website watertownhistory.org
ebook History of Watertown,
Wisconsin
Notes, Quotes, and Anecdotes
A collection of folksy historical stories
based on actual city newspaper articles
Compiled and
contributed by Ben
Feld [1922-2011]

Ben Feld in his “scriptorium” 08 2008 Ken Riedl photo
ARTICLES:
Don’t
Try To Make A Fool Out Of Me
The
Best Damned Lawyer in Watertown: The
Bill Cody Story
Girls will be Girls
And Men will
be Men
And Women will
be Women
Ellen
McDermott ["Crazy Nellie"]
Peccadilloes
in the Police Department
Clever
Woman Outwits Merchants
What Happens
When You “Give Someone the Finger”
When There is Work to be Done ‘tis Folly to Play
Saloon
Patron Bites The Bullet
From
Mud to Bricks or What Took Them So Long?
Above collection preserved as file
within Historical Society digitalization set as WHS_005_121
BOOK
AND VIDEO RECORDING:
