COLBY, WISCONSIN

CENTENNIAL

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Transcribed by: Robert Lipprandt.

 

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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

Area Scenes~Renditions Page Photograph Notes
4th of July Parade (date unknown) #1 123 Yes Henry Reeves & William Will
4th of July Parade (date unknown) #2 123 Yes Mr. & Mrs. Johnny Grimes
4th of July Parade (early 1900's) 123 Yes No identification
Adams, Cedric Program 78 Yes Identified: Mr. & Mrs. Frischman, Mr. Adams, Mrs. Chuck Brown,
      and Mr. Chuck Brown
Assembly of "The Brothers of the Bush" 132 Yes 1973, unidentified individuals
Badger Orchestra 123 Yes Wm. Roth, unknown, O. Heintz & V. Minchell
Band Stand 124 Yes NW corner of Spence and 2nd Street
Central Park (aka Colby Park) 105 Yes Early 1900's, Henry Behrens - Caretaker
Clark Mills Inc. Fire 76 Yes Colby, 1948
Colby Air Photograph 131 Yes Date unknown
Colby City Council 118 Yes Date unknown, Neumester, Riplinger, Gotchy, Slater, Shafer and
      Roth
Colby City Council (1973) 118 Yes Scidmore, Jacobson, Schultz, Strathman, Beyerl, Wibben,
      Brunker Allmann, Tesmer and Dix
Colby City Garage 119 Yes Built in 1896
Colby City Hall 119 Yes Built in 1952
Colby City Hall/Fire Hall/Library/Council Rooms 78 Yes Colby
Colby City Water Tower 119 Yes  
Colby Lions club (1940), Land O' Cotton 122 Yes Anton Umhoefer, Woodrow Tesmer, Con Niggeman, Fred
      Schwierske, Norman Marsh, I. M. Firnstahl, Gorton Vorland,
      Wm. Keppel, Wm. Pacholke, Edwin Klassey, Clarence Nelsen,
      C. J. Kraus, Richard Allen, Otto Heintz, Frank Weix, Norman Orth,
      Angus Lamont Sr., Fred Kobs, Harry Bender, Bernadette Kraus,
      Wm. Roth, Wayne Davis, Ralph Abrahamson, Lloyd Smith,
      Arland Stall, Bernard Cunningham, Chester Kleiber, Junior
      Tesmer, Floyd Eder, C. R. Whitney & Carl Mundt
Colby Milling Co., Fire 76 Yes Colby, 1959
Colby Waste Treatment Plant 119 Yes Built in 1971
Colby Water Treatment Plant 119 Yes Built in 1967
Division Street 30 Yes Unidentified individuals
Eau Pleine River Bank 103 Yes Unidentified individuals
Eder's Parachute Jump 35 Yes New York World's Fair
German Band 20 Yes Serenading Wm. Greseke
Gray Automobile 55 Yes Unnamed individuals
Gutenberger Barn, after fire 22 Yes Barn destroyed (1967)
Gutenberger Farm, after gale 20 Yes Farm buildings destroyed (1964)
Imperial Automobiles 55 Yes Unnamed individuals
Kobs, Albert Saloon 123 Yes Present site of Security State Bank
Lamont's Hill Snowshovel Brigade 78 Yes Unnamed individuals (Feb 13 1923)
Main Street Colby 4 Yes 1890, artist unnamed
Market Day 124 Yes No identification
Old Logging Scene 104 Yes 1885, Mrs. Fred Olson's father, M. F. Tuttle
Packaging Corporation of America air photograph 131 Yes No date
Peterson, N. P. home (1906) 125 Yes N. P. Peterson, Martha Peterson and John Peterson
Santa Claus (no date) 125 Yes John Anderson, mentions Wilde's tree lot & C. L. Coleman
Saw Mill on Eau Pleine River 104 Yes Unidentified people, owners Charles Taylor (1873), Paul
      Umhoefer (1891), E. V. Kautsky (1901), Fred Olson (1914)
Scenes, downtown 116 & 117 Yes Colby, dates unknown
Scenes, "Market day on the square" 123 Yes No identification
Scenes, Hwy. N - SE Spense and S 3rd 123 Yes Theodore Lueloff, Ed Zillmer, Fred Lueloff & Paul Tesmer
Scenes, Dr's clinic & Sabler building 123 Yes No identification
Snowsnake (1926) 74 Yes Early snowmobile, Frank Goeltz Sr.
 
