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INDEX TO PLACES, BUILDINGS, BUSINESSES, AND
ORGANIZATIONS
| ALTO TELEPHONE CO. | "Brandon Shortsightedness," 1/15/1904,
Fairwater Register Fairwater Observations [Pt 1], 2/19/1904, Fairwater Register |
| AMENDS | "Reeds Corners Notes," 10/5/1899, Brandon Times |
| BATSON HOME | "Fairwater Items," 9/14/1899, Brandon Times |
| BAPTIST PARSONAGE | "Fairwater
Items," 10/5/1899, Brandon Times Fairwater Observations, 1/29/1904, Fairwater Register "Many Barns Blown Down in Fairwater," 1917/1918, Brandon Times |
| BARBER SHOP [JAHNS] | Barber Shop Moved, 4/20/1921, Brandon Times |
| BATTLE GROUND [REEDS CORNERS] | "Railroad Accident," 3/8/1872, Brandon Times |
| BERG & CORTS MEAT MARKET | "Fairwater Items," 10/5/1899, Brandon Times |
| BLACKSMITH SHOP | "Laper to Open Branch Station," 12/13/1934, Brandon Times |
| BORNSHEIN ELEVATOR | "Fairwater
Items," 9/14/1899, Brandon Times Bornshein's Elevator, 10/30/1899, Brandon Times |
| BLOCK HOTEL | "Fairwater Items," 9/14/1899, Brandon Times |
| BRANDON-MARKESAN STAGE LINE | "New Stage Line," 8/17/1899, Brandon Times |
| CARD GARAGE | "Fire at Card Garage,"
11/17,1921, Brandon Times Fire at Card Garage, 11/17,1921, Markesan Herald |
| CARPENTER'S SCHOOL | "Mosquitoes in March, 1851, South of Fairwater Writes Former Resident," 3/10/1932, Brandon Times |
| CEASE HOTEL & BLOCK | "Fairwater
Items," 9/14/1899, Brandon Times "Fairwater Items," 10/5/1899, Brandon Times "Plat of the North Part of Fairwater," 11/6/1903, Fairwater Register Fairwater Observations, 1/8/1904, Fairwater Register "Hotel Fairwater," [Ad] 2/5/1904, Fairwater Register |
| CERESCO | "Recollections of Early Days in Metomen," 8/24/1899, Brandon Times |
| COLLINS CARPET, LAW, TONSORIAL | "Fairwater Items," 10/5/1899, Brandon Times |
| DUNBAR FARM | "Many Barns Blown Down in Fairwater," 1917/1918, Brandon Times |
| FAIRWATER BAND | "A
Big Night in Fairwater," 6/23/1921, Brandon Times Band Concert, 8/10/1922, Brandon Times Last Week's Band Concert, 8/17/1922, Brandon Times |
| FAIRWATER BANK | "Plat of the North Part of Fairwater," 11/6/1903, Fairwater Register |
| FAIRWATER BASKETBALL TEAM | "Basketball Team Organized," 11/3/1921, Brandon Times |
| FAIRWATER CREAMERY | Creamery
Fire, 8/4/1921, Brandon Times Creamery in Temporary Quarters, 4/20/1922, Brandon Times "Fairwater Creamery Company Has Big Day Churning," 5/25/1922, Brandon Times Creamery Construction, 6/1/1922, Markesan Herald "New Creamery Is a Model Plant," 9/28/1922, Brandon Times "Modern Creamery Building," 11/19/1922, Brandon Times Creamery Earnings, 2/1/1923, Brandon Times "100 Strikers Here," 11/2/1933, Brandon Times |
| FAIRWATER DEPOT | Bornshein's Elevator, 10/30/1899, Brandon Times |
| FAIRWATER GARAGE | "Laper to Open Branch Station," 12/13/1934, Brandon Times |
| FAIRWATER HEMP COMPANY | "Hemp Factory at Fairwater
