the property was owned by the OETTING (as in "O
TING" Brothers and was used as an ice source for their Ice business in Chicago.
They had a boarding house that was used and the ice house of course and a rail spur that came
down 103rd from the main SOO line and ended alongside their ice house.
In a poor image of Camp Lake hamlet, we can see the Camp Lake ice house and the 'white' area to
the right of center of the image is the roof of the Oettng ice house. In this poor image we can see the
track of the Soo thru the Camp Lake area and the building that is now the One Eyed
Jacks/hillside/greskiw/HomeAgain restaurant.
In the more recent aerial, i have shown marks of the area of the Oetting operation.
The Oetting Boarding house eventually turned into the Oetting RESORT and shortly after, that the
LARWIN family purchased it. Frank Larwin was by all accounts a gregarious man and liked to
entertain. He built his family residence soon after he purchased the property and that remains much
like it was when first built. The discussions since the Town purchase of the property include this
building being modified to be a community room.
It was Frank who painted the trees with white. I have seen this painting before. I believe it had to do
with SEEING the TREES at night!
The Mike Marchuk family found Trevor and found the Larwin Property and made it their own. Mr
Marchuk died in a terrible accident 11221961 and the business was then run by his wife, her sister
and the boys. It was well known by people all around the area! Their lunchroom was a place for
people to congregate, even the kids. They would come and sit on the porch. One wild story was
about one of our Trevor locals riding his pony into the restaurant one summer day. When I asked
about it, It was told that the pony knew how to go into many restaurants and bars about town! The
business prospered. People came to the lake and stayed in the rooms, ate, drank, fished, swam in
the lake. They did all the things that people did on vacation! and It was a fun place in winter too:
1991January BiStateTrail Blazers snowmobiling
On Dec 2 1992 work was being done one morning on the roof and winds came up and started the tar
on fire. The restaurant building and everything inside was destroyed. In this grouping are some inside
pictures of before. If you have stories about your time at the restaurant, please share.
That is Frank Larwin with the suspenders behind the bar
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1909 image VERY RARE
SOO/WISCONSIN CENTRAL looking towards Chicago... The house in lower middle is the One Eyed
Jacks, the two white buildings are no longer there but the single house across is in Camp Lake
commonly called the ARTISTS' house.
Knickerbocker/Jefferson ICEHOUSE on left and the Oetting ice house right of center below the marks
in the sky....
Frank Larwin is the man next to the woman by the steps
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Frank Larwin is sitting down. at the new residence.
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Frank Larwin on the Right
Oetting Bros predate the Larwin Resort operation and Marchuk's. The Oetting Boarding house was
part of the resort. The Oetting operation did not have the residence on property.
THIS IS THE ONLY IMAGE I have seen of this ice house. very rare! KEN LARWIN on an INDIAN
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CHARLIE OETTING is in the center It is believed that the man to the right of the center woman is
FRANK LARWIN
1991 January BiStateTrail Blazers snowmobiling
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1891 image very rare. (for those on 272nd, this is how they would have loaded ice on the spur that
was on the south side of the track.)
Loading ice to the cars at the OETTING ICE HOUSE on CAMP LAKE
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After the Marchuk fire
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This should help show where this property is and how it relates to the track.
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10 6 2013 History Fair and Open House!~~~
As many of you know, the Western Kenosha County Historical Society will not be at the Kenosha
County Fair this year. Since 1970s we have been in various spots in the commercial buildings and
sharing whatever we could. We grew from a small booth to a large space with plenty of sitting areas
for people to share and teach us!
Jo Weidman, of the Fair, graciously let us put up a banner in our old s
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Twin Oaks School in Miller Park of Trevor
Judy Schroll-Flentge sez: Linda.....These pics are great! And it was a fun afternoon. Thank YOU!
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What is it? This is not a contest question. Authoritarian answers welcomed...
Shawn Ford sez: An arbor press of some kind
Western Kenosha County Historical Society sez: THANKS! a good clue....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbor_press to pursue...
Arbor press - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An arbor press is a small hand operated press. It is typically used to perform smaller jobs, such as
staking, riveting, installing and removing bearings and other press fit work. Punches, inserters, or
other tools/dies may be added to the end of the ram depending on the desired task. Arbor presses
"These tradesmen made wheels for carts and wagons by first constructing the hub (called the nave),
the spokes and the rim/felloe segments (pronounced fellies) and assembling them all into a unit
working from the center of the wheel outwards. "
felloe - rim (or part of the rim) into which spokes are inserted
also called FELLY
This machine was used to insert the spokes into the FELLEO...and around the felleo would be a
metal rim that would then be tightened...
