{"id":105,"date":"2023-01-22T17:41:52","date_gmt":"2023-01-22T17:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/?page_id=105"},"modified":"2023-06-23T02:57:40","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T02:57:40","slug":"timeline","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/?page_id=105","title":{"rendered":"Timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"105\" class=\"elementor elementor-105\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d8d6810 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d8d6810\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b95e254\" data-id=\"b95e254\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a1f77f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8a1f77f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xxl\">Columbus Wi Area Historical Society ... timeline<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-23aba6c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"23aba6c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9b7c075\" data-id=\"9b7c075\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1d165e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d1d165e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Columbus reaches 190 years in 2023<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><i>The timeline text was created by Sue Reese for use by Bruce Zahn to teach a Columbus High School history class.<\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Street-name changes:<\/strong><\/span><\/p><ul><li>Mechanic Street became Sunset Road<\/li><li>Middle Town Street became Middleton Street<\/li><li>Short Street became Brevity Lane<\/li><li>Railroad Street became Richmond Street<\/li><li>Madison Road became Park Avenue<\/li><li>Pleasant Street became Prairie Street<\/li><li>Broadway Street became Dickason Boulevard<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1830s<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1833<\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>A land survey was completed by the U.S. government of the Michigan-Northwest Territorities. The &#8220;Ouisconsin&#8221; landscape consisted primarily of burr oak, white oak, black oak, redroot willows, marshland 10 inches deep, and some open prairie and hills.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a0dfa4e\" data-id=\"a0dfa4e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b5ed75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2b5ed75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/map-wisconsin-illinois-michigan-1836-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"map-wisconsin-illinois-michigan-1836\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA3LCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvY29sdW1idXN3aWFyZWFoaXN0b3J5LmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyM1wvMDFcL21hcC13aXNjb25zaW4taWxsaW5vaXMtbWljaGlnYW4tMTgzNi1zY2FsZWQuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/map-wisconsin-illinois-michigan-1836-1024x921.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-107\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/map-wisconsin-illinois-michigan-1836-1024x921.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/map-wisconsin-illinois-michigan-1836-300x270.jpg 300w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/map-wisconsin-illinois-michigan-1836-768x691.jpg 768w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/map-wisconsin-illinois-michigan-1836-1536x1381.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/map-wisconsin-illinois-michigan-1836-2048x1842.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Burr, David H. Map of the Northern Parts of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois and Michigan and that part of the Ouisconsin Territory lying East of the Mississippi River, 1836. From the Library of Congress map collection, permanent ID: http:\/\/hdl.loc.gov\/loc.gmd\/g3700m.gct00284 <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-93c5ace elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"93c5ace\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2375505\" data-id=\"2375505\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b23237 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5b23237\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"286\" src=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Lewis-Ludington-300x286.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-145\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Lewis-Ludington-300x286.jpg 300w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Lewis-Ludington.jpg 467w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Lewis Ludington (June 25, 1786 \u2013 Sept. 3, 1857) <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-440de6b\" data-id=\"440de6b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16505fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16505fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1836<\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>In July 1836 the western counties of Michigan were split off to form the Wisconsin Territory, which included present-day Iowa and Minnesota as well as those parts of North and South Dakota that lay east of the Missouri River. Land was purchased in what would become the Columbus area by Lewis Ludington along with his nephew Harrison and brother James at the land office in Green Bay, with John Hustis. They paid $1.25 per acre for 960 acres \u2013 eight parcels bordering the Crawfish River. Hustis, 26, also purchased eight parcels east of that area for his own settlement, Hustisford.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5a25799\" data-id=\"5a25799\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb3cd85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"eb3cd85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"545\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/John-Hustis-545x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-151\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/John-Hustis-545x1024.jpg 545w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/John-Hustis-160x300.jpg 160w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/John-Hustis.jpg 619w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Shared from Find a Grave www.findagrave.com<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c6e62ac elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c6e62ac\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c8e772c\" data-id=\"c8e772c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-771fbd3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"771fbd3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1838\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0Lewis Ludington leased 1,300 acres to Elbert Dickason on a four-year contract.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1839<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Elbert Dickason established the first log cabin and began building a dam across the river. The cabin stood just north of what is currently 409 N. Ludington St., directly across from where the rail depot currently stands. During the summer of 1839, Dickason platted 12 lots across the river from his cabin and north up the hill to what is currently 100 APC Way. The first winter was very severe, with stock starving and wild game scarce. Dickason had grown a crop of wheat, which he had stacked for the winter. He returned to Illinois for the last part of the winter, hoping to restart in spring 1840. When he returned with his wife and family, he found all the stacked wheat had been burned.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c8f84eb\" data-id=\"c8f84eb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-230f764 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"230f764\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"445\" height=\"662\" src=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Major-Elbert-Dickason-historical-marker.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-150\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Major-Elbert-Dickason-historical-marker.jpg 445w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Major-Elbert-Dickason-historical-marker-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-059f8bb\" data-id=\"059f8bb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc156e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bc156e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Elbert-Dickason-house-marker-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-152\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Elbert-Dickason-house-marker-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Elbert-Dickason-house-marker-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Elbert-Dickason-house-marker-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Elbert-Dickason-house-marker.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The stone bearing the marker for Elbert Dickason's house location stands in Davies Park, 350 N. Ludington St.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0a3a7da elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0a3a7da\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ad6c0b8\" data-id=\"ad6c0b8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d114f8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d114f8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"477\" src=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Crawfish-River-Dam-second-768x477.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-183\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Crawfish-River-Dam-second-768x477.jpg 768w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Crawfish-River-Dam-second-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Crawfish-River-Dam-second.