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Jerry and Betty Earleywine of Brodhead, Wisconsin inside the Brodhead Historical Society museum, early 1980.

Brodhead Historical Society museum, early 1980

Brodhead Historical Society museum, early 1980

Brodhead Historical Society museum, early 1980

Brodhead Historical Society museum, early 1980

Brodhead Historical Society museum, early 1980

Brodhead Historical Society museum, early 1980.

The Milwaukee Road depot in Brodhead, Wisconsin with a freight train on the main track at left and the Fairbanks-Morse H10-44 display locomotive in primer paint on the freight track at right. View is looking east.

Board of Education members at the ground-breaking for the new Brodhead, Wisconsin High School. L-R Kendall Schilittler, Carol Kloepping - Board Clerk, Jo Pinnow, Doug Pinnow - Board Vice President, James Burchell, Dennis Schwartz - Board President,…

Larry Marty, owner of the Uncle Larry's - Red Dot Potato Chip factory in Brodhead, Wisconsin. Universal Foods closed it's cheese factory and gave the building to the City of Brodhead. The factory was located at the corner of 11th Street and West 5th…

The man at the left is C.S. Pierce. Once known as "Mr. Brodhead." Owner of Pierce Farms, about 700 acres, which was huge in the 1960's. He and his wife, Marie, also owned and operated Pierce Music Company. He was an endless promoter of Brodhead…

Ms. Ann Robinson of Brodhead, Wisconsin holds a birthday cake.

The 1980 Australian Aerobatic Team practiced for six weeks at the Brodhead, Wisconsin Airport prior to the world competition in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. They are shown here with one of their airplanes, a Pitts S-2B. Back row from left are Bill…

Portrait of an unknown woman.

Inside the C.S. Pierce barn in Brodhead, Wisconsin. The barn no longer exists.

The barn on the home farm of C.S. Pierce at N3371 West Third Avenue, Brodhead, Wisconsin. The barn has been removed. In the 1960's this was the largest dairy in the area in an era to "family farms". The farm at its height had over 100 milking cows…

The barn on the C.S. Pierce farm at N3371 West Third Avenue in Brodhead, Wisconsin. The barn no longer exists. The area is now the sight of Maddrell Excavating, LLC.

Barn on the C.S. Pierce farm at N3371 West Third Avenue Brodhead, Wisconsin. The barn no longer exists. The area is now the sight of Maddrell Excavating, LLC.

The C.S. Pierce farm barn shortly before it was removed. The address is N3371 West Third Avenue in Brodhead, Wisconsin. Now the sight of Maddrell Excavating LLC.

Ms. Jennie Austin of Brodhead, Wisconsin as a nurse in Chicago, Illinois.

Ms. Jessie Roantree, April, 1912.

Risum homestead near Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Members of the Brodhead Historical Society tour the Risum homestead and barn near Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Members of the Brodhead Historical Society tour the Risum homestead and barn near Brodhead, Wisconsin.

A string of coach cars from from Mid-Continent Railway Museum on excursion train in Brodhead, Wisconsin.

A CB&Q coach from Mid-Continent Railway Museum on an excursion train near County T in Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Locomotive 1385 from Mid-Continent Railway Museum rests between trips during a weekend of train excursions between Brodhead and Monroe, Wisconsin.

A Wisconsin & Calumet train near Orfordville, Wisconsin.

A Wisconsin & Calumet train in Orfordville, Wisconsin.

A Wisconsin & Calumet train between Brodhead and Orfordville, Wisconsin.

A Charleston & Western Carolina locomotive runs with a Wisconsin & Calumet train near Brodhead, Wisconsin.

A Wisconsin & Calumet train between Brodhead and Orfordville, Wisconsin.

A former AT&SF Railroad (Santa Fe) caboose is at the end of a Wisconsin & Calumet train in Orfordville, Wisconsin.

A former AT&SF Railroad (Santa Fe) caboose is at the end of a Wisconsin & Calumet train in Orfordville, Wisconsin.

A Wisconsin & Calumnet Railroad worker stops traffic on First Center Avenue in Brodhead, Wisconsin while locomotive number 270 prepares to cross.

A Wisconsin & Calumet train is westbound near West Third Avenue in Brodhead, Wisconsin with boxcars from the Lake Erie, Franklin and Clarion Railroad.

A Wisconsin & Calumet train is westbound behind McManus Oil Company in Brodhead, Wisconsin with boxcars from the Lake Erie, Franklin and Clarion Railroad.

A Wisconsin & Calumet train is westbound near West Third Avenue in Brodhead, Wisconsin.

A Wisconsin & Calumet train in Orfordville, Wisconsin, led by locomotive number 270, a type GP9.

A Wisconsin & Calumet train between Brodhead and Orfordville, Wisconsin.

An old Harley Davidson motorcycle from 1912.

M.W. "Milt" Meineberg trims a tree at a Brodhead, Wisconsin tree farm.

Carl Rusterholz and Milt Meineberg at a tree farm near Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Ben Ten Eyck at his apple orchard near Brodhead, Wisconsin. Date unknown.

Bob Ten Eyck with the year's apple crop from Ten Eyck Orchard near Brodhead, Wisconsin. Date unknown.

Cheesemaker Joe Burke is shown in this undated image.

Men and equipment remove the rails and ties on the New Glarus Branch of the Milwaukee Road railroad. MILW X-110 crane is in the background. This right-of-way is now the Sugar River State Trail.

A man standing on the Brodhead, Wisconsin city limits sign.

A WWII era P-51 Mustang visits the Brodhead, Wisconsin Airport.

A new cut through the hill to eliminate a dangerous curve on Wisconsin Highway 104 north of Brodhead.