Destroyed by Fire," 12/9/1920, Brandon Times "500 Bales of Hemp Destroyed," 5/25/1931, Brandon Times |
| FAIRWATER MEAT MARKET (LYONS & TINKHAM, LATER ZELLMER'S) | Fairwater
Observations, 1/1/1904, Fairwater Register Fairwater Observations, 1/29/1904, Fairwater Register |
| FAIRWATER MILLS | Fairwater Mills Running Again,
3/21/1873, Brandon Times Fairwater Mills Advertisement, 3/21/1873, Brandon Times |
| FAIRWATER POST OFFICE | Money Missing from Letter,
4/11/1873, Brandon Times Fairwater P. M. Susceptible?, 5/18/1882, Brandon Times Letter to Faearwautear, June 15, 1882, Brandon Times Treasurer Gathering Taxes, 12/28/1882, Brandon Times |
| FAIRWATER REGISTER | "Plat of the North Part of Fairwater," 11/6/1903, Fairwater Register |
| FAIRWATER SCHOOL | J. W. Dame Teaching, 12/14/1882, Brandon Times |
| FAIRWATER STATE BANK | Fairwater State Bank Stock Holders Meeting, 1/29/1904, Fairwater
Register Fairwater Observations, 2/5/1904, Fairwater Register |
| FARMERS INSURANCE CO. | Farmers Insurance Company, 7/16/1874, Brandon Times |
| FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH | Letter
from Rev. J. P. Hewes, 1/5/1882, Brandon Times Donation Party for Rev. J. P. Hewes, 2/2/1882, Brandon Times Donation Party for Rev. J. P. Hewes Postponed, 2/9/1882, Brandon Times Rev. Hewes Gives Sermon, 4/27/1882, Brandon Times Revs. Hewes and Carter Preach, 5/18/1882, Brandon Times Free Will Baptists to Meet, 5/18/1882, Brandon Times Rev. Hull Preaches, 7/27/1882, Brandon Times Rev. Carter to Preach, 8/24/1882, Brandon Times Rev Hewes Moves to Michigan, 9/7/1882, Brandon Times Deacon Soule Dies, 10/26/1882, Brandon Times "Fairwater Free Baptist Church: Historical Sketch," 1/1/1904, Fairwater Register Fairwater Observations, [Pt 1], 1/1/1904, Fairwater Register Fairwater Observations [Pt 2], 1/1/1904, Fairwater Register "Program of the Fairwater Free Baptist Church," 1/8/1904, Fairwater Register Fairwater Observations, 1/29/1904, Fairwater Register "Many Barns Blown Down in Fairwater," 1917/1918, Brandon Times |
| FREI ICE CREAM PARLOR | Ice Cream Parlor Purchased, 4/22/1920, Brandon Times |
| GREEN LAKE-FOX RIVER CANAL | "A Canal to the Fox," 3/30/1899, Brandon Times |
| HENKER SALOON | "Fairwater Has Flood," ca. 1912-1917, Brandon Times |
| HIGHWAY STREET | Creamery in Temporary Quarters, 4/20/1922, Brandon Times |
| HILDEBRANDT'S SALOON | Hildebrandt
Saloon Row, 11/23/1882, Brandon Times Granite Shipments Exaggerated, 12/21/1882, Brandon Times Frightful Accident, 1/10/1884, Green Lake County Democrat |
| HORN ICE CREAM PARLOR | Ice Cream Parlor Purchased, 4/22/1920, Brandon Times |
| HOTEL FAIRWATER | "Hotel Fairwater," [Ad] 2/5/1904, Fairwater Register |
| ICE CREAM PARLOR [JAHNS] | Barber Shop Moved, 4/20/1921, Brandon Times |
| JAHNS STORE | Barber Shop Moved, 4/20/1921, Brandon Times |
| KINGSBURY STORE | Kingsbury-Taylor Marriage, 9/7/1899, Brandon