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">A photo postcard from about 1900 shows the mill and dam across the Crawfish River. The first dam was constructed by Elbert Dickason in 1840 with a flour and grist mill. Later owners Jeremiah Drake and Joseph Manning contributed major renovations. The grist mill had four stones to grind wheat into flour, installed by Drake, and a steam boiler to provide power when the water level was low. Myron C. Udey bought the flour mill in 1899, adding the Columbus Mills operation as the first feed mill in town. Flour production ceased in 1930, but the feed mill operated until being destroyed by fire in 1979. The Udey Street Dam still regulates the flow of the Crawfish River today.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97d0e05 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"97d0e05\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Crawfish-River-Dam-768x407.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-179\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Crawfish-River-Dam-768x407.jpg 768w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Crawfish-River-Dam-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Crawfish-River-Dam.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">A 1920 photo postcard shows four men standing on the Crawfish River Dam. Tree debris is caught in the dam.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9de9f61 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9de9f61\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-24c8f46\" data-id=\"24c8f46\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77d1412 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"77d1412\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Postcard images are from the Columbus Area Historical Society collection at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.columbuspubliclibrary.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Columbus Public Library<\/a> in partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/recollectionwisconsin.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Recollection Wisconsin<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-251d869 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"251d869\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-lg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/columbuswiareahistory\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Follow us on Facebook <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6797356 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6797356\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-465ccd7\" data-id=\"465ccd7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20935b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"20935b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1840s<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1840<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Using $10,000 of his own funds, Elbert Dickason built a sawmill and then shortly thereafter a grist-flour mill. But he didn\u2019t make any payments to Lewis Ludington and John Hustis.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1844<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Lewis Ludington platted nine downtown lots in the now-named village of Columbus. Elbert Dickason\u2019s favorite city was Columbus, Ohio, so he thought to honor his family\u2019s old home by naming their new home Columbus. The first businesses were located on what is currently East James Street. The first \u201cofficial\u201d platted portion of the village was registered with the land office in Green Bay as being in Portage County.<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The streets of Columbus don\u2019t follow the cardinal compass points of east, west, north and south. They are laid at 47.5 degrees off the east-west axis; they were laid out that way by Lewis Ludington as he platted the original nine lots of the village. He followed what was known as the Madison Ridge, a ridgeline following the trail toward Madison.<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0James Street, east and west, was originally about 6 feet lower than it is currently. The road has been raised through the years to accommodate storm sewers. Many of the lower entrances were closed off though remnants of some are still visible currently when looking at the sidewalk next to buildings.<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Lewis Ludington and John Hustis became impatient waiting for payment on the land contract with Elbert Dickason; they paid him $600 to leave. Col. Jeremiah Drake and his son William became the new owners of the dam and mill operation. The Drakes built the first frame house in the village near the mill. The first recorded business was Drake &amp; Sons Provision Store, located next to the river near the dam.<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Ludington gave the village some land for a cemetery. The first burial was Hiram Allen in 1845. The village controlled the land and burials, rather than the many scattered family and church cemeteries throughout the countryside.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1845<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Henry A. Whitney built a 1.5-story frame building at the corner of James and Ludington streets, and opened a tavern-dry goods store-post office-boarding house.<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0There was a public well in the middle of the intersection of James and Ludington streets \u2013 called the \u201cfour corners.\u201d There was a fountain for people and troughs for horses, with a drinking pan for dogs at the bottom.<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The first buildings at the \u201cfour corners\u201d were the Whitney Hotel, the Jones Drug Store at what is now 100 S. Ludington, the Corner Drug Store \u2013 which had an oyster bar in the lower level \u2013 and the Sargent Block at what is now 101 E. James St.<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Daniel Bassett and Josiah Arnold arrived from Janesville. They built a business of commission and dry goods opposite Henry Whitney on East James Street. Their clerk was Uriah Davies.<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0James T. Lewis, lawyer and eventual governor of Wisconsin, arrived on the same day as Dr. James C. Axtell, the first doctor.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8dc54c0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8dc54c0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b05dc60\" data-id=\"b05dc60\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a43e0f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a43e0f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/James-T.-Lewis-2-221x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-192\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/James-T.-Lewis-2-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/James-T.-Lewis-2.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a43bdef\" data-id=\"a43bdef\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af5a7da elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"af5a7da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>James Taylor Lewis was born in Clarendon, New York. He taught school briefly and went on to study law with former New York Gov. Henry R. Seldon. In 1845 he moved to Columbus, Wisconsin, where he was admitted to the bar. Between 1846 and 1852 he served as District Attorney and County Probate Judge. He was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1847-1848 from Columbia County. He also won a seat in the State Senate and was elected Lt. Governor, serving from 1854 to 1856. In 1861 he was chosen by the Republican Party to run for Secretary of State, winning the election. In 1863 the Union Republicans nominated him for Governor, and he defeated his Democratic opponent. He was concerned during his tenure with providing sufficient troops for the Civil War, and helping to protect them and their dependents. He visited troops in the field and helped establish hospitals in Wisconsin for the care of the wounded. Refusing renomination in 1865, he was offered a diplomatic post by President Abraham Lincoln. But he chose instead to return to his law practice in Columbus. &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nga.org\/\">National Governors Association www.nga.org<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4b46c57\" data-id=\"4b46c57\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a113af8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a113af8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"518\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/James-T.-Lewis-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-191\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/James-T.-Lewis-1.jpg 518w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/James-T.-Lewis-1-259x300.jpg 259w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cc7d24e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cc7d24e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7599c70\" data-id=\"7599c70\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae205fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ae205fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Postcard images are from the Columbus Area Historical Society collection at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.columbuspubliclibrary.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Columbus Public Library<\/a> in partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/recollectionwisconsin.