The view below the headgates at the Decatur Dam near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
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A view of the Mill Race from the water tower in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
A little rundown shack near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
A woman stands at the site of an old Native American campground on the Carlyle Porterfield farm near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
The Mill Race in Brodhead, Wisconsin. The Brodhead water tower looms in the distance.
A scenic view of Decatur Lake near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
A group of men sit on timbers near a new bridge, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
A bridge over the Mill Race near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Leroy Stokes, Canute Stordock and John Hyldand
Owners of an excavator used on Avon, Wisconsin drainage project. Richard Canterbury, Mr. Johnson (Owner of machine) Mr. Palmer (engineer).
Laborers working on an excavating project near Avon, Wisconsin. Standing: Mr. and Mrs. Cuplun (cooks) Mr. Palmer Jimmy French Seated: Mr. Gorset (oxen driver) Herbert Hawkins Lee Jones Lou Jones.
A pair of yoked oxen named Joe and Tige.
A steam powered excavator works near Avon, Wisconsin.
An Austin Excavator works on the Avon Drainage Canal near the Enderson Farm, Avon, Wisconsin.
Ditching Machine on the Avon Drainage Canal
A steam powered ditching machine is shown working on the Avon Drainage Canal with the Benson Farm in the background, near Avon, Wisconsin.
The Krause family poses on the Decatur Dam near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
The Decatur Dam near Brodhead, Wisconsin, by White Photography.
A wooden walk bridge above the Decatur Dan near Brodhead, Wisconsin. Date unknown.
The Decatur Dam near Brodhead, Wisconsin, frozen in the winter.
Children standing on the Decatur Dam near Brodhead, Wisconsin. Date unknown.
A family shows off their fish catch of the day at the Decatur Dam near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
The Decatur Lake Country Club near Brodhead, Wisconsin as seen from across Decatur Lake. "The Sportiest Course by a Dam Site"
An early picture of the original Decatur Dam, made of wood, near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
People standing on Decatur Dam near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Flood water course over the Decatur Dam near Brodhead, Wisconsin
The Decatur Dam near Brodhead, Wisconsin, November, 1975.
A picture of Decatur Dam from the fall of 1912.
A picture of the old wooden Decatur Dam taken from a distance.
People standing on the "New" concrete Decatur Dam near Brodhead, Wisconsin in 1911.
A group of friends on the Decatur Dam near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
The original Decatur Dam when it was made of wood.
Two people stand on a small foot bridge near Decatur Lake, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
A view of Decatur Lake near Brodhead, Wisconsin. This image was taken from a Souvenir Decatur Parks booklet.
View near Hanging Rock on Searles Creek in Decatur, near Brodhead, Wisconsin. This image was taken from a Souvenir Decatur Parks booklet.
The original Decatur Dam in Decatur township, north of Brodhead, Wisconsin. This image was taken from a Souvenir Decatur Parks booklet.
Decatur Dam near Brodhead Wisconsin, date unknown. This image was taken from a Souvenir Decatur Parks booklet.
Stabler home in the 1500 block of West 3rd Avenue, Brodhead, Wisconsin. Date unknown.
Carding Mill on Spring Creek, Spring Grove township near Brodhead, Wisconsin. Date unknown.
The Oscar Stabler Farm, halfway between Brodhead and Juda, Wisconsin around 1905. On wagon is Oscar Stabler. In front of windmill are his children Gladys and Marvin and his wife Queen Esther Stabler.
Poplar Grove School in Spring Grove township around 1910. Girl on left is Gladys Stabler. Third boy from right in dark jacket is Marvin Stabler.
Josephine Hooker (b. 9/24/1854 d. 11/21/1939) & Katie Hooker Hyatt (b. 6/9/1876 d. 1/14/1966) at their family home in Spring Grove township near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
The pavillion at Bluff View Park, August 1924.
Congregational church and parsonage in Brodhead, Wisconsin around 1908. This building stands at the corner of 10th Street and West 2nd Avenue.
Launches on the Sugar River near Albany, Wisconsin.
