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Employees at Colony Foods in Brodhead, Wisconsin. This plant was locally called "The Pickle Factory".

Pickle barrels are lined up at Colony Foods in Brodhead, Wisconsinin 1947.

A hunter sits in a fallen tree over the Sugar River near Brodhead, Wisconsin. Photo has caption, EML, Jr." Photo was taken in 1911.

Family photo dated 1911, presumed to be taken at Decatur Lake near Brodhead, Wisconsin. Maude Vance Maude Lrons Frank Vance Genevieve Lrons Florence Young Alice Lrons Ed Lrons Aunt Aggie Ralph Bement Mother Father Jay Truesdale

Men at a cabin near Decatur Lake, Brodhead, Wisconsin. Photo caption reads, "Ed and Ralph at the Cottage", thought to be Ed Lyons, Ralph Bement and Frank Vance in the background.

The aftermath of a storm on Clinton Street, Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Powerboat on the Mill Race by the North Park, Brodhead, Wisconsin.

An unknown baseball team from 1911. Writing on the photo says, "Charles Leaver".

The Merril family on Decatur Lake near Brodhead, Wisconsin

Family boating on Decatur Lake near Brodhead, Wisconsin

Two men sit in a boat near a cow pasture on Decatur Lake, near Brodhead, Wisconsin.

People sitting in a tree on the Sugar River south of Albany, Wisconsin.

Boaters on the Sugar River near Brodhead, Wisconsin.

The Sugar River near Brodhead, Wisconsin with a rowboat.

Looking upstream from the Clarence Bridge near Brodhead, Wisconsin.

A family playing in the Mill Race near Brodhead, Wisconsin in the summer.

The Sugar River near Brodhead, Wisconsin.

The headgates at Decatur Lake near Brodhead, Wisconsin in winter.

Winter on the Mill Race near Brodhead, Wisconsin.

A group of people in a canoe on Decatur Lake, near Brodhead, Wisconsin.

People canoeing on Decatur Lake.

The Riverview Line boat landing with boats nearby on Decatur Lake near Brodhead, Wisconsin.

A cabin stands in the winter snow near Brodhead, Wisconsin.

The view below the headgates at the Decatur Dam near Brodhead, Wisconsin.

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 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.

Power house in 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.

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.

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"

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.

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

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.

SThe South Side School House in Brodhead, Wisconsin at an unknown date. This building stands on West 2nd Avenue and 14th 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.…

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 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.

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

Snapshot at Decatur Parks, July 17, 1910.

A cottage on Decatur Lake near Brodhead, Wisconsin

Cottages on Decatur Lake near Brodhead, Wisconsin