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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).

This building was the oldest building in the City of Brodhead, Wisconsin. It was built by a Mr. Wade in 1856 as a hotel with 32 rooms. At one point it was called The American House. It was last used as Wish's Bar and Apartments. There was an…

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 Nabor Inn was a restaurant at 904 East Sixth Avenue in Brodhead, Wisconsin. The building was built as The Dairy Bar run by Heinie Kueck. He had a five seat counter and sold some groceries and had a meat counter. He sold the business to Jim Speth…

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.

The Reed House in Brodhead, Wisconsin. Refer to narrative of photo # 2962.

The Reed House dining room. Refer to narrative for photo # 2962.

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.

The Shorb Hotel at 904 West Exchange Street in Brodhead, Wisconsin. The front half of this building was originally The Young House built in1868. George Fields acquired 695 acres in a land grant from the United States government in 1843, during the…

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.

The building at left is the Young House at 904 West Exchange Street in Brodhead, Wisconsin. The building on the right is The Manager Opera House at 912 West Exchange Street. Both buildings were constructed in 1868. The Young House became The Shorb…

The Young House at left and Gumber's Hall on the right. Both buildings were built in 1868. They are at 904 and 912 West Exchange Street in Brodhead, Wisconsin.

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.

Employees of Ties Oil Company in front of the business building at 1105 West Forth Avenue in Brodhead, Wisconsin. L-R: 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.

First Brigade Band arrives by train, Brodhead, Wisconsin.

First Brigade Band arrives by train, Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Train arriving at the Brodhead, Wisconsin depot from the west. Printing on crates on cart to the far left say McPherson Dairy.

Locomotive number 201 of the Chicago, Madison and Northern Railroad at the depot in Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Workers pause for a photograph while clearing a train wreck somewhere east of Brodhead, Wisconsin. New track and ties appear to have been laid.

Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad wreck near Browntown, Wisconsin.

Train wreck near Hanover, Wisconsin, east of Brodhead.

Train wreck near Monroe, Wisconsin on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad.

Wreck on Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad near Monticello, Wisconsin.

Wreck on Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad near Monticello, Wisconsin.

Wreck on Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad near Monticello, Wisconsin.

Wreck on Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad near Monticello, Wisconsin.

Wreck on Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad near Monticello, Wisconsin.

Ty Gerber speaks at the dedication of the replica covered bridge on the Sugar River State Trail near Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Truman Olin and unidentified man in front of building, Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Ed Rollert, Chief Engineer for Buick Motor Division with Truman Olin of Brodhead, Wisconsin at the Buick Engine Plant in Flint, Michigan, Sept. 14, 1960.

The Trutman house at 801 Fourteenth Street, Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Two unknown men with an early automobile.

Two men seated in an office, Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Two unknown men with an early automobile.

A man watches a woman brushing her teeth on a porch.

A gathering on the shore of Decatur Lake near Brodhead, Wisconsin.

The store was K.K. Hellrudis. The woman at left is Anna Kingbalm and at right is Katty Hooker Hyatt.

Two unknown women pose in what appears to be an early store.

K.K. Hellrudis store in Brodhead, Wisconsin. The woman at left is Anna Kingbalm and at right is Katty Hooker Hyatt.

Two women on a unknown farm.

Two unknown young girls pose for a portrait.

Tyrone church and state line cemetery. Trinity Lutheran Church on the right is in Illinois. The cemetery is in Wisconsin.

The caption on this portrait reads, "Uncle Charles Frederick, Elizabeth B. sister, Susan's husband, HJB's uncle".

Larry Marty, owner of the Uncle Larry's - Red Dot Potato Chip factory in Brodhead, Wisconsin. Universal Foods closed it's cheese factory and gave the building to the City of Brodhead. The factory was located at the corner of 11th Street and West 5th…

All Girls Pre-1920. Grace Kammerer in front.

Brodhead, Wisconsin group. Caption indicates "Prophetstown"