SThe South Side School House in Brodhead, Wisconsin at an unknown date. This building stands on West 2nd Avenue and 14th Street.
Sugar River Scene in the Good Old Summertime
A postcard showing "Sugar River Scene in the Good Old Summertime" near Albany, Wisconsin.
Corner of West 2nd Avenue and 10th Street
Houses at the corner of West 2nd Avenue and 10th Street in Brodhead, Wisconsin, date unknown.
Cottage at Decatur Park near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Northcraft Decatur Park - Standing from left, Frank Northcraft, Grace Northcraft, Vivian Green, unknown, unknown, Mrs. F. Northcraft.
North craft Cottage at Decatur Park. The boat is the Nautilus, owned by Northcraft. Fair Oaks, later owned by John Carroll and Jim Speth.
Tyrone church and state line cemetery. Trinity Lutheran Church on the right is in Illinois. The cemetery is in Wisconsin.
Men stand on a collapsed bridge, thought to be in Decatur Township near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
The Lunch Room restaurant and staff gather in the snow, April 17, 1921. This building was near the railroad tracks at 1st Center Avenue.
A postcard showing South Side Park in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Stabler and Meinzer picnic at Bluff View Park east of Brodhead, Wisconsin. Meinzers are on the left, Stablers on the right. The lady at center is Jane Meinzer.
Mirror Lake between Albany and Brodhead, Wisconsin, near the Pryce Farm.
Summer camp of Oscar & Kitty Hyatt at Bluff View Park east of Brodhead, Wisconsin. They ran the park in the summer of 1924.
A group of young people are horsing around at the Bridge Inn near the Sugar River and the Clarence Covered Bridge, east of Brodhead, Wisconsin.
A group of four young ladies stand on a car at the Bridge Inn near the Sugar River in Spring Grove Township, east of Brodhead, Wisconsin.
High School on Goodrich Street, later 10th Street, in Brodhead, Wisconsin. This building was later the Middle School before being closed.
A colorized postcard showing Main Street, later 1st Center Avenue, in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
A railroad bridge over the Sugar River just east of Brodhead, Wisconsin, used by the Milwaukee Road Railroad.
Pine Bluff near the Sugar River west of Brodhead, Wisconsin in the town of Clarence.
The original dam that created Decatur Lake near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
A pair of small boats on the Sugar River near Albany, Wisconsin.
The Baptist Church in Brodhead, Wisconsin on the corner of 1st Center Avenue and 10th Street.
A small boat, thought to be the Nautilus, on Decatur Lake near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Cast of womanless wedding production. Mrs. Mabel Rimm, pianist; Bill Wall, violinist; Clyde Young, butler; Frank Parker, punch girl; Dale young, present taker; Chas. Marshall, bride's weeping mother; L.J. Stair, bride's confronting father; C.J. Coldren, bride's bad little brother; Will Hahn, Ikey Robinson; Fred Maveus, Old Maid Aunt; Bride's grandmother, Ivan Arnsmeier; Bride's grandfather, George Dixon; Charlie Chaplin, Carl Broughton; Uncle from Avon, Dan Markham Sr.; Aunt from Avon, Fred Kunz; Twin sisters, Lawrence Brandt and Ralph Williams; Mary Pickford, Kenneth Moar; Groom's haughty mother, Kurt Guelson; Fashion plate, L.D. Newcomer; Sister Hopkins, Roger Stephens; Andrew Carnegie, Jack Bauman; Mrs. Carnegie, Roger Nielly; Harry Lauder, Ralph Fleming, Gov. Zimmerman, Olaf Sveum; Mrs. Zimmerman, Roger Engebretson; Country cousin, Elmo Pengre; Pat O'Grady, Paul Ten Eyck; Rose O'Grady, G.L. Hauser; Annie Laurie, Tallie Everson; Fritz Kreizler, Robert Hawkins. Cornelius Vanderbilt, S.L. Cain; Mrs. Vanderbilt, Ernest Schneider; Flipper of 1928, Peter Ten Eyck; President Coolidge, J.W. Trousdale; Mrs. Coolidge, Robert Horn; Galli Curci, Frank Ten Eyck; Col. Charles Lindbergh, Kenneth Olson; Negro Woman, Willie Bellman; Bride's baby sister, Neils Nipple; Negro man, Jake Hawlen; Rastus, Bennie Zimmerman; Queen Marie, Harry Castater; Prince Nicholas, Ralph Mau; Village school Ma'am, George Ross; Gen. Pershing, Harry Hartman; Marshall Fosh, Roy Stabler; Tenda Bara, Walter Beattie; Henry Ford, L.W. Terry; Mrs. Ford, C.R. Stephenson; Madam Schumann-Heink, Gilbert Swartz; Groomsmen, Baltz Hefty, Oscar Stabler; Best Man, W.C. Gempeler; Bishop, Harley Dedrick; Pederewski, Leo Scheberle; Bridesmaids, John Lederman, F.A. Condon, Walter Zimmerman; Maid of Honor, A.G. Richardson; Matron of Honor, F.R. Harris; Flower Girls, Henry Lang, Robert Van Skike; Ring Bearer, Elmo Kingsbeil; Bride, Dr. Lawton; Groom, Guess Who; Train bearer, Will Mau.
