Pine Valley Township
Tragedies
Clark County, Wisconsin
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This car accident was
photographed along Highway 10, now County Road B, one mile west of
Neillsville in the early 1920s. The Ford Coupe tipped over in
the ditch after leaving the roadway. A barn shown in the
distance, far right, also served as a billboard and read, "It Pays
to Buy at Sniteman Druggists." The Neillsville
Welcome sign also ironically states, "Don't Hurry." The backside view of the
Ford car (on the right) also shows the reverse side of the Neillsville Welcome
sign. Traveling west, leaving the city, the sign read, "Neillsville
Thanks You, Come Again." A small emblem, shown at the bottom
of the sign, was that of the Kiwanis Club, probably indicating the
club made and put up the sign. Neillsville's Kiwanis obtained
their club charter in 1921.(Photos courtesy of Bud and Opal Hanke/Clark Co.
Press, 22 Aug. 2002, pg.10) |
1873
Assault with intent to kill 1873
1907
July 3, 1907 Tornado;
Sexual Assault
1910
Fateful End of The Neillsville Furniture Co.
1918
Neillsville Bans German Classes (1918)
1939
A thunderstorm with winds and baseball-sized hail struck the countryside
between Christie and Neillsville in late June, 1934. The hail fell upon a
mile-wide path moving in a north-easterly direction. Farms with damage to homes,
building and crops were those of Wm. Bahnsack, John Ripke, Hal Richardson, Wm.
Jurlburt, Leo Kronberger, Alvin Jacob, Paul Jacob. The above photo was taken in
a cornfield at the Paul Jacob farm with Jacob's son, Bob, standing mid the
battered cornstalks.
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