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April 22nd, 2020 |
In the 1920s, Herbert Anderson of Wilton took this of an airplane that had landed in Wilton, near where the Monroe County shop now sets off of County Highway M.
On a Memorial Day in the 1920s or 1930s, Herbert Anderson of Wilton took this photo of local residents and band members marching on Highway 131 to St. Paul’s Lutheran Cemetery.
Bob Hoffman of Holmen shared this photo with the County Line. He reported that as of last summer, five classmates were known to be alive.
Edwin Bredlow was the last of the family that was best known in the area for their monster-size steam engines that rumbled across the area, harvesting the crops.
The Ontario High School class of 1949
Ontario had an ice rink in the village square, circa 1930. [...]
This aerial shot of Elroy is thought to have been taken before 1885.
Ontario residents dress up for the village’s centennial celebration in 1957.
The Wilton High School cheerleaders of 1955 (left to right): Pat Doyle, Liz Schulte and Ethel Arndt.
This 1957 Ontario photo shows two N. Garden Street businesses, Wood’s Grocery and Ma and Pa’s Cafe.
In 2007, Ontario celebrated 150 years, and we all learned a new word, “sesquicentennial.” If you thought that was a mouthful, how about “quasquicentennial.”