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Recollection Wisconsin<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-417965e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"417965e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4170c51\" data-id=\"4170c51\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02a1960 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"02a1960\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1846\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0Jeremiah Drake opened the first school building on top of the hill where currently School and Ludington streets meet. The school was previously located in a blacksmith\u2019s shop; there were seven students.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1847<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The Whitney building burned to the ground. It was immediately rebuilt by new owner Almon P. Birdsey. Part of the building was located across the street as a dry goods store. Birdsey was a wealthy farmer turned businessman.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1849<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Joseph Manning bought the mill for $9,000. He made big upgrades to the grinding stones.<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The Richmonds came to town. They were a wealthy farming family; children Ezra and Lucy were teachers. In the 1860s what was known as Railroad Street was renamed to Richmond Street to honor the family.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdd3371 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"bdd3371\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-lg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/columbuswiareahistory\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Follow us on Facebook <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ae2c81c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ae2c81c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1cd1e39\" data-id=\"1cd1e39\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab88a25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab88a25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1850s\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1850<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The census showed 164 males and 124 females in the village. Including the township, Columbus had 960 citizens.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1853<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Adolphus Ingalsbe came to Columbus after striking a fortune in the Gold Rush. He was a wealthy land buyer, stock dealer and businessman. He purchased most of the lots from Ludington Street toward what is currently the park. He built a large house at the corner of Fuller Street and Park Avenue.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1855<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The first Republican Journal newspaper was started by Daniel Mallo and Delancey Thayer. Their competitor was the Columbus Democrat, owned by George Griswold. Griswold, who was blind, built a big house at 146 S. Dickason Blvd., making it exactly like the house he had in New York.<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Emmons E. Chapin, a lawyer and politician, came to town; he was eventually elected as a village supervisor.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1856<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Lots were platted by Joseph Manning on the lower side of the village. He spent money faster than he was making it and was deemed a financial mess.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0e05629 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0e05629\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-97162a6\" data-id=\"97162a6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dd3357b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dd3357b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-78e8339\" data-id=\"78e8339\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2234997 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2234997\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"965\" src=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Map-Columbus-WI-1856-768x965.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-209\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Map-Columbus-WI-1856-768x965.jpg 768w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Map-Columbus-WI-1856-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Map-Columbus-WI-1856-815x1024.jpg 815w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Map-Columbus-WI-1856.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">This 1856 map of Columbus, Columbia County, Wisconsin, shows plat of town, local streets, railroads, projected railroads, residential buildings, mills, and part of the Crawfish River. The map includes significant manuscript annotations. Map creator Alfred Topliff --  Scale is\t [1:3,600]. 300 ft. to the inch. Wisconsin Historical Society, Image # 106245<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c09f157 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c09f157\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-163191d\" data-id=\"163191d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-701221a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"701221a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1857\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0The Whitney building burns down again. By that time Henry Whitney had regained possession of the building. The building was rebuilt in less than a month, this time of Watertown cream-colored brick.<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The railroad came to town from Watertown as an extension of the Milwaukee Road. A turntable was located at the end of what is currently Williams Street to spin the engine around to head back to Watertown \u2013 because the road didn\u2019t yet go through the \u201cPortage.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-78d8199 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"78d8199\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d7e8e77\" data-id=\"d7e8e77\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4335128 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4335128\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Train-engine.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-214\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Train-engine.jpg 600w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Train-engine-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eeee32a\" data-id=\"eeee32a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ee8df5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ee8df5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<table class=\"long-description\"><tbody><tr><td>The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway engine #287 was built by Mason Locomotive Works in 1860. Two men are standing on the locomotive. &#8212; photographer Roy L. Wilson. Wisconsin Historical Society, Image #142061<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6475fde elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6475fde\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fccc42f\" data-id=\"fccc42f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a06aef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a06aef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1858<\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>Fredrick Farnham and James Allen opened the Farnham &amp; Allen Commission and Warehouse Store across from the Whitney building. They also constructed a grain elevator by the railroad depot.<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Lucius Fuller &amp; Son was established as a merchandising business in a building close to what is currently 100 S. Ludington St.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1859<\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>John Henry Kurth arrived with a four-barrel brewer to establish Kurth Brewery, the longest-running in Columbus. The Brauchle family had an earlier brewery, which was much smaller, near the river. The Kurth Brewery complex became one of the city&#8217;s largest industries.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0699578 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0699578\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-de50ede\" data-id=\"de50ede\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92dfb12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"92dfb12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"592\" src=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Kurth-Brewery-before-the-fire-768x592.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-226\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Kurth-Brewery-before-the-fire-768x592.jpg 768w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Kurth-Brewery-before-the-fire-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Kurth-Brewery-before-the-fire-1024x789.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Kurth-Brewery-before-the-fire-1536x1184.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Kurth-Brewery-before-the-fire.jpg 1639w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">In its heydey, the Kurth Brewery complex was one of the city's largest industries. The two buildings on the right are the the elevator and malting house, which were destroyed in a 1916 fire. -- Columbus Journal files<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0afe419\" data-id=\"0afe419\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4767cb0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4767cb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"515\" src=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Kurth-Brewery-farmers-768x515.