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Waumandee, Wisconsin 1860-1960:
An Affectionate Portrait
LaVernJ. Rippley
ST. OLAF COLLEGE PRESS
NORTHFIELD, MINNESOTA
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DaLa
Rippley, laV ern j.
Library of Congress Control Number: 2003094720
Waumandee, Wisconsin 1860-1960: An Affectionate Portrait
ISBN 1-929321-00-7
Dedication
This book is dedicated to Elsie Rippley
Brommer and her family-true and lasting
....
Waumandeeans-and to the living and past
members of St. Boniface Congregation, those of
the Freie Gemeinde, the Harmonie Gesellschaft
in lower Waumandee, and all who were and are
associated with the Salem Evangelical, now
Methodist, Church of Montana. For it is
through these forces of the spirit that
community in the Waumandee Valley
was bom, nourished and given
the chance to thrive.
Honorary Contributors
Following are the names of those who contributed
$25.00 toward the publication of this book.
Arms, Armin
Benusa, Albert
Brommer, Daniel and Elsie
Buffalo County Historical Society
Christ, Millard
Christ, Rudy
Coughlin, James
Ellis, Chris and Karen
Kloss, Carol
Lambert, Betty
Lettner, Robert
Lorenz, Paul R.
Rippley, Charles
Rippley, Joann
Schmicltknecht, Don
Sendelbach, Jane
Sendelbach, Maxine
Stirn, Mary
Theisen, Bernice I Sandra Slaby
Venus, Kenneth
Waumandee State Bank
Weaver, Roger ($30.00)
Table of Contents
Introduction and Acknowledgements ................................................................................ .i
Chapter One: Waumandee's Business Past ....................................................................... 1
Chapter Two: Businesses Left [west] Side ...................................................................... 11
Chapter Three: Businesses Right [east] Side .................................................................. 25
Chapter Four: Waumandee Churches .............................................................................3 9
Chapter Five: Upper Waumandee .................................................................................. 61
Chapter Six: Lower Waumandee .................................................................................... 69
Chapter Seven: Incidental Businesses ............................................................................. 77
Chapter Eight: Noted Waumandee Families ................................................................. 81
Chapter Nine: Sports and Recreation ............................................................................. 99
Chapter Ten: Montana's Danuser Valley Swiss House .................................................. 107
Chapter Eleven: Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths at St. Boniface 1867-1900 .............. 113
Color Site Photographs .................................................................................................. 179