A picture of the old wooden Decatur Dam taken from a distance.

A group of friends on the Decatur Dam near Brodhead, Wisconsin.

An early picture of the original Decatur Dam, made of wood, near Brodhead, Wisconsin.

First bridge to Brodhead from Decatur across the Sugar River, 3/4 mile south of the old ford that crossed the river. August, 1904

The original club house at Decatur Lake Country Club. The golf course was started in 1926 and opened on June 15, 1927 with just six holes. This building was destroyed on June 20, 1934 by a tornado.The present club house was built later that summer.…

The opera, "In the Sight of Heaven" performed in Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Harvey Moore Family of Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Mr. & Mrs. George Colton of Brodhead, Wisconsin, 1894.

Ms. Grace Kammerer. The back of this pictures says, "Nelly Horne".

Hall Stair of Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Men and women in wagon pulled by oxen in Brodhead, Wisconsin. Front row left to right: George Colton, May Colton Mitchell, Rufus Colton. Back row left to right: Mae Patton, Etta Colton, Ann Patton.

Mary Northam, her married surname, about age 16. She was born July 1, 1850 in Waverly, Tioga County, New York. Her husband, Will Northam, was born in England. They moved to Canada in the late 1880s or early 1890s. Their only daughter Grace Alice was…

An unknown girl in a portrait.

The building at left is the Young House at 904 West Exchange Street in Brodhead, Wisconsin. The building on the right is The Manager Opera House at 912 West Exchange Street. Both buildings were constructed in 1868. The Young House became The Shorb…

The 4th of July parade in 1924 passing 1st Center Avenue.

A picture of the band in the 4th of July parade from 1924.

Goldenrod Creamery Float

Four women wearing early telephone operator headsets ride on parade float in Brodhead, Wisconsin. 1925 - Photo has "Maude" written on back.

The Old Maids, Mrs. Grace Kinkfoatrick, Mr. Fred Cole, Miss Jessie Rraulre, Mrs. Hattie Clark, Miss Clard Gruld-(Mrs. Frauk Fridge), Miss Winnie Bucklin, Mrs. Jessie Niles, Mrs. Glenn Fisher, Mrs. Frauk Ross, Mrs. Fannie Grutan, Mr. Dan Grutan, Mrs.…

Mrs. Margaret Fisher, Kittie Hyatt, Li-Emminger-dead, Lva Myenes, Maggie Flesk, Anna Pauley, Alice Cutler, and Lva Nordling, also known as the Old Maid's "Prni," given at Pythiau Sisters Inn Feb. 1, 1921 in Brodhead, Wisconsin.

A man and two women standing by a phonograph machine.

The Modern Woodmen of America post 1209 in Avon, Wisconsin.

Barn painted by Susan Brandenburg (McGinty) in the summer of 1965.

Renovation work on the exterior of the original Green County Bank in Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Employees of Ties Oil Company in Brodhead, Wisconsin. From left, unknown, Eugene Schultz, Dick Kamps, Mrs. Dale Johnson, Mac Ties, Fred Ties.

Bob Vogel, Auctioneer and his family in a parade wagon in Brodhead, Wisconsin. The wagon is painted for the Triangle Cafe in Janesville, Wisconsin.

Bartlet Carriage and Wagon Factory in Brodhead, Wisconsin.

The Brodhead Hotel and Cafe on the corner of 1st Center Avenue and West Exchange Street in Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Bjork's "Doghouse" Restaurant on 1st Center Avenue, Brodhead, Wisconsin.

A postcard advertising the Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration at the J.A. Young Cottage at Decatur Park near Brodhead, Wisconsin, 1906.

Flooding of the Sugar River along Decatur Road, northwest of Brodhead, Wisconsin.

The Brodhead, Wisconsin fire department receiving a award or donation in front of the fire station.

Firemen practice on a small burning building.

A factory building on West 6th Avenue in Brodhead, Wisconsin. Building was used at one time by Amwood Homes.

A giant snowman in a yard in Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Factory building on West 6th Avenue, near the Junior High School. Was used at one time by Amwood Homes.

A snowman in front of a house in Brodhead, Wisconsin.

A snowman in front of a house in Brodhead, Wisconsin.

A group of people in Fellowship Hall of the United Methodist Church in Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Echange Square in Brodhead, Wisconsin in winter.

Brodhead High School football team. Date unknown.

A crew from the Brodhead Fire Department with a new CPR training dummy. Don Edwards at center.

A damaged Lincoln Continent car.

Mrs. Lorch, a clerk at the cosmetics counter of Ries Pharmacy in Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Senator John F. Kennedy is introduced by Brodhead resident Guy Pierce in Brodhead, Wisconsin, Saturday, April 2, 1960 as he campaigns to win the Wisconsin presidential primary.

Arnold Chevrolet Dealership in Brodhead, Wisconsin, where the Bank of Brodhead currently stands. The rounded showroom was torn off and the main part of the garage was taken over by the new bank building. The part in the background was saved and…

Riese Used Car Lot on the corner of 17th Street and West Second Avenue in Brodhead, Wisconsin. This later became the Iverson Chevrolet ndealership, then Weeks Chevrolet. This building was a roller rink in the mid to late 1950's. A 1941 Chevrolet is…

Condon Motor Sales, a Chrysler-Plymouth dealership on 1st Center Avenue in Brodhead, Wisconsin. A 1947 Chevrolet sits in front.

DeVoe Motors, a Hudson dealership in Brodhead, Wisconsin. Dr. Stuessey and Dr. Baker offices are to the left. A 1941 or 1946 Pontiac is parked in front.

Timm's Ford garage and dealership on the corner of 10th Street and East 2nd Avenue in Brodhead, Wisconsin.