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-227\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Kurth-Brewery-farmers-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Kurth-Brewery-farmers-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Kurth-Brewery-farmers-1024x687.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Kurth-Brewery-farmers-1536x1031.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Kurth-Brewery-farmers.jpg 1617w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Farmers transported hops and barley on wagons to sell to the Kurth Brewery. A scale was located outside the business office, where crops could be weighed and farmers could be paid on the spot. -- Columbus Journal files<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eb8de51\" data-id=\"eb8de51\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de5795a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"de5795a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"615\" src=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Kurth-Brewing-Company-after-the-fire-768x615.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-228\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Kurth-Brewing-Company-after-the-fire-768x615.jpg 768w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Kurth-Brewing-Company-after-the-fire-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Kurth-Brewing-Company-after-the-fire-1024x820.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Kurth-Brewing-Company-after-the-fire-1536x1230.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Kurth-Brewing-Company-after-the-fire.jpg 1608w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The charred remains of the malthouse and elevator building at Kurth Brewery were knocked down shortly after the fire in 1916 and never rebuilt. -- Columbus Journal files<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-34d1ebb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"34d1ebb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b8a4c6d\" data-id=\"b8a4c6d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1af2da7 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"1af2da7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-lg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/columbuswiareahistory\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Follow us on Facebook <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-28aa44e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"28aa44e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e4231b0\" data-id=\"e4231b0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d42256 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d42256\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1860s<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1860<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0A brick school building was erected on Broadway Street, which later became Dickason Boulevard. The teachers were E. E. Randall, who was paid $106 for four months, and Agnes Butts, who was paid $56 for five months.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1861<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 War was declared in April. James T. Lewis, Delancy Thayer and Willard Scott Jr. \u2013 from the Union Bank \u2013 were assigned by the governor to train the Union Guard.<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Reuben W. Chadbourn bought out the Vosburg &amp; Sprague bank to open the First National Bank.\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0John Russell Wheeler arrived from Kenosha, Wisconsin, to open the Union Bank, which would become the Farmers &amp; Merchants Union Bank.<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The 18th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, primarily Columbus-area men, were sent to Camp Trowbridge for final training. \u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-621be2d\" data-id=\"621be2d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7027fc3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7027fc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/First-National-Bank-768x569.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-252\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/First-National-Bank-768x569.jpg 768w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/First-National-Bank-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/First-National-Bank-1024x759.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/First-National-Bank.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Reuben W. Chadbourn came to Columbus from Maine in 1849, assisting settlers with land claims and loaning money as a private individual. He eventually received a charter for banking in 1861, taking over the failing banking operation of Willard Scott Jr. and Vosburg Sprague of the Columbus Bank. In 1874 his bank became the 178th National Bank in the United States. The bank remained in operation until the 1990s, with the Chadbourn family maintaining control for three generations. Reuben W's grandson, Reuben C., was the last member of the family to control the First National Bank. This 1920 photo postcard shows the Neo-Classical Revival facade of the newly remodeled building, which was finished in 1916. -- 112 W. James St.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4e643dc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4e643dc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f3ef228\" data-id=\"f3ef228\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afc47f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"afc47f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"702\" src=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Original-Union-Bank-1024x898.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-257\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Original-Union-Bank-1024x898.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Original-Union-Bank-300x263.jpg 300w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Original-Union-Bank-768x673.jpg 768w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Original-Union-Bank.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The original Union Bank building, built in 1861 at 156 W. James St., was named by its president, John R. Wheeler, who was a great admirer of President Abraham Lincoln. It stood as a bank until 1920. The building later served as the telephone exchange for many years. One of Vanakan and Boelte's known works, it's one of the most decorative -- an Italianate design. The characteristic bracketed metal cornice features an arched pediment on one elevation and a triangular pediment on the other. Arched windows with pronounced brick moldings and decorative stone sills are also hallmarks of the style. Although the windows have been filled with wooden panels and a pent roof now shades the storefronts, the original character of the building is still apparent. Wisconsin Historical Society, Image #HI3472<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f852142\" data-id=\"f852142\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b435a4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b435a4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WVM.1802.I003e-768x387.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-433\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WVM.1802.I003e-768x387.jpg 768w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WVM.1802.I003e-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WVM.1802.I003e-1024x516.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WVM.1802.I003e-1536x773.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WVM.1802.I003e.jpg 1573w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">An 1865 carte-de-visite group portrait photograph shows presumably Company B of the 18th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, at ease. The soldiers are in various states of dress \u2013 some wearing frock coats, five-button sack coats or other civilian clothes. Their arms \u2013 Springfield rifles \u2013 are stacked. Charles O. Hansen collection, Wisconsin Veterans Museum, used with permission \u2013 wisvetsmuseum.catalogaccess.com\/photos\/39435<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c320d84 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c320d84\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7d612ef\" data-id=\"7d612ef\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-611894c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"611894c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WVM.1802.I004e-1024x440.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-434\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WVM.1802.I004e-1024x440.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WVM.1802.I004e-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WVM.1802.I004e-768x330.jpg 768w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WVM.1802.I004e-1536x659.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WVM.1802.I004e.jpg 1577w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">An 1865 carte-de-visite group portrait photograph shows presumably Company B of the 18th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment. All are in full uniform \u2013 wearing frock coats, sack coats and Hardee hats. The company commander with officer\u2019s sash is on the left and the drummer in shell jacket is on the right. One line of soldiers are posed with charge bayonet, while another line is kneeling in a similar pose. Charles O. Hansen, a Decator, Wisconsin, resident who served in the 17th and 18th Wisconsin Infantry Regiments during the Civil War, is second from bottom right, marked with an \u201cx.\u201d Charles O. Hansen collection, Wisconsin Veterans Museum, used with permission \u2013 wisvetsmuseum.catalogaccess.com\/photos\/39436<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b750f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b750f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1862\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0The Battle of Shiloh occurred in April; it was the biggest engagement to that time for Wisconsin troops. The 18th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment \u2013 with Capt. William Coleman, 1st Lt. Ira H. Ford and 2nd Lt. Ogden Southmayd \u2013 were pivotal players in the battle. More than 174 men were lost.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1864<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The Sawyer Block was established at 128 E. James St. with the first hardware and glassware store, run by Lewis Sawyer. Sawyer would become the first mayor of the city of Columbus in 1874.<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The railroad was extended from Columbus to Portage. The Milwaukee Road went from Milwaukee through Watertown, Columbus, Portage and on to La Crosse. At that time mostly freight was moved; passengers were occasional.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1867<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0William Turner and Herman Blumenthal established the Turner &amp; Blumenthal Monument Company on East James Street.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1868<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Joseph Manning built one of the largest houses in Columbus at the corner of Ludington and Prairie streets.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-19bf2a7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"19bf2a7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d83729c\" data-id=\"d83729c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff87518 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ff87518\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1870s<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1870<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Lueders and Krause commission store was opened.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1873<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Daniel Bassett and Uriah Davies built a new building up the block on East James Street from the original commission and dry-goods store.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1874<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The charter establishing the city of Columbus was signed, with Lewis Sawyer as the first mayor.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1875<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Emmons E. Chapin became the president of the school board as the first free high school was opened. There were seven graduates in 1878.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1876<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The H. M. Brown building was constructed at 122 W. James St. for a books, stationery and jewelry store, with Hoskins Photography on the second floor. The still-standing building has \u201cHM Brown\u201d and \u201c1876\u201d on its tympanum.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1877<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The first volunteer fire department was begun, with three different groups. One was the Germania Fire Company.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f8467a3\" data-id=\"f8467a3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f5dece elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9f5dece\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"515\" src=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Germania-Fire-Company-1024x659.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-283\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Germania-Fire-Company-1024x659.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Germania-Fire-Company-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Germania-Fire-Company-768x494.jpg 768w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Germania-Fire-Company-1536x989.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Germania-Fire-Company.jpg 1583w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Germania Fire Company of Columbus, Wisconsin<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dc24baf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dc24baf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9e4f867\" data-id=\"9e4f867\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0cfb60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c0cfb60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"615\" src=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Zion-Lutheran-Church-768x615.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-396\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Zion-Lutheran-Church-768x615.jpg 768w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Zion-Lutheran-Church-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Zion-Lutheran-Church-1024x820.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Zion-Lutheran-Church.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-644e407\" data-id=\"644e407\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4cec13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f4cec13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1180\" src=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Zion-Lutheran-Church-steeple-768x1180.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-398\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Zion-Lutheran-Church-steeple-768x1180.jpg 768w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Zion-Lutheran-Church-steeple-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Zion-Lutheran-Church-steeple-667x1024.jpg 667w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Zion-Lutheran-Church-steeple-1000x1536.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Zion-Lutheran-Church-steeple-1333x2048.jpg 1333w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Zion-Lutheran-Church-steeple.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8b18c51\" data-id=\"8b18c51\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4987b65 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4987b65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" src=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Zion-Lutheran-Church-inside-1024x685.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-395\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Zion-Lutheran-Church-inside-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Zion-Lutheran-Church-inside-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Zion-Lutheran-Church-inside-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Zion-Lutheran-Church-inside.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b53d67a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b53d67a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bdd124d\" data-id=\"bdd124d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c68d804 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c68d804\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1878<\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>The Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church was built at 254 W. Mill St. in Columbus. The exceptionally fine High Victorian Gothic-style polychromatic brick church was designed by Milwaukee architect Edward Townsend Mix, with Richard D. Vanaken as carpentry contractor and Henry Bolte as masonry contractor. In 1887 an increase in the size of the church necessitated the expansion of the church, which consisted of a 40-foot by 50-foot addition to the rear of the nave in the same style.<\/p><p>The most distinguishing feature of this style is the polychromatic exterior finish. Bricks of differing colors create decorative bands and highlight arches on the building exterior. The wall surface is further decorated with masonry corbelling at the eave line and a rusticated stone foundation. The prominent square open belfry features an arcade of three ornamented trefoil arches on each side. The gabled roof over the entry has a king post truss and barge boards.<\/p><p>The church bell was cast from five cannons captured during the Franco-Prussian War and given to the church by Kaiser Wilhelm, Emperor of Germany. The bell was cast in Baltimore by a German master and weighs 1,600 pounds. On its surface is a Latin inscription, translated as \u201cI call the living, I mourn the dead, I break the lightning!\u201d The steeple was struck by lightning in 1896 and rebuilt.<\/p><p>The church and parsonage are on the state and national registers of historic places. Wisconsin Historical Society Property Record #3502<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-86faf65 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"86faf65\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-65c797e\" data-id=\"65c797e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95e069f elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"95e069f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-lg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/columbuswiareahistory\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Follow us on Facebook <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6dbb26a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6dbb26a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9ebe58c\" data-id=\"9ebe58c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa07a71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aa07a71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1880s<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><u><b>1880\u00a0 <\/b><\/u>\u00a0 \u00a0John Topp and brothers opened the Topps Dry Good Store on North Ludington Street.