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Slades Corners ~~
At one time, the North side of Geneva Road was in Burlington Township, and the South side in
Wheatland Township
In Sept 1892, Paul J Sauer (said as SOUR) created a small newspaper as a hobby without any
mentor at the age of 14. He continued this thru adulthood first as a sales tool for his father's store and
then for his own store. It became an early historical society- as newspapers tend to be- for the Slades
Corners area. Tho the Slade Boys occupied the corners, it was as much the Sauer family who made
th
THIS image of "THE MUGWUMP" Newspaper is of 1932 September, an anniversary issue. It was
printed as 11X17 and folded. For delivery is was a trifold. "THE MUGWUMPS ARE ALWAYS ON
THE SAFE SIDE"
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John Meyer, uncle to Paul J Sauer and father to Mildred Hilda Ruby. John Butter Maker at Slades
Corners Creamery (about where the tire store is today. In this image, the 2story house is Slades
Corners Computer Repair, LLC on the south side of Old Geneva Road.
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This is a clip from Dec 1946 of the Spokane Daily Chronicle which documents that Paul J Sauer's
hobby came to an end after 54 years.
19xx St John Lutheran in Slades Corners. This is a nice image, and rare, showing the east side of the
church before the church school was built and new parsonage. In the left distance you can see the
Slades Corners PUBLIC school
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This is a rare image of the St John Slades Corners church and Parsonage. The Parsonage has been
moved to the South and West and I believe is on CTY P today as a private residence. Again, this
image can be found in the Town of Wheatland booklet that can be downloaded for free from the Town
of Wheatland Website.
1908 St John Evangelical Lutheran Church in Slades Corners. This image I believe is from the same
series of the other images of the church in this album. This one was mailed in 1908 and so the image
dates at 1908 or earlier. With closer investigation, this card image is the same as earlier posted but
surprisingly the photographer allowed this image to be used and printed many times, with the same
negative damage. sad.
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Here is a picture of Paul Sauer (pronounced as SOUR), the editor of THE MUGWUMP weekly
newspaper!
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CHURCH~~
Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church in Antioch
The church is located at 1501 Deep Lake Rd. in Antioch, about one-third of a mile south of the
intersection of Highway 173 and Deep Lake Rd
From Scott, This is the nativity scene of Faith Lutheran church in Antioch, IL which started as a
mission church from Peace Lutheran Wilmot, Wi.
Brass Ball Mobil at HWY 50 and 75...at the corner! Hidden in Plain Sight!
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Thank You Scott
Peace Lutheran Church Wilmot
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TREVOR-HILBERT~~~
This shows the 2nd location of the Hilbert home on HWY C and is under the word SATELLITE.
1980 Joe Hilbert and grandson "C". Note: by the time that he building was taken down it was
surrounded by new growth trees and there was no open space as we see in this image.
This is 2009 and shows the setback of the house on the foundation. This is offset about 2 feet and the
south side of the building overhangs by this same amount in the air.
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This shows the 3rd and 4th locations of the Hilbert family
This shows the 1st and 2nd location for the Hilbert family
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2nd location, down in 2009
This shows some of the cellar of the home.
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another view of the north side of the house shoved off the foundation about 2 feet. The roadway is
HWY C.
this shows the walls of the foundation.
Hilbert house, west side
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Hilbert roof
The support on the eastern wall of the building. at the time this photo was taken, kids were campng
out in the building.
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This is a nice view of the cellar and the southern wall with a small doorspace. The light on the far side
is the HWY side of the building - north
This is the southern side of the house and you can see how far it has been oved off the foundation.
Again, kids were camping out in it at night in this state of maintenance
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The sole support of one side of the house
The kids got to it... only a few months earlier it was empty of any items and free of paint other than
the whitewash that can be seen...
Hilbert
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this the noth and the west exposure of the home. a fence post is at the corner.
In the area where it seems that grass is growing were at one time, stones for the northern wall of the
foundation.
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Hilbert
This is a 5/2009 image of the building. Shortly afterwards, the kids got to it, added a sheet for the
door for the night's mosquitoes and the stuff...
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Hilbert
Hilbert
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roughly 1997 era when the building was part of the game farm
inside with the staircase to the second floor.
