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   The Watertown Fire Department: 1857-2007

 

Front cover                         Back cover 

Index to book

Review of book

492 pages, $29.95 + $7 s/h if applicable

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Flood of 2008:  Appeal for Waterproofing our Treasures

 

 

PORTFOLIO OF IMAGES OF JUNE FLOODING

 

08 03 08  Welch Methodist Church being constructed, 1858

               8th Regiment of Wisconsin Militia appointments, 1858

               Eberle soap and candle factory, 1858

               Pike & McAlister, furniture store, 1858

               Trzcenski Bathing Saloon, 1872

               Medberry Grocery & Provision Store, 1858

               Hospital Project Gaining in Favor, 1906

               German Mass Meeting, 1855

 

07 27 08  Indian War, 1858, state of Oregon

               Boomer’s Grove picnic, 1858

               Blanchard Mill repaired, 1858

               Rough & Ready Dam file updated

               Post Office moved from Second St to Main, 1858

               James Potter appointed Postmaster, 1858

               Brook & Co Ice Cream Rooms, 1858

               Teachers, public schools fall term, 1858

 

07 19 08  Watertown Fire Department Commemorates 150 Years, 2008

               Chadwick brickyard, 1858

               Schools, Public, Watertown, Bible reading, 1858

               Dogs, dead, 1858

               Cooley, F; lce Cream and Ice, 1858

               Webb, Mrs, Millinery and dress-making, 1858

 

07 06 08  Daniel S. Chadwick, Brick Maker

               Quigley Family

               Fourth of July noted, 1853

               Fourth of July noted, 1858

 

06 12 08  Demolition of 401 N Second; expansion of St Henry’s property [ 1 ]  [ 2 ]  [ 3 ]

 

06 03 08  Mason Pugh new firefighter/paramedic; fire history updated

               St. Julien Saloon, 1858

               “The Kimbles,"a company of minstrels organized, 1858

               Splendid Pie Plant this time of year (1858)

 

05 10 08  Demolition of former Dornfeld-Kunert / Monarch Tractor / Watertown

                    Street Dept building began on May 8.

               Wiggenhorn Bros. 50th Anniversary, 1908

               First Homecoming Day held, 1902

               First frame house west of Main St bridge; Malloy home and store

               Strauss & Sette

 

05 02 08  Google Street View: One element of our society is keeping an eye on options offered by new and evolving technologies.  I’d like to share with you something I recently came across and while one can question its application and raise possible privacy issues it is also exciting and offers many possibilities.

 

I had been monitoring Google’s several-year evaluation of “street view” images of a few major U.S. cities.  Street view allows one to navigate a city at street level and the ability of pivot horizontally (360 degrees) and vertically (approximately 130 degrees) and zoom in and out while virtually driving down streets and taking in the view.  Milwaukee, one of 30 such cities, had been “google-ized” and when checked out it proved to offer what had been reported.

 

Even more recently I heard that Madison had undergone the same treatment.  When checking this out it was readily noted that not only Wisconsin’s capitol city but portions of practically all cities and towns of Dane, Dodge and Jefferson counties are now google-ized.

 

About a third of Watertown is now viewable at street level.  When I checked the differing views of the former church building housing the local genealogy library I saw that they were captured on a day when my car was parked in front of the 504 S. Fourth Street entrance.  A little investigation of scenery and known changes (e.g., the aftermath of a known fire) allowed for the conclusion that the imagery of Watertown was captured last fall.

 

So if one knows an address one can use Google Maps “drive up to it” on your computer monitor and take a clear and contemporary ground-level look around the neighborhood.  As long as Google has driven its little car down a street and taken pictures of the neighborhood, the images will be available as a feature in Google Maps.

 

One might learn something . . . while having a lot of fun.  [Caveat:  This streaming of images hardly works with a telephone connection to the internet; one needs broadband or cable]   /  Ken Riedl, webmaster

 

04 19 08  John Bhend, General contractor and home builder

               William E Jones, 1825-1908

               File on first interurban (1908) added to

               300 E Main, sale of bldg, 1908, Tercinski to Buchheit, becomes Radtke saloon

               Website index updated for reference purposes

 

04 12 08  Set of Oak Hill interment forms posted on local genealogical society website

               Watertown Chamber of Commerce formed, 1920

               Death of Rev. M. A. Christians, 1924

               Adeline Cody nee Rogan obit, 1872

 

04 05 08  William Wiggenhorn 1797-1876

               Watertown and Madison Road, 1858

               Fourth of July, 1858

               Homecoming, 1908

               Wells Shoe Co relocated, 1908

 

03 26 08  Amann, Henry, 1908-1936

               Woodard & Stone, 109-115 North Water St

               Hoeffner Tavern & Buffet, 222 W Main

               Charles A Skinner (Skinner & Thauer)

               Herbert Weis, 1887-1946

 

03 12 08  South Tenth St Fire, 2008

               Adolf Friedrich Miller pedigree with roots back to about 1600, added to file.