<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The streets were dirt with wood-plank sidewalks until 1880, when Barr paving bricks from the Barr Clay Company in Streator, Illinois, were placed to make a cleaner and more-attractive uptown area. Uptown East and West James Street, and North and South Ludington Street, received the brick pavers along with concrete sidewalks.<\/p><p><u><b>1883<\/b><\/u>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Lewis Sawyer built a new building for a hardware store of brick.<\/p><p><u><b>1888<\/b><\/u>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The Griswolds built three buildings for commission and dry goods.<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Both Daniel Bassett and Uriah Davies died, leaving William Pietzner as the owner of their commission and dry-goods store. Fred Kettlehon became a partner; the business was renamed Pietzner and Kettlehon Dry Goods &amp; Mercantile.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c3fbb3a\" data-id=\"c3fbb3a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-adc8dcb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"adc8dcb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1043\" src=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Capri-Lounge-768x1043.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-410\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Capri-Lounge-768x1043.jpg 768w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Capri-Lounge-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Capri-Lounge-754x1024.jpg 754w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Capri-Lounge-1131x1536.jpg 1131w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Capri-Lounge.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Built in 1889, the building at 126 S. Ludington St. was home to Heidke\u2019s Sweet Shop, with a second-floor bowling alley; the Sweet Shop had candy and ice cream. It closed in the 1940s. The location has also housed a hardware store. In 1955 it was purchased by Carlos Caputo and renovated into a steak house called Caputo\u2019s Tropical Lounge. Records show he was the one to remodel the interior to dark, rich burgundy-tufted walls with a black ceiling. There was a roaring fireplace to cook steaks and a long ornately tooled wooden bar in the front. The marquee sign in the front was added in 1965. There has been a long line of restaurants in the location. The building is part of the national and state register of historic places as within the Columbus Downtown Historic District. Wisconsin Historical Society Property Record #60839<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-414f8fe\" data-id=\"414f8fe\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e29d99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2e29d99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"940\" src=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Hotel-Tremont-2-768x940.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-412\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Hotel-Tremont-2-768x940.jpg 768w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Hotel-Tremont-2-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Hotel-Tremont-2-836x1024.jpg 836w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Hotel-Tremont-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The Hotel Tremont, also known as the Hotel Columbian, was built in 1892. It had a round arched entry, ornamental brick work in the cornice and a gable-shaped parapet. The red-brick 28-room hotel stands out in the streetscape because of its color, style and size. It was considered rather grand and had a fine restaurant on the first floor where white tablecloths were the order of the day. The downtown hotels and rooming houses were an important part of the city, providing the only place where travelers could stay, as well as dining-out facilities for the locals. The building is listed on both the state and national registers of historic places as part of the Columbus Downtown Historic District. Wisconsin Historical Society Property Record 3495<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3bf2edf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3bf2edf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-87cfd24\" data-id=\"87cfd24\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bccd312 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bccd312\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1890s<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><u><b>1892\u00a0 <\/b><\/u>\u00a0 The Hotel Tremont was built at 143-147 N. Ludington St. According to its owner in 2015, the original owner also owned the building next door; a second-floor door connected the two. The hotel had 28 rooms; its first-floor restaurant was elegant with white tablecloths.<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 Columbus City Hall was constructed, housing the fire department, the police department, a second-floor 400-seat auditorium and the first kindergarten. The auditorium hosted movies, plays, business presentations and graduations until 1932, when it was closed because of deterioration. The clock tower and bell were donated by Catherine Chadbourn \u2013 wife of R.W. Chadbourn of the First National Bank \u2013 as a gift to the city. There was a fountain in front of City Hall for people and pets. That fountain was given to the war effort during World War II; it was melted down along with the canon that sat in Firemen\u2019s Park.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9797a7e\" data-id=\"9797a7e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04b1970 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"04b1970\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Ludington-Street-in-1926-768x560.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-413\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Ludington-Street-in-1926-768x560.jpg 768w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Ludington-Street-in-1926-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Ludington-Street-in-1926-1024x747.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Ludington-Street-in-1926.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">A view down Ludington Street in 1926 shows a cobblestone road, with  both the Columbus Hotel and the Tremont Hotel as well as a drug store. \u2013 photographer Sherwin H. Gillett, Wisconsin Historical Society, Image #85717<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-21aae09 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"21aae09\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c99d902\" data-id=\"c99d902\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aad6668 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"aad6668\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"466\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Columbus-City-Hall-with-street-date-unknown.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-445\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Columbus-City-Hall-with-street-date-unknown.jpg 466w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Columbus-City-Hall-with-street-date-unknown-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">An undated but likely late-1800s photograph shows the view northwest along James Street toward City Hall at what is now 105 N. Dickason Blvd., along with nearby buildings. Two horse-drawn wagons are on the street, along with a horse and riders. There are pedestrians in front of City Hall, including a woman with a parasol. Wisconsin Historical Society, Image #30002<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bdf46bf\" data-id=\"bdf46bf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80eb911 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"80eb911\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1207\" src=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Fountain-in-front-of-city-hall-early-1900s-768x1207.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-446\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Fountain-in-front-of-city-hall-early-1900s-768x1207.jpg 768w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Fountain-in-front-of-city-hall-early-1900s-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Fountain-in-front-of-city-hall-early-1900s-652x1024.jpg 652w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Fountain-in-front-of-city-hall-early-1900s.jpg 788w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">A color lithographic print postcard from the early 1900s shows the water fountain in front of the Columbus City Hall entrance. It was available for the community\u2019s use and for a decorative accent. The top basin was for people and the lower bowls for animals. The fountain was removed in the early part of World War II as part of a metal drive for the war. <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-934ad75\" data-id=\"934ad75\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc78bad elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fc78bad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"392\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Columbus-City-Hall-about-1910.