Times "Fairwater Items," 9/14/1899, Brandon Times |
| KRAMER CHEESE FACTORY | Fairwater to Have Cheese Factory, 12/20/1883, Brandon Times |
| KUEHN ELEVATOR | "Fairwater Elevator Burns," 5/25/1916, Brandon Times |
| KUEHN WAREHOUSE | "Fairwater Has Costly Blaze," 8/23/1923, Brandon Times |
| LADIES AID SOCIETY | Fairwater Observations [Pt 2], 2/19/1904, Fairwater Register |
| LAMOND STORE | "Fairwater Items," 9/14/1899, Brandon Times |
| LAPER ELECTRIC | Creamery in Temporary Quarters, 4/20/1922,
Brandon Times "Fire Destroys Switchboard," 12/28/1926, Brandon Times |
| LAPER OIL CO. | "Laper to Open Bulk Gasoline Station April 15th," 3/21/1935, Brandon Times |
| LAPER PAVILLION | "Large
Pavilion Being Built," 5/19/1921, Brandon Times "Opening of the Laper Pavilion," 5/26/1921, Brandon Times "A Big Night in Fairwater," 6/23/1921, Brandon Times "Laper Pavilion Being Improved," 5/18/1922, Brandon Times |
| LOCKIN BLACKSMITH SHOP | Lockin Sells Blacksmith Shop, 11/30/1882, Brandon Times |
| LUTHERAN PARSONAGE | Fairwater Observations, 2/5/1904, Fairwater
Register Fairwater Observations [Pt 1], 2/19/1904, Fairwater Register |
| LYONS' BLOCK | "Fairwater
Items," 9/14/1899, Brandon Times "Fairwater Items," 10/5/1899, Brandon Times |
| LYON'S SHOE STORE | "Fairwater Items," 10/5/1899, Brandon Times |
| LYON WOODS | "Many Barns Blown Down in Fairwater," 1917/1918, Brandon Times |
| MARCHANT STORE | Fairwater Observations, 1/8/1904, Fairwater Register |
| MARKESAN & BRANDON RAILWAY CO. | New
Line for Railroad, 5/18/1882, Brandon Times Railroad Survey Completed, 5/25/1882, Brandon Times "Circuit Court Fond du Lac Co.," 9/21/1882, Brandon Times Wheeler, Fenelon, and Stelter to Condemn Right of Way, 10/12/1882, Brandon Times One Station on Railroad Line, 10/26/1882, Brandon Times Track Laying Progressing, 11/16/1882, Brandon Times Railroad Bridge Completed, 11/23/1882, Brandon Times Granite Will Be Hauled by Rail, 11/23/1882, Brandon Times Railroad Now Belongs to St. Paul Co., 12/14/1882, Brandon Times |
| MASOLNEK STORE | "Fairwater Items," 9/14/1899, Brandon Times |
| MCCUNE WAGON SHOP | "Fairwater Notes," 1/5/1882, Brandon
Times Fairwater to Have Cheese Factory, 12/20/1883, Brandon Times |
| MCCUNE BLACKSMITH SHOP | Lockin Sells Blacksmith Shop, 11/30/1882, Brandon Times |
| MOORE - PHYSICIAN | Doctor Leaves, 8/10. 1922, Brandon Times |
| NORTH FAIRWATER | "Plat of the North Part of Fairwater," 11/6/1903, Fairwater Register |
| PLOCKER SAWMILL | "Mosquitoes in March, 1851, South of Fairwater Writes Former Resident," 3/10/1932, Brandon Times |
| PLOCKER TAVERN | "Mosquitoes
in March, 1851, South of Fairwater Writes Former Resident," 3/10/1932,
Brandon Times "Museum Exhibit Modeled after Long Abandoned Local Dwelling," 3/7/1935, Brandon Times |
| PRIEST & CARTER LAWYERS | "Priest & Carter Lawyers" (ad), 2/5/1874, Brandon Times |
| PUBLIC SCHOOL | J. W.
Dame Teaching, 12/14/1882, Brandon Times "Robbery at Fairwater," 2/9/1899, Brandon Times |
| PUCKEY ANN CREEK | "A Canal to the Fox," 3/30/1899, Brandon Times |
| REEDS CORNERS | "Railroad Accident,"
3/8/1872, Brandon Times "Mrs. Hargraves Death," 2/9/1899, Brandon Times "Obituary," [Adelbert Bly] 8/17/1899, Brandon Times "Reeds Corners Items," 9/7/1899, Brandon Times "Reeds Corners Notes," 10/5/1899, Brandon Times |
| RIANT BLACKSMITH SHOP | "Blacksmith Shop and
Two Residences Destroyed at Fairwater," 3/1922, Brandon Times "Fairwater Has Bad Fire Friday," 3/24/1922, Markesan Herald |
| SENZ MEDICAL OFFICE | "Fairwater Items," 10/5/1899, Brandon Times |
| SMITH & CO. | Fairwater Observations, 1/8/1904, Fairwater Register |
| SMITH & SCHMUHL ELEVATOR | Fairwater Observations, 1/15/1904, Fairwater Register |
| STELLMACHER LUMBER | "Fairwater
Firm Buys Out F. G. Henske," 3/1/1923, Brandon Times "Fairwater Lumber Company Incorporated for $100,000." 3/29/1923, Brandon Times |
| SWEENEY, D. W. | "65 Foot Metal Culvert is Laid," 1/4/1934, Brandon Times |
| TINKHAM BROS. | "Robbery at Fairwater," 2/9/1899, Brandon Times |
| TINKHAM BROS. STORE | Fairwater State Bank Stock Holders Meeting, 1/29/1904, Fairwater Register |
| TINKHAM BROS. ELEVATOR | "Fairwater
Items," 9/14/1899, Brandon Times "Plat of the North Part of Fairwater," 11/6/1903, Fairwater Register Fairwater Observations, 1/29/1904, Fairwater Register |
| TINKHAM BROS. LUMBER YARD | "Plat of the North Part of Fairwater," 11/6/1903, Fairwater Register |
| UNION PRAIRIE CHURCH | Union Prairie Church, 2/12/1904, Fairwater Register |
| UTLEY [PINE HILL, PINE BLUFF] | Pine Hill
Bought, 2/23/1882, Brandon Times Swendson Wagon Upended, 6/29/1882, Brandon Times One Station on Railroad Line, 10/26/1882, Brandon Times Granite Will Be Hauled by Rail, 11/23/1882, Brandon Times Montello Granite Co. Buys Fairwater Quarry, 12/21/1882, Brandon Times Granite Shipments Exaggerated, 12/21/1882, Brandon Times Utley Has R. R. Station, 1/4/1883, Brandon Times Contract Made for Paving Blocks, 1/18/1883, Brandon Times Laper to Operate Quarry, Build Boarding House, 3/8/1883, Brandon Times Sherwood to be Utley P. M., 2/14/1884, Brandon Times Laper-Reed Opening Quarry, 3/20/1884, Brandon Times Utley Saloon Resisted, 3/20/1884, Brandon Times |
| VANDYNE BLACKSMITH | Fairwater Observations, 1/8/1904, Fairwater Register |
| WARNER FARM | E. W. Pride Buys Warner Farm, 12/14/1882, Brandon Times |
| WISCONSIN STATE PRISON | "Prison
Strike," 6/15/1882, Brandon Times Prison Population, 12/28/1882, Brandon Times |
| WOODMAN LODGE | Fairwater Observations [Pt 2], 1/1/1904, Fairwater Register |
| YOUNG PEOPLE'S SOCIETY OF CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR | Fairwater Observations, 1/29/1904, Fairwater Register |
| ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH | Rev.
Fred Lanzer Assisting Burkhard, 9/21/1882, Brandon Times Fairwater Observations, 2/5/1904, Fairwater Register Fairwater Observations [Pt 1], 2/19/1904, Fairwater Register |
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Last Updated 2/27/2000 |
These pages represent an ongoing effort to collect information about the history of Fairwater. If you have information to share, please contact Bob Schuster by email at rmschust@facstaff.wisc.edu or at 6020 Kristi Circle, Monona, Wisconsin 53716 (608) 221-1421. |