               Adolf left Diepholz Germany, settled in Watertown, became owner of cigar manufactory.

 

03 05 08  Veteran’s Park Ordinance, 1901

               Vic’s Tap, Victor Krueger

               Richtmann’s General Store, Michael &Joseph Richtmann, late 1800s

               Louis Kellermann, 1861-1889

               Miss Emma Schultz & John G. Traeumer, dod 1905

               Schack Grocery added meat market, 1917

 

03 01 08 Hartig Goose Brand Beer.  Cross reference to Stuffed Geese

               City’s Old Indian Chief statue got $30 overhauling in 1941

 

02 12 08  Donald Kehr file; visit with “Turkey” Gerhrke

               1840 Memories, S M Eaton

               Watertown’s other octagon house

 

01 25 08  Bethesda post card.  File on Bethesda

 

01 10 08  Gertrude Bender, 1906-1985

               Al Mass, 1922-2008

               Northwestern College buildings, 1890

               Northwestern College map of campus, 1915

 

12 18 07  600 block of S Third St and portion of Veteran’s Park, postcard

               Waiting for Fourth of July parade, 2007, Fischer’s going out of business

               Postcard, 1914, Inter-County Fair

 

12 07 07  S M Eaton, 1832-1922

               Milton Frater, 1924-2002

               Schulz home, 316 S Eighth St

 

11 02 07  Van Alstine’s Exchange Hotel

               Watertown Seminary

               Ebenezer Moravian Church and Moravian Church file added to

 

10 28 07  Minnie Krueger, 1864-1951

               Alexander T. Jaeger, 1886-1966

               William Fredrick, 1874-1952

               Lydia Fredrick, 1882-1955

               Percy C. Wendt, 1904-1987

               Herman E. Kaczor, 1901-1986

               Sandra J. Scholl, 1940-2006

 

10 17 07  Fuermann Brewery, viewed from Cady St bridge, c1909

               Adelia Fischer, Mrs George Fischer, nee Bandelin, 1890-1963

               Sergeant Elmer G. Schuhmacher, 1919-1944

               Gilbert W. Melcher Sr, 1903-1962

               Elise E Jaeger, 1863-1948

               Ferdinand Kufahl, 1856-1929

               Pearl E Strache, 1925-1998

               Peter Behl, 1822-1900

               Mrs. Albertina Behl nee Froemming, 1832-1914

               Keith Knollenberg hired by the Watertown Fire Dept

 

10 09 07  Charles Jacobi, 1812-1866

               Arthur “Turkey” Gehrke, 1883-1942

               Goslings: Why the Watertown senior high sports teams are called goslings

               1873 Tornado

               Harger’s Times newspaper

               Northwestern Prep, aerial view, 1965 / file on Northwestern

 

10 01 07  Will Eske, 1923-2007, Yankee Dutchmen Solar Powered Precision Marching Band

               Mrs. Anna Fuchs, 1834-1914, generous benefactor to St. Henry’s school

               Block Brothers, Watertown Memorial Co.

               German Serenaders, early Watertown band, 1855

 

09 22 07  Frank Schulz, one of mail carriers at time of establishment of Watertown mail delivery.

               Lincoln School

 

09 13 07  Upper Watertown High School Grade from 1872-1876

               German (Wesley) Methodist Church file updated

               Fire Department, controlled burn training event

               Fred Amthor, High School teacher, 1923-2007

 

08 08 07  Fire above Rico’s, 116 W Main

               Habhegger home file updated

               Index to content of website updated

 

07 20 07  Company M of the Wisconsin National Guard

               Carl Wilkowski, 1878-1948

               423 N Washington

 

07 14 07  Neumann & Krueger cigar manufactory file updated

               Kramer Bros cigar manufactory file updated

               Miller cigar manufactory file updated

               Main St bridge and 100 block of W Main, North side of,

               Rough & Ready Dam, 1904

               Wright’s Art Gallery, 312 E Main

               Straw & Murphy, 118 W Main

 

07 11 07  Chase Liquor, 125 and 127 N Water, c1960

               Wiggenhorn Bros Cigar Manufactory, drawing

               Wiggenhorn float, 107 and 109-115 N Water St in background

               Constance Wiggenhorn

               Watertown Cigarmakers, may or may not be Wiggenhorns

 

07 07 07  Fire Department personnel, portfolio of images

               Walter Arzberger, 1888-1985

               Milton Bocher, 1919-2007

 

06 30 07  Website index updated

 

04 25 07  Como Photo of Watertown will close its doors

 

04 12 07  Fischer's Department Store to close

               The last family-run department store in the state will close its doors later this year

               after serving the Watertown community for 112 years.

 

 

08 29 06  Program commemorating and celebration 150th anniversary of America’s First Kindergarten

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  150th program        Watertown Mayor        Jessica Doyle

Charlotte Groth          John David        Wife of WI Governor

 

                

Elizabeth Burmeister     Douglas Keiser       Joel Kleefisch

Sec of Education      School Superintendent  State Representative

 


 

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