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-444\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Columbus-City-Hall-about-1910.jpg 392w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Columbus-City-Hall-about-1910-255x300.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The Columbus City Hall at 105 N. Dickason Blvd., built in 1892, is listed in both the state and national registers of historic places.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5d5db7a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5d5db7a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eb42f06\" data-id=\"eb42f06\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9c5942 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f9c5942\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MystyleCxSpFirst\">By the late 19th century Columbus had developed into a prosperous rural trading center, its economic wellbeing dependent on the success of the surrounding agricultural community. Columbus\u2019 economic boom of the 1880s and 1890s necessitated additional city services to support the expanding downtown and new residential neighborhoods. The city responded by building a new Columbus City Hall, which opened to the public in 1892.<\/p><p class=\"MystyleCxSpMiddle\">Truman D. Allen, a Minneapolis architect specializing in courthouse commissions, designed Columbus City Hall. The late-Victorian building is an example of a multi-use municipal building. The offices of city government, the police and fire departments, the jail and fire-fighting equipment, and the city library were located in the building when it opened. On the second floor of the building is a large public auditorium \u2013 the location of most of the community\u2019s cultural and educational events. In addition to class plays and graduation exercises, the auditorium hosted traveling theater troupes and served as a motion-picture theater until the local Rudalt Theater was built in 1917.<\/p><p class=\"MystyleCxSpMiddle\">The city hall is the best local example of the Richardsonian Romanesque style. The style was commonly used for government buildings, where it expressed the stability and permanence of democratic institutions. In the Columbus City Hall it\u2019s characterized by the general massive and heavy appearance of the building, the large arched openings framed in red sandstone, and the contrasting stonework of the lintels, foundation and arches.<\/p><p class=\"MystyleCxSpLast\">The building is open to the public during normal business hours. Wisconsin Historical Society, Record # 79000065<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d38cbaf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d38cbaf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3725cd4\" data-id=\"3725cd4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a9084c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a9084c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Postcard images are from the Columbus Area Historical Society collection at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.columbuspubliclibrary.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Columbus Public Library<\/a> in partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/recollectionwisconsin.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Recollection Wisconsin<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-11fe25d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"11fe25d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column 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<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-18f0500 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"18f0500\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7dbfe90\" data-id=\"7dbfe90\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca8e5a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ca8e5a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Ludington-Street-1890-768x489.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-467\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Ludington-Street-1890-768x489.jpg 768w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Ludington-Street-1890-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Ludington-Street-1890-1024x652.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Ludington-Street-1890.jpg 1528w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">A black-and-white lithographic postcard of about 1890 shows a north-facing view of Ludington Street in downtown Columbus, with storefronts, two horse-drawn wagons, telephone poles and wires, and several pedestrians.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a160fcf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a160fcf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1895<\/strong><\/span>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;A. M. Bellack opened Bellack and Son Men\u2019s Clothiers. The store remained a men\u2019s-clothing store until the 1980s. A. M. Bellack was also one of the organizers of the Columbus Canning Company as well as the Badger Auto Company. Dr. Bernard Bellack, his brother, was a prominent physician in the city.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Turner &amp; Blumenthal supplied marble and dolomite stone for a Civil War Memorial Statue. The soldier was vandalized in 1905; it was replaced with a copper-over-steel statue.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-29d650d\" data-id=\"29d650d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58970aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"58970aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"492\" src=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Civil-War-statue-768x492.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-462\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Civil-War-statue-768x492.jpg 768w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Civil-War-statue-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Civil-War-statue.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">A color lithograph postcard of about 1910 shows the Soldier\u2019s Monument, which was re-dedicated in 1905 and moved to its current location at the intersection of Broadway and West James streets \u2013 Broadway is now Dickason Boulevard. After the first monument was vandalized, the original stone statue was replaced by this one with a steel inner frame and copper overlay. The soldier is depicted at rest, as in the original design, but the gun is now placed across the body. The monument\u2019s original granite base was maintained with its inscription, \u201cErected by H. M. Brown Post No. 146. G. A. R. In memory of our comrades formerly residents of Columbus, Otsego, Hampden, York, Elba &amp; Calamus, who now fill unknown graves. 1861-1865.\u201d<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-579c9a6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"579c9a6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ca51e33\" data-id=\"ca51e33\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbf2d97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bbf2d97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1900s<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1900<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The Columbus Canning Company was organized, with A. M. Bellack, Fred Stare and other notables. They formed the largest canning company in the nation; peas and corn were the primary commodities. World War II prisoners of war were used as labor during the war years.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1906<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0A train depot was constructed to make passengers waiting for trains more comfortable.\u00a0 <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d08c48a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d08c48a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-093b496\" data-id=\"093b496\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c55650 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5c55650\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"457\" src=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Train-depot-1906-768x457.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-472\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Train-depot-1906-768x457.jpg 768w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Train-depot-1906-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Train-depot-1906.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">A photo postcard from 1906 shows the newly built train depot, taken from the tracks.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ac1797\" data-id=\"7ac1797\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-509e839 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"509e839\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Train-Depot-1910-768x478.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-473\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Train-Depot-1910-768x478.jpg 768w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Train-Depot-1910-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Train-Depot-1910.jpg 1021w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">A photo postcard from about 1910 shows the new train depot from an east-facing view with a northbound train, a horse-drawn wagon, a group of people standing at the left and a telephone pole in the background.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a868218\" data-id=\"a868218\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abfa4d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"abfa4d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"479\" src=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Train-depot-1920-768x479.