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Tobacco shed damaged in storm near Brodhead, Wisconsin, July 16, 1913.

Street Scene - Green County Bank, Brodhead, Wisconsin.

The Sugar River near Brodhead, Wisconsin with a rowboat.

Boaters on the Sugar River near Brodhead, Wisconsin.

A steam powered excavator works near Avon, Wisconsin.

Frieda Olin tries out go-cart at Sugar River Raceway near Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Frieda Olin tries out go-cart at Sugar River Raceway near Brodhead, Wisconsin. A young Rob Wyss stands at right.

A postcard showing "Sugar River Scene in the Good Old Summertime" near Albany, Wisconsin.

Entrance to the Sugar River Trail in Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Dedication ceremony for the Sugar River State Trail in Brodhead, Wisconsin. This trail is the former New Glarus Branch of the Milwaukee Road between Brodhead and New Glarus.

Sugar River State Trail grand dedication in Brodhead, Wisconsin. From left: Assemblyman Joseph Tregoning, Senator Gordon Roseleip, unknown, Mayor Loren Sutherland, and unknown.

Summer camp of Oscar & Kitty Hyatt at Bluff View Park east of Brodhead, Wisconsin. They ran the park in the summer of 1924.

The Sveum Brothers and their wives in Brodhead, Wisconsin.

The Brodhead Swiss Cheese Factory and Goldenrod Creamery in Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Taylorcraft airplane owned by Robert Green at the Brodhead, Wisconsin Airport.

A Taylorcraft model DCO-65, built in 1943 and owned by Dick Wraight of Brodhead is shown at the Brodhead, Wisconsin Airport, ca. 1946.

A Taylorcraft model DCO-65, built in 1943 and owned by Dick Wraight of Brodhead, Wisconsin is shown shortly after arriving at the Brodhead Airport, ca. 1946.

Man drives team of horses and bobsled on Exchange Street, Brodhead, Wisconsin.

A team of horses and bobsled tied behind the Harris House in downtown Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Workers at switchboard in telephone office, Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Workers at switchboard in telephone office, Brodhead, Wisconsin. - December 1958

Telephone operators at a switchboard in Brodhead, Wisconsin, date unknown. From left, Elizabeth Mau, Maude Bower, Dell Fleek, Lulu Mattison.

Sign in front of Ten Eyck Orchard near Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Apple trees blooming and round barn at Ten Eyck Orchard, Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Apple trees blooming at Ten Eyck Orchard, Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Apple trees blooming at Ten Eyck Orchard, Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Apple blossoms at Ten Eyck Orchard, Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Round barn at Ten Eyck Orchard, Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Ten Eyck Orchard, Brodhead, Wisconsin. In background is the bluff at Bluff View Park.

Apple trees blooming and round barn at Ten Eyck Orchard, Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Bridge over the Sugar River on Ten Eyck Road west ofBrodhead, Wisconsin. Gauging station is in the foreground.

The round barn at TenEyck Orchard. The orchard is located on State Hwy. 11 south of Brodhead, Wisconsin.

The Terry-Amerpohl Department Company of Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Brodhead Motor Service with Texaco Gas in Brodhead, Wisconsin.

The Texaco Gas Station was located at 1201 First Center Avenue in Brodhead, Wisconsin. The building was built for Harvey Jones by carpenters Peter and Eddie Burns and mason William Wall in 1924 - 1925. From 1930 - 1940 it was operated by Fred…

Ben Ten Eyck at his apple orchard near Brodhead, Wisconsin. Date unknown.

Mend horses stand near a brick yard in Decatur Township, Wisconsin.

The Mill Race near Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Speth's Chalet Restaurant east of Brodhead, Wisconsin.

The Clinton Hotel, originally located on West 3rd Avenue in Brodhead, Wisconsin, it was taken down and moved to Cresent, Iowa in 1866. Built in 1856.

The Clarence Covered Bridge west of Brodhead, Wisconsin.

The Cow Bridge over the Mill Race north of Brodhead, Wisconsin. The Mill Race is a man-made riverway from Decatur Lake and Brodhead.

A picture of Decatur Dam from the fall of 1912.

The Donald Rowald Family of Brodhead, Wisconsin. Carole (20), Roberta (22), Marilyn (16), Lucille (13), Jeanne (4), Julie (3), Joanne (6).

The original dam that created Decatur Lake near Brodhead, Wisconsin.

The Decatur Dam near Brodhead, Wisconsin, frozen in the winter.

The Jacob Marty Wholesale Cheese Company building in Brodhead, Wisconsin. The building is still standing on the corner of 11th Street and West Third Avenue. In later years, circa 1960-1970s it was used for cold storage by Goldenrod Creamery. It was…

The Krause family poses on the Decatur Dam near Brodhead, Wisconsin.

C.S. Pierce rides the last train from New Glarus to Brodhead, Brodhead, Wisconsin. This branch line was torn up later that year and is now the Sugar River State Trail.

Patrol cars from the Brodhead Police Department in Brodhead, Wisconsin. Date unknown.

The Lunch Room restaurant and staff gather in the snow, April 17, 1921. This building was near the railroad tracks at 1st Center Avenue.

The Nautilus was a naptha-powered motor launch that carried paying passengers up and down the Mill Race from Putnam Park in Brodhead, Wisconsin. It would travel the full Mill Race, through the headgates to the "Parks" area on the south shore of…

The new Brodhead High School in Brodhead, Wisconsin, circa 2000.

People standing on the "New" concrete Decatur Dam near Brodhead, Wisconsin in 1911.

The Old Maids, Mrs. Grace Kinkfoatrick, Mr. Fred Cole, Miss Jessie Rraulre, Mrs. Hattie Clark, Miss Clard Gruld-(Mrs. Frauk Fridge), Miss Winnie Bucklin, Mrs. Jessie Niles, Mrs. Glenn Fisher, Mrs. Frauk Ross, Mrs. Fannie Grutan, Mr. Dan Grutan, Mrs.…

Power house in Brodhead, Wisconsin.

The old swimming hole at Sugar River bridge on County F, Brodhead, Wisconsin.

A view of the Mill Race from the water tower in Brodhead, Wisconsin.

The Reed House on the west end and north side of Exchange Street, Brodhead, Wisconsin. This is the present site of the Sugar River State Trail building and parking lot.

Next door neighbors in Brodhead, Wisconsin, George and Linda Salter with son Joel at left and Ross & Leona Pepper at right. The Plum House is in the background. The Salters owned the Plum House at the time of the photo.

This building is located on the corner of East Second Avenue and Eleventh Street. It has a long history of being used as cold storage for cheese. Some of the names associated with the building were Zuercher Cheese Factory, Scheberele Cheese, and…

The Shorb Hotel on the south side of Exchange Square in Brodhead, Wisconsin.

A horse-drawn carriage sits in front of the Shorb Hotel in Brodhead, Wisconsin. Date unknown.

The Solid Comfort Club at Fairview Place, July 21-August 4, 1891.

The Sugar River near Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Wilke of Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Built by John A. Young, grandfather to Ray Lyons, in 1869, a picture of the Young House in Brodhead, Wisconsin with John Young. Notice the coal oil lamps and the railroad station.

Unidentified theater group, Brodhead, Wisconsin.

"Mary's 3rd birthday. Taken at Florence's home. Bill, Mary, Carol, David and Edith, Nov 10, 1963.

Tom Riese of Brodhead, Wisconsin at Gettysburg Battlefield in Gettysburg, PA.

Thomas Wolfe in his tulip bed, Brodhead, Wisconsin.

The Thompson - Everson house at 808 First Center Avenue, Brodhead, Wisconsin. For many years the Everson Funeral Home, now in the third generation of Eversons.

Three men in a horse drawn wagon in Brodhead, Wisconsin. Fred Stephens, L. owner of former Stewart & Broughton ice business from early 1900’s to 1926, then sold to Chester Smith.

A threshing crew at an unknown location. Men in picture from left: Unknown, Grant Combs, Fairman, Ed Pinnow, Unknown, Leu Dedrick, Unknown, father of Ema Muller, Unknown, Hooker, Unknown, Zimmerli, Fredie M. , Carl Kaltburner, and Geiger.

A threshing crew at a farm near Juda, Wisconsin.

A threshing scene at an unknown location..

Ties Oil Co. parade car in front of Farmco Products, Brodhead, Wisconsin.

The Ties Oil Company of Brodhead Wisconsin building and trucks. The Ties and Woodling Oil Company was formed on November 1, 1921. The owners were Leo Ties, F. M. Ties, and John Woodling. In January 1930 Leo and F. M. Ties bought out John Woodling and…

Employees of Ties Oil Company in Brodhead, Wisconsin. From left, unknown, Eugene Schultz, Dick Kamps, Mrs. Dale Johnson, Mac Ties, Fred Ties.

The Timm - Stair house also known as Panda Lodge at 906 Fourth Street, Brodhead, Wisconsin.

The Timm - Stair house also known as Panda Lodge at 906 Fourth Street, Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Timm's Garage and Ford dealership was located at 801 Tenth Street in Brodhead, Wisconsin. It was owned by brothers Bruce and John D. Timm for many years and they were the owners when the dealership closed in Brodhead. The building is no longer…

Timm's Ford garage and dealership on the corner of 10th Street and East 2nd Avenue in Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Tinker's Garden, located on West 2nd Avenue, in early October, 1990.

17 year-old Tom Weeden shortly after his first solo flight in 1974 at the Brodhead, Wisconsin Airport. The airplane is a 1947 Aeronca Champ.

1913 tornado damage in Brodhead, Wisconsin.

1913 tornado damage in Brodhead, Wisconsin,

Tornado damage in Brodhead, Wisconsin.

A young girl stands with tornado damage at A.P. Pierce farm, Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Tornado damage to a barn on the Pierce farm, Brodhead, Wisconsin.

1913 tornado damage at Lercher's home, Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Tornado damaged barn on the Ralph Schwartz farn in Decatur Township, one mile west of Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Tornado damaged barn on the Ralph Schwartz farn in Decatur Township, one mile west of Brodhead, Wisconsin.

People standing amid tornado damage, thought to be November 11, 1911. Original photograph is broken in half.

Track crew works on the New Glarus Branch of the Milwaukee Road railroad on West Third Avenue in Brodhead, Wisconsin. They are probably removing the rail after the last run to New Glarus.

Track equipment in Brodhead, Wisconsin during rehabilitation of the railroad in 1987. The depot is in the background, looking east.

Track equipment in use during rehabilitation of the railroad in Brodhead, Wisconsin in 1987.

Men and equipment remove the rails and ties on the New Glarus Branch of the Milwaukee Road railroad. MILW X-110 crane is in the background. This right-of-way is now the Sugar River State Trail.

A camping trailer in Brodhead, Wisconsin. Manufactered by Bob Riese.

First Brigade Band arrives by train, Brodhead, Wisconsin.