Reproductions of Historic Fairwater Postcards

Fifty Cents Each or Five for Two Dollars - [When ordering the five-pack, you may select five all the same or you mix and match as you wish.]

Scene 1 - Main Street, Fairwater, looking north, showing the commercial district, the old hotel, the grain elevator in the background.
Fifty cents each or five for two dollars.

Scene 2 - Washington Street, Fairwater, looking east, showing Daehn's Opera House and Tavern, Kuehn Hardware, and Wikkerink's Store along the north side of the street.
Fifty cents each or five for two dollars.

Scene 3 - German Lutheran Church, Fairwater, on the site of Zion Lutheran Church, showing the church, the parsonage, and the little German school building.
Fifty cents each or five for two dollars.

Scene 4 - The Fairwater School, built 1910, with students and staff lined up on the lawn in front of the building. Present home of the Fairwater Historical Society.
Fifty cents each or five for two dollars.

2001 Fairwater Heritage Days Special Cancellation
Set of four postcards (one of each scene) with stamp and special postal cancellation. Ten Dollars.

The first Fairwater Heritage Days was August 4-5, 2001. As part of the event, the Fairwater Post Office issued a special cancellation stamp for the "Fairwater Historical Society Station," with an image of Fairwater's waterwheel. We saved 16 sets of cards with the special cancellation, to be sold as a fund-raiser.
Ten dollars for the set of four cards each with 21 cent stamp and special cancellation.

2001 Fairwater Heritage Days Pin
One Pin for Two Dollars

The Heritage Days pin was created for the 2001 celebration. It reproduces the special Fairwater Historical Society Station postal cancellation stamp representing the Fairwater water wheel in black, brown, and blue. Approximate size is 1.75" x 2.75". Remaining pins are being sold as a fund-raiser.
Two dollars per pin.

Fairwater Note Card
One Card and Envelope for One Dollar

Note Card No. 1 depicts the Fairwater School, built 1910. Printed on ivory paper with matching envelope. The Fairwater School is presently the home of the Fairwater Historical Society. Scene shows the school's western and southern aspects. Please specify the number of cards you wish to purchase.
One dollar for one card and matching envelope.

Back to School:
Stories from the Fairwater Historical Society Open House
October 7, 2000
One Booklet for Two Dollars and Fifty Cents

"Back to School" contains 14 recollections of school days at the Fairwater School, gathered at the Fairwater Historical Society's first open house, October, 7, 2000. 5.5" x 8.5" 20 pages plus cover. Two photographs (on cover). Nine copies remain. Offered as a fund-raiser.
Two dollars and fifty cents per copy.

An Historical Tour of Fairwater, Wisconsin
Fairwater Heritage Days - August 4-5, 2001
One Booklet for Five Dollars

"An Historical Tour of Fairwater, Wisconsin" was created to accompany the 2001 Heritage Days' horse-drawn, guided tours of Fairwater given by Historical Society president Bob Schuster and member Tom Montag. Contains extensive site by site description of Fairwater's landmarks. 5.5" x 8.5" 24 pages plus cover on heavy paper stock. 48 photos plus photo-collage on cover. Thirteen copies remain. Offered as a fund-raiser.
Five dollars per copy.

An Historical Tour of Fairwater, Wisconsin, 1893
Fairwater Heritage Days - July 27-28, 2002
One Booklet for Five Dollars

"An Historical Tour of Fairwater, Wisconsin, 1893 " was created to accompany the 2002 Heritage Days' horse-drawn, guided tours of Fairwater given by Historical Society president Bob Schuster and member Tom Montag. Contains extensive site by site descriptions of village buildings and accompanying history at the start of the village's most significant period of growth. 5.5" x 8.5" 24 pages plus cover on heavy paper stock. 18 photos, village and area maps for 1893, gazetteer and tax roll pages, plus photo-collage on cover. Offered as a fund-raiser.
Five dollars per copy.

Look Into the Past: A photo CD containing
more than 1000 Fairwater images, 1900-1935
One CD for Twenty-Five Dollars

This "Look into the Past" CD was issued to coincide with the Fairwater Historical Society's first open house in October, 2000. The CD contains more than 1000 pictures out of Fairwater's past. Best viewed with an IE browser. Macintosh and PC compatible.
Twenty five dollars per copy.

Starting a Village: A CD of Village Board Meetings, 1921 to 1927
One CD for Twenty-Five Dollars

This "Starting a Village" CD contains contents of the individual pages of the records from the first meeting of Fairwater's incorporators through the Village Board meeting in December, 1927. An extra set of records just as they came from the camera is included for those who wish to enhance the images themselves. Best viewed with an IE browser. Macintosh and PC compatible.
Twenty-five dollars per CD.

Fairwater Free Baptist Church: A CD of Old Church Records,
1850 to 1942
Twenty-five Dollars per CD.

This CD of "Old Church Records: 1850-1942" contains all the journal records plus other loose records of Fairwater's Free Baptist Church from its founding in 1850 through its dissolution in 1942. Best viewed with an IE browser. Macintosh and PC compatible.
Twenty-five Dollars per CD.

Curlew:Home: Essays & a Journey Back by Tom Montag
One Copy for Fifteen Dollars and Ninety-Five Cents

"Curlew:Home" is the newest book by Fairwater resident and Historical Society board member Tom Montag. Montag is a noted Wisconsin poet and essayist. His poem "Lecturing My Daughter in Her First Fall Rain" is permanently incorporated into the design of Milwaukee's Midwest Express Convention Center. "Curlew: Home" is a middle western farm memoir, recording Montag's years growing up on an Iowa farm during the 1950s and including an account of a trip back to Curlew taken in October, 2000. Wisconsin author Dave Engel says of Montag's book: "Just what I've attempted with my home town, he has succeeded with Curlew and its environs, Iowa. Bless Tom Montag for the grace and depth with which he has brought the ether of his perceptive young life down to our earth." 5" x 7.75". 328 pages. Forty percent from the sale of books sold here goes to support the activities of the Fairwater Historical Society.
Fifteen dollars and ninety-five cents per copy.

Middle Ground by Tom Montag
One Copy for Seven Dollars and Ninety-Five Cents

"Middle Ground" collects Tom Montag's poems up to the start of his Ben Zen series. Includes his long-poem "Making Hay" as well as selections from "Letters Home" (drawn from the Civil War letters of George Cadman, his wife's great-great grandfather), "This Gathering Season," "When the Sun Goes Down," and "Married To Prairie." 5.5"x8.5". 200 pages. Montag has been a resident of Fairwater since 1976 and is a member of the Fairwater Historical Society. Forty percent from the sale of books sold here goes to support the activities of the Fairwater Historical Society. Seven dollars and ninety-five cents per copy.

The More I Know by Tom Montag
One Copy for Ten Dollars

"The More I Know" is the fourth selection of Montag's Ben Zen poems issued to date. Published by Hummingbird Press, Richland Center, Wisconsin. Produced by Pentagram's noted print-meister Michael Tarachow, hand-set on fine paper. Hand-sewn binding. Tom Montag is a Fairwater resident and a member of the Historical Society. 25 poems. 3.75" x 5.75". 36 pages. Forty percent from the sale of books sold here goes to support the activities of the Fairwater Historical Society.
Ten dollars per copy.

Prices include tax. Orders with payment should be sent to:

Fairwater Mercantile
PO Box 8
Fairwater, WI 53931

Checks should be made out to the Fairwater Historical Society. Please include $1.50 postage & handling with your order. Orders will be filled promptly.