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-474\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Train-depot-1920-768x479.jpg 768w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Train-depot-1920-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Train-depot-1920.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">A color lithographic postcard from about 1920 shows the train depot from a north-facing view with several people outside, two sets of railroad tracks and nearby buildings.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-453e9b6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"453e9b6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fe138f3\" data-id=\"fe138f3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65d08c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"65d08c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Postcard images are from the Columbus Area Historical Society collection at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.columbuspubliclibrary.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Columbus Public Library<\/a> in partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/recollectionwisconsin.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Recollection Wisconsin<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ee28cfc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ee28cfc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6d1589f\" data-id=\"6d1589f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c908fbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c908fbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1907\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0The first hospital was constructed by Dr. Bernard Bellack and Catherine Chadbourn on West James Street. It had 15 beds and looked much like a large house. A neighboring house was purchased to serve as nun quarters when the Columbus hospital was sold to the Divine Saviors. It then became known as St. Mary\u2019s Hospital.\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1908<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Guy Dering ran a successful commission store located at 153 N. Ludington from 1908 to 1921. He was a champion trap shooter and held the world record in 1927, according to the local newspaper at that time. The business took up the entire east end of North Ludington, from the corner to the Hotel Tremont, located at 143-147 N. Ludington St.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1909<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The Badger Auto Company was formed. It was short-lived, going into liquidation in April 1911. According to Wikipedia, there were 237 cars produced; they were 4-cylinder 3-speed manuals, with one model having a 112-inch wheelbase and the other having a 110-inch wheelbase. The last Badger Auto Car known in existence is housed at the Wisconsin Automotive Museum, 147 N. Rural St., Hartford, Wisconsin.\u00a0<\/p><p>An article in \u201cAutomobile Topics\u201d by E.E. Schwarzkopf, 1909, says, \u201cThe Badger Automobile Company, of Columbus, Wis., recently organized with a capital of $50,000 paid-up capital and $100,000 capital stock, has elected the following officers: A.M. Bellack, president; C. Kurth, vice-president; George Holtz, secretary; J. R. Wheeler, treasurer. Directors \u2013 Messrs. Bellack, Kurth, Holtz and William C. Leitsch. M. R. Argobast, designer of the Badger car, which will be manufactured by the company, has been elected general manager of the company. C. Kurth is president of the big Kurth brewing interests, and the other officers are leading business men and manufacturers. The company plans to manufacture 250 cars for 1910 delivery.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-53cb7b3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"53cb7b3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-76a33e8\" data-id=\"76a33e8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c01b254 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c01b254\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"490\" src=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Badger-Auto-car-768x490.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-509\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Badger-Auto-car-768x490.jpg 768w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Badger-Auto-car-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Badger-Auto-car.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">E.W. Arbogast of Watertown arrived in 1909 in Columbus, proposing to build a high-powered automobile in a medium-price range. After successfully building a test car and securing investments from a few local businessmen, he completed his factory and began production of Badger Motor Cars in November 1909. The cars gained local recognition but they weren\u2019t successful in the national market; the company closed in 1911. A photo postcard shows the 1909 Fourth of July Parade in which a Badger Motor Car was decorated for use by Columbus-area veterans \u2013 including Conrad Koblitz, who served in the Grand Army of the Republic during the Civil War.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-407df50\" data-id=\"407df50\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe34321 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fe34321\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"796\" src=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1910_Badger_auto-768x796.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-510\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1910_Badger_auto-768x796.jpg 768w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1910_Badger_auto-289x300.jpg 289w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1910_Badger_auto-988x1024.jpg 988w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1910_Badger_auto-1482x1536.jpg 1482w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1910_Badger_auto-1976x2048.jpg 1976w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">A 1910 Badger Auto Car  is housed at the Wisconsin Automotive Museum, 147 N. Rural St., Hartford, Wisconsin.\u00a0Photo credit: TheCatalyst31, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons; https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:1910_Badger_auto.jpg<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8805515 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8805515\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7634197\" data-id=\"7634197\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-256e1f4 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"256e1f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-lg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/columbuswiareahistory\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Follow us on Facebook <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d17da3a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d17da3a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0098c5c\" data-id=\"0098c5c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-682b7ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"682b7ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1915<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Land became a city park, with its address currently 1049 Park Ave. The fire department developed the park as a community project; it was well-used for many activities. A swimming pond covered much of the lower area near the creek and in back of a baseball field. It had a sand bottom, hauled in for the shallower areas, and a diving platform that was reached by a boardwalk pier. A large grandstand stood by the baseball diamond, with seating for more than 100 people; all were protected by wire fencing. A concession stand stood nearby. A race track for cart and horse racing was located on the green area just across from the pavilion, which was built in 1917. At one time the pavilion had a roller-skating rink on the second floor. The floor was brought in each Friday for Saturday and Sunday roller-skating. Columbus was a hotbed for horseracing. Big-name racers came from Leffingwell Farms, located just outside the city limits, and the Underdahl Farm. The Roys Brothers raised Percherons for both work and show. The farm buildings from the Roys Brothers Horse Plantation still exist at the end of Fairway Drive at Park Avenue.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-be42873 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"be42873\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9268309\" data-id=\"9268309\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68f6d19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68f6d19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MystyleCxSpFirst\"><strong>From the Wisconsin Historical Society .<\/strong>.. At the turn of the 20th century the single city park in Columbus lacked any recreational improvements and was inadequate to serve the rapidly growing population. Citizens began agitating for more parkland in 1915, and were successful in winning a budget allocation to purchase land eight blocks from the city center. Plans became more ambitious when the local volunteer fire department adopted the park as a civic project. Construction of the park was a community endeavor, with improvements mostly funded by donations and much of the work conducted by local volunteers.<\/p><p class=\"MystyleCxSpMiddle\">In June of 1917 the community dedicated its impressive wooden park pavilion with a record-breaking dance event. Seen as a wholesome alternative to the rowdy and bawdy private dance halls, the dances at what would come to be called Fireman\u2019s Park were chaperoned by volunteer firefