by shawano_history_staff | Apr 11, 2023 | Historical Posts
Photo Gallery Notes This is the Ragtime Concert Band from around the WWI time frame. The band was made up of all boys from the Stony Hill area, west of Shawano in the Town of Richmond. The photo was taken in a cheese factory on highway M. Back row: Walter Treptow,...
by shawano_history_staff | Apr 4, 2023 | Historical Posts
Photo Gallery Notes This is the Kriesel Farm in section 9 of the Town of Grant in the Weasel Dam area in 1910. In the photo, left to right, are; Herman Kriesel, Augusta Kriesel, and Frank Kriesel. The farm was homesteaded by Frank and Augusta Kriesel when they...
by shawano_history_staff | Mar 28, 2023 | Historical Posts
Photo Gallery Notes These two photos are taken at the same location in Shawano, over 120 years apart. The location is at the court house, on the corner of 4th St. and Main St. looking north. The bridge over the Shawano Lake Channel is in the back ground. Notice...
by shawano_history_staff | Mar 21, 2023 | Historical Posts
Photo Gallery Notes 135 N. Main Street in Shawano was the home of the Miller Saloon and later the Zingsheim Tavern. The building was razed and the Town Club became the new business at this address. The Main Street Pub took over the building after the Town Club....
by shawano_history_staff | Mar 14, 2023 | Historical Posts
Photo Gallery Notes We’re wishing happy St. Patrick’s Day to all our members and supporters with the special St. Patrick’s Day cards in the photo gallery. These St. Patrick’s Day cards are a special collection from a historical society member,...
by shawano_history_staff | Mar 11, 2023 | Historical Posts
Photo Gallery Notes From its start in the mid 1800’s, Shawano County was built on logging. In addition to logging companies, the entrepreneur also took advantage of the county’s forests. The Kriesel brothers, from the Town of Grant, farmed in the summer...