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Hilbert staircase to second floor
Hilbert foundation
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This shows the Niklos and Fannie Hilbert Family which lived in the small house on HWY C east of the
RR tracks. This is in 1944 in June when the two became USA citizens. they had moved from Europe
in 1898 and came to this area about that time, first to a sheep barn south of he JF/HWY C
intersection which then burned, then to the HWY C house, then to the Hilbert Farm on 256th that still
stands, and then to the Farm on the north side of AH at 256, that house and barn gone apx 2010.
there is only one boy still living at this time, MAX. (so i believe)
Hilbert ....the red barn and house that has damage at the left side is the 4th location on AH aka the
HEATH SISTERS home both of which were razed. The younger Hilberts extended to portions of
ECHO LANE, into Silver Lake, up into Paddock Lake and in Trevor as well as into Milwaukee
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The 3rd home (256th) (immediately north of Hilbert Subdivision) and an image of it in 2005. Unless I
can find a pic of the Hilbert family as a young new immigrant family working for Mr Lubeno in Trevor, I
think i have covered the elder Hilbert properties.
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The 4th location on AH aka the HEATH SISTERS home both of which were razed.
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Holiday Potluck 2013~~
Don (right) brought in several items for the society to use as teaching tools... All pertain to corn and in
this case for use on the farm for farm livestock.... In this we see a means to dry and then hang the
corn (CORN DRYER) that appears to be choice for next years' crop. Hung so the mice don't get
dinner...
Corn Planter. IN this image the item is horizontal but would be held by the handles as the operator
would walk the length of the corn row, the sharp end making the hole for the grain/seed that would fall
from the containers mid-section.
A bench mount sheller where a corn ear, without the husk would be dropped into the hopper. The
handle would be turned and the kernels would be stripped off the ear. The results of this process
would go into the grist mill (red) .
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In this image, a Bench mounted grist mill to sizes small enough for chickens to digest and the results
would be put to the cylinder
In this image, we see the means to sort what has been ground by size of the grind.. flour being the
finest.... (DRESSING CYLINDER) .
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Here we see two members looking at a SHOnTELL close up. Can you guess what it is... ?
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Here is a very close up of the SHOWnTELL. Have you figured it out yet with the markings?
Well, it is a press block of tea! Of the sort that Made the Boston Tea Party famous. This brick was
scored on the back side into about 16 sections, which would be sold to customers (or of course as a
whole brick) . Yes, it smelled like tea. It was not light. It was heavier than one would expect of a ...
A member here with a rare enough vegetable in our area but still native to the North America
continent, a Jerusalem artichoke. We have heard the name but never really knew the taste or the way
it looked. Tonight, we had a chance at both. This SHOnTELL was homegrown! And, several of our
members are going to take a stab at growing their own for next September's harvest!
Here we can see two of the sections that were broken off of the large tuber in the earlier image.
These grown as if potatoes, but the surface plant can grow 6 to 10 feet tall!
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One of our members brought in his Bottle openers for crimped bottle caps. This is just one of many
openers that he has in his collection. Each with different figures, of birds, people and items. Some are
serious and some are comical. Often times, people CLEAN them up. As with many antiques,
Cleaning often damages the item - its value as well as the original intention of the original cast.
Here is a view of our history hall set up for dining and visiting.
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We had a mishap and are unable to see one of the SOUVENIER GOBLETS of WILMOT
WISCONSIN but such were the kinds of items sold in any one of our local Wilmot stores.... Early on,
there were several general stores in the hamlet.. The other item is a hat pin... It would have looked
stunning on any hat. These are two items brought in by our friends to SHOnTELL.
Here we see one of our members talking about her SHOnTELL where she brought in her
Grandmother's recipe box, and made cookies of one of the cards in her collection.... It was called the
seven layer cookie....
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One of our members is a TRAIN historian! Of our area and other areas as well. He could (and should)
write books on the topics related to railroading. His SHOnTELL was a TRAIN ORDER FORK . NOtice
the orders rolled up at the top string between the two tines... The string continued all around the
triangle and was kept in place with a tension spring.. When the locomotive was near, the station
bound em
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SNOW in SALEM and WILMOT~~~
1916
1936 on 83 south of SALEM near Weidmans
Weidmans in 1955 for location purposes. House down in 1973..
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1936 on 83, south of SALEM near Weidmans
speculation was that it was between AH and downtown Salem.
There is a gothic barn in this.. Remember, at this time, milk was shipped out of SALEM to KENOSHA
by rail. They all needed to get to the platform or milk would spoil or freeze.
This particular house looks like Sandie McCormick's across the street from Weidman before it got an
addition built on to it to the north. This house is gone now. There is a shed building now on the spot
where the barn is.. that is, if this is the place....
McCormack Home - 2007 before it was razed: with its additions.
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1936 on 83, south of Salem near Weidmans
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936 on 83, south of Salem near Weidmans
That is Guy Loftus somewhere in the snow around Wilmot in 1936! Loftus was instrumental in the
progress of telephones in our area - beginning in Wilmot!
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TWIN LAKES July 1954~
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TREVOR - SOO CROSSING HWY C ~~
From a FRIEND of the society: RATG009378 NIMCO near rail crossing 1956 SOO MP58 Trevor on
HWY C TO EAST aka FUCHS Welding and formerly AUTOhaus West of SALEM AUTOSPORTS.
Trevor Vol Fire Station was built at the time of this pic... Notice, no crossing gates and this was in
1956! Notice the Hanging light at the Main Intersection!
Tom Seep sez: there were no crossing gates when we moved here either and that was early 70's.
Before it was Fuchs Machine shop, Whitey had a machine shop there. Whitey's real name was Walter
Streckfuss. Also at one time it was Quality Carrier too. I have no idea what the NIMCO was though.
Before Quality Carriers and then Whitey I was told someone pre-fabbed homes in that building.
Maybe that is NIMCO? (Re barns in the area....) I remember a guy with horses being there and then
it was used as a pheasant club for years.
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from a FRIEND of the historical Society ... RATG010818 Trevor Post Office truck 1956 with Florence
Dexter-Dreuhl and Frank Mattis.. Both have passed from us........ Today this door is no longer used
and the garage in the rear is gone.
IN the middle of HWY C looking to the West... 1956
IN the middle of HWY C looking towards Town Square..1956
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In the Driveway of the Sharing Center looking at the first Trevor Fire House aka @Pizza Time in
Trevor and the old Fuchs Welding. looking south westerly 1956
South of HWY C looking to the Northerly Direction. We can see the top of the 4 silos. 1956
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On 259th Court looking across HWY C to the SO EAST, with the former Fuchs Welding in the image
and
the barn that Mike uses at Salem Autosports . I remember the silo but there is only the driveway and
some of the foundations of the building that fronted the HWY C.
1956
These are apx 2013 images corresponding to the 1956 images earlier
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BRIGHTON ~ Miner~
This is Charles CLAPP miner who owned substantial lands on JB west of 75 in Brighton. He gave a
small portion of land to the School Districts for a school MINER SCHOOL which has since been
returned to the family and is a private residence. he was born in 1807 New York. Before 1837 he had
joined a circus, travelled Central America with the circus as an elephant trainer and had also gone to
the Cari
Fred Leadbetter sez: This is my great, great, great grandfather. Buried in Mound Cemetary
Sabrina Wyman Miner married to Clapp Miner in 1845 in New York and had her first child in Brighton
in August 1845.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=99392041&PIpi=69486901
Fred Leadbetter This is my great ,great, great grandmother
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Both are buried at Mound Center. Old headstones are at the gardens of the Miner Schoolhouse. to be
clear SALEM MOUND CEMETERY, not MOUND or MOUND PRAIRIE in TWIN LAKES. Thanks to
Doug Kimberlin who has photo inventoried most of the cemeteries in Western Kenosha County and
expects to do them all! Thanks Doug!
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TWIN LAKES - PINK HOUSE ~
Twin Lakes Pink House
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UDALL UDELL
Carrie Udall died 1938, George in 43... the image of the two of them is 1936...
Her father was
Thomas Udall and he owned most of the south half of Camp Lake and the lands around it. His
daughters inherited.
Carrie Udall-Faulkner, Mrs Udall-Kennedy and Mrs Udall-Schreck..Mrs Udall Higgins.. Lands
covered: Valmar, Camp Lake Gardens, Shoreview, Oak Ridge, Sewer Utility, Holst Farm, Mark
Farm....
Voak, Faulker Holy Name, Gilead, Twin Oaks:
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Here is another bit of history on the Market..2015.
Originally built by VOAK - he developed Wilmot and put in the original dam.
He had moved a smaller house off the property to build this one.
Then sold to George Faulkner and Carrie Udall his wife....
Eventually they sold to Holy Name of Jesus which used the building as a convent - second floor, and
a school, first floor and built the gymnasium which was used as church and school and gym......
Carter Schuld sez: spent seven years of my life at that school location. The gym original setup as
classrooms was a full wall dividing into two big classrooms (I did 1st grade in a gym room '50-51) In
the late 50's the wall was shortened and a third classroom was put in the back of the gym (by road)
with an accordion fold door — you had to go thru the other classrooms to get to the rear room.
Before the new church complex was completed and the old church was inaccessible because of the
Hwy C lowering — mass was held using those three rooms — the altar was on the end of gym by
road — the accordion walls opened all the way to the outer walls and the congregation was split on
both sides of the wall — desks were relocated in hallways or other classrooms. Father Herbst
would not allow my father's casket into the school/church because he was a divorced man — but the
school building was not a consecrated church! -However we were able to bury him in the Holy Name
cemetery with a special dispensation from the archdiocese in Milwaukee.
