COLBY, WISCONSIN

CENTENNIAL

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Transcribed by: Robert Lipprandt.

Surnames

Chapters

 

[A] [B] [BE] [BL] [BR] [BU] [C] [D] [E] [F] [FL] [G] [GR] [H] [HI] [I] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [RI] [RO] [S] [SC] [SCHO] [SE] [SI] [SO] [ST] [SU] [T] [U] [V] [W] [WI] [Y] [Z]

Area Scenes~Renditions
Banking~Pioneer
Banking~Present
Business~Pioneer
Business Ads~Present
Business History Profile
Centennial Committees
Churches

Civic Organizations~Past

Civic Organizations~Present
Colby Government

Homestead~Farm & Photographs

Military~American Legion
Military~American Legion~Aux.
Military~GAR
Military~VFW

Military~VFW Auxiliary
Poems~Poetry~Proclamations~Certificates
Schools
Townships~Marathon County
Transportation & Utilities
Unknown~unidentified

Surname(s) Index,  Page Number(s) Photograph(s) Note(s)
first, middle & initial(s)
Blaha, Charles Mrs. 110   See civic organizations, Huddle Homemakers Club
Blake, Charles 10   See businesses-pioneer
Blanchards 12   See poems-poetry-proclamations, Retrospection
Blanchard, George 90 Yes See schools - Colby High School football team, 1900
Blanchard, H. C. 40   See businesses-pioneer 1887
Blanchard, H. J. 25   See businesses-pioneer
  25   See businesses-pioneer, Graves Mill
  56   Mentioned as father of first male born in Colby
  56   Stockholder of Perschke Manufacturing Company
  66   Rival postmaster of East Colby (1883)
  84   See civic organizations-pioneer, Colby Masonic Lodge
  125   Mentioned as landmark building that burned (1911)
Blanchard, Hod 90 Yes See schools - Colby High School football team, 1900
Blanchard, Horace 87   See Colby Government
Blanchard, Horace J. 66   Postmaster of Colby, 1897 - 1916
Blank, George 122 Yes See area scenes-renditions, Tri City Band
Blaum, E. J. 29   Mentioned as farm owner, town of Hull
Bleichroth, Freda 90 Yes See schools - photograph
Bleichroth, Mr. 70   See businesses-pioneer, Bleichroth, Jeweler
Bleichroth, T. 41   See businesses-pioneer 1887
  94   See Churches - Zion Lutheran
Bloom, Leo 14   See military-VFW
Bloom, Ralph 107   See civic organizations - present, Boy Scouts
  116   See civic org., Colby Chamber of Commerce
Bloome, Ralph 127   See business places of today
Bloome, Rosemary 127   See business places of today
Blodgett, C. E. 97 & 98   See Businesses-Present, Harmony Co-op
Bodden, Robert 93   See Churches - St. Mary's Knights of Columbus
Boettcher, Joe 117   See civic organizations, Colby Chamber of Commerce
Boettcher, Zona 108   See civic organization, Blue Sky Club
Bolton, George 20   See pioneer sketches, Gutenberger farm
Bondow, Wm. 98   See Businesses-Pioneer, Bondow Dray Service
Boock, Norbert 110   See business history profile, Hull Town Mutual Insurance
Booth 12   See poems-poetry-proclamations, Retrospection
Booth, A. H. 18   See businesses-pioneer
  30 Yes See businesses-pioneer, R. B. Slater Saw Mill
Booth, Andrew 62   Mentioned in First Golden Wedding Anniversary in Colby
Booth, Claudia (also see Clark) 54   Mentioned on page 54
Booth, Claudia Miss 91   See schools - graduation announcement 1898
Booth, D. J. 67   See telephone history
Booth, Flora (also see Fuller) 7   Wife of first minister in village
Booth, S. S. 40   See businesses-pioneer 1887
Borchert, Augusta 109   See civic organizations, O.A.O.
Borchert, O. 94   See Churches - Zion Lutheran
Borchert, Olga 16   See military-VFW-Aux.
  85   See military-American Legion, Aux.
  86   See military-VFW-Aux.
  109   See civic organizations, O.A.O.
Borchert, Mr. 94   See Churches - Zion Lutheran
Borden 6   Early settlers, Marathon County side
  12   See poems-poetry-proclamations, Retrospection
Borden, H. E. 83   See military-GAR
Borden, J. E. 6   Nominated as Treasurer, town of Hull
  18   See pioneer sketch, J. E. Borden
  40   See businesses-pioneer 1887
  67   See telephone history
Borden, Sara Jane (also see Guilford) 18   See pioneer sketch, J. E. Borden
Boss, Earl 38   See businesses-present, Hull Town Mutual Insurance Co.
  110   See business history profile, Hull Town Mutual Insurance
Boss, Ernest 110   See business history profile, Hull Town Mutual Insurance
Boss, Robert 14   See military-VFW
  117   See civic organizations, Colby Chamber of Commerce
Boss, Robert Mrs. 110   See civic organizations, Huddle Homemakers Club
Boto, Mary (also see Kaudy) 34   See pioneer sketch, Mathias Kaudy
Bowen, E. 96   See Banks - Pioneer, Colby State Bank
Bowen, Erastus 80   See banks-pioneer Security State Bank
Bowers, Matt 10   Owned first home in Colby made of elm bark
Bowne, Mrs. 92   See Churches - M. E. & United Methodist
Bowser, Katherine (also see Lyons) 60   See pioneer sketch, James E. Lyons
Boyer, Harold 38   See businesses-present, Hull Town Mutual Insurance Co.
  110   See business history profile, Hull Town Mutual Insurance


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