Train wreck at Long Bridge (1910) 124 Yes South of Colby, no identification
Tri City Band (1940's-50's) 122 Yes M. T. Thompson, Arthur Julivette, Clarence Gosse, John
      Dallenbach, Clarence Weetz, Gilbert Farvue, Melvin Gosse,
      Bill Roth, Bill Gosse, M. G. Hammel, Dr. Schief, Frank Hibsch,
      Hammel, Beulah Hinke, Dr. Hinke, Arlan Stall, Hasrold Monroe,
      Hal Nelson, Harry Bender, Dorothy Nelson, Hammel, Hans
      Amacher, Clarence Nelson, Emil Dallenbach, Conrad
      Dallenbach, Hamel, Andy Garvue, John Hanson, Richard
      Wagner, George Blank, Meryl Jewnks, Pete Golden, Herman
      Kronschnabel, Margery Thompson, M. C. Thompson, William
      Monroe, Elmer Cornelius and Delos Kobs
Unloading compete threshing rig 74 Yes Unnamed individuals
Victory parade 1918 124 Yes North and Main
Wagon Load of cheese boxes 56 Yes Drivers: Charley Adams, Louis Young and Paul Draeger
Welcome to Colby 1 Yes Unidentified individuals
Will, William residence 125 Yes No identification, home only
Womanless Wedding of Colby stage play (photo #1) 121 Yes John Reeves, McKenzie Andrews, Arthur Frane, Theodore Frane,
      Con Niggemann, Lawrence Mueller, O. R. Briggs, Fred J. Kobs,
      Ben Wing, Hugo Krepsky, William Pacholke, Walter Wiersig,
      Donald Zillman, Louis Frane, Lawrence Allmann, Clarence
      Dolan, Wm. Waldhart, F. W. Lulloff, Fred Schwierske, Lawrence
      Olson, William Will, Otto Baumgart, Albert Dins, Alfred Rein,
      Frank Seidel, Dick Reyer, Morris Rein, C. J. Kraus, Herman
      Tesmer, Ted Salter, John Coats, Harry Bender, E. A. Fleischauer,
      Arnold Sill, John Gries, Arthur Laabs, Frank Schmutzler, Anton
      Umhoefer, Joseph Allain, Oscar Sturner, Herbert Schmutzler,
      Malcohn Lamont, Walter Heise, William Roth, Joseph Weix,
      John Lukowicz, Robert Strathman, Morman Orth, Raymond Gries,
      I. M. Firnstahl, Claude Whitney, Bert Hanson, Eugene
      Schmutzler, R. Hunt, Chas. Rasmussen, Walter Mueller, Edward
      Bartik, Dr. P. L. McDonald, Clarence Nelson, Chester Daines
Womanless Wedding of Colby state play (photo #2) 121 Yes Don Frane, Wm. Haas, Al Krueger, Pay Youman, Ray Gries,
      Virgil Frane, Noel Schelling, Elroy Augustine, Louis Schulz,
      Eugene Herrmann, Merlin Schjoneman, David Stieber, Wayne
      Davis, Norb Diedrich, Tony Beck, Clayton Wright, Marvin Kistler,
      Bud Hemmy, Bud Nelson, Angus Lamont, Milford Frome, Pete
      Peters, Ervin Kademan, Schookman, Jerome Schultz, Howie
      Rannow, M. Anderson, Arnold Strathman, Bill Young, Ed
      Allmann, Harold Kademan, Mike Stieber, Bernadette Kraus
Unnamed city photographs 128 & 129 Yes Date unknown

Last Updated on 12/21/2003
By Robert Lippbrandt

 

 


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