Kathy Robers-Bowen My aunt, Lillian Van Liere taught for Holy Name in that building. In her later
years I took her to lunch there which she loved. She remembered much of the building. Also, my aunt
spoke of having to relocate all those desks for mass!
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HNOJ graduation class
FR O'Connor , Jeanette Hoener Smith is in second row ;
HNOJ 1st BVMs
Mary Aloisa SUPR
Fr O'Connor, Mary Regina Therese, and Mary Verita at the side of the church that was up on the hill...
east wall, to the rear
1948
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Wilmot
I was scouting GOOGLE EARTH, (not google maps) and was surprised to see this image. Not often
that on the day the demise of one of your treasured trees that the photo plane is overhead and the
presence flat on the river is so stark...
THIS IS JUST BELOW THE WILMOT DAM. YOU CAN SEE THE SONNY'S BASIN AND Wilmot
Riverside in the insert image.....
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Randall
Here is a sample of a 1963 Randall Plat.
Find Section 26.
Notice that 26 is in Quarters...
Logan property is the SWQ of 26 T1 Range 19 E .
Town is ROW and Range is COLUMN like in Xcel.......
RANDALL
T.l N:-R.I9 E.
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11088 336th Ave --- from a news article 8 23 1933... and days later, they caught him August 16,
1933
Ironwood Daily Globe from Ironwood, Michigan
Wilmot WI., Aug. 16--(S--Mrs. Tom Brennan, who police say is really Mrs. Harvey J. Bailey, wife of
the desperado captured by federal agents on a ranch near Dallas, Tex., last Saturday, yesterday
denied that newspaper pictures of the accused kidnaper resembled that of her husband. She
admitted that she had not seen her husband for "some time," but told questioners she would not
answer questions about him. Mrs. Brennan was questioned at the farm home near here which was
purchased several years ago by her husband. "He bought the place as an investment," she said. "He
couldn't stay here because his business was in Chicago. He was in the real estate business " Mrs.
Brennan said the farm now belonged to her brothers. Her son, Von Dwight, 19, whom neighbors say
resembles pictures of Bailey, resides with her, as do her brothers. Fred and Buck Martin, and a sisterin-law, Mrs. Martin. "My husband and I have been married for 20 years", Mrs. Brennan said. "He Is an
A-No. 1 man. You might look the entire world over and you would never find a finer man, a kinder
man or a better companion. I ought to know". Wilmot residents said that when Brennan first bought
the farm his half-brother, Err Bailey, became its manager. The Baileys later moved to a farm west of
Brennan's, This was the first intimation that there is a Bailey in the Brennan connection. "Is Brennan's
name really Bailey and does he just use the name of Brennan"? Err was asked. "Well, I guess he did
use It, around here", Bailey replied. ·
Don Carnahan sez: A family named Newer lived there in the 60s
Michael Logan That is our old house now! And it is for sale!!
Mary Beth Joze Great story. My old house. As my bro said its for sale. Cool old house to live in
with
Jackie Jones Wyer sez: My grandparents and parents farmed there - that's where my parents lived
when I was born!
Grandparents John & Florence Jones Not sure the year.
Parents Richard & Suzette Jones - late 50's to March of 1964.
Suzette Jones John & Florence Jones 1949-1957
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Suzette Jones Richard & Suzette Jones 1957-1963
1967
+1937 we can see that the big barn is not yet there BUT another building had been in the place
because we can see the footprint.
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Owners based on PLATS.
IN sec 26 160 acres :
1873 N McCommons
1908 W Elfers
1917 W Elfers
1926 D G Elfers
1931 Thos Brennan
What is interesting in this last BRENNAN entry is that Harvey Bailey who used the Brennan name as
an alias...
Harvey John Bailey (August 23, 1887 – March 1, 1979), called "The Dean of American Bank
Robbers", had a long criminal career. He was one of the most successful bank robbers during the
1920s, walking off with over $1 million.
Also went by John Harvey Bailey and wrote a book after he got out of prison .
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NEW MUNSTER
SWAG's CORNER!
Northeast corner of North 83 and HWY 50… in the westbound's North turn lane
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Camp Lake
Camp Lake hangout, but not Marchuks.... Wenske's was the PLACE to be! to eat, to be fed, to get ice
cream and candy and to hang after and before school.
Not only our hangout but the local farmers in the morning. They had good greasy burgers and I (Carol
H) flipped a few for Mrs. Wenske when she got busy. Also, the bus on weekends ran from Chicago to
Lake Geneva and Wenskes was a stop on the route.
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