Third grade class of the South Side School around 1900, Mrs. Dunn teacher. Rockwell Barns is in back row, third from left.
Lewis Hooker farm in Spring Grove township on Spring Creek Road. In 1885, Lewis Hooker purchased 100 acres in section 15 and built this house. In 1866 he moved in with his wife and family until 1886 when they moved to Brodhead.
Snow Removal Plow Riese & Son Trucking Winter
Snow removal on Spring Grove Road during the winter of 1935-36. Plow truck is operated by H. F. Riese & Son Trucking, Brodhead-Albany, WI. Man at left facing the camera is Marvin Stabler.
A southeast view of the Clarence covered bridge over the Sugar River, west of Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Pierce cow bridge over the race, north of Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Bridge on Park Road in Decatur township, west of Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Christiansen Bridge over the Sugar River on Ten Eyck Road west of Brodhead, Wisconsin.
A new bridge is constructed near an older wooden bridge at an unknown location.
Bridge over the Sugar River on Ten Eyck Road west ofBrodhead, Wisconsin. Gauging station is in the foreground.
Wooden bridge on Ten Eyck Road, west of Brodhead, Wisconsin.
First bridge to Brodhead from Decatur across the Sugar River, 3/4 mile south of the old ford that crossed the river. August, 1904
The Solid Comfort Club at Fairview Place, July 21-August 4, 1891.
Snapshot at Decatur Parks, July 17, 1910.
A postcard advertising the Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration at the J.A. Young Cottage at Decatur Park near Brodhead, Wisconsin, 1906.
A cottage on Decatur Lake near Brodhead, Wisconsin
Cottages on Decatur Lake near Brodhead, Wisconsin
Horsedrawn carriages on a bridge over the Sugar River in Avon township, south of Brodhead, Wisconsin.
A steam tractor was collapsed the bridge over Allen Creek near Albany, Wisconsin. Mr. Pryce was killed in the accident.
Before and after photos of a tornado at the George Meythaler Farm near Hanover, Wisconsin.
Flood waters on the Sugar River at Albany, Wisconsin, September, 1915.
A house is surrounded by flood waters of the Sugar River near Albany, Wisconsin, September, 1915.
Bridge at Riverview on Ten Eyck Road west of Brodhead, Wisconsin. Possibly called Christiansen Park.
Flooding of the Sugar River along Decatur Road, northwest of Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Construction of the Highway 11 bridge over the Sugar River, west of Brodhead, Wisconsin in 1976.
Construction of the Highway 11 bridge over the Sugar River, west of Brodhead, Wisconsin in 1975.
Clarence Covered Bridge with Floor Damage
A side view of the Clarence covered bridge, showing floor damage. The bridge spanned the Sugar River at Pine Bluff west of Brodhead, Wisconsin.
A view of the underside of the CLarence covered bridge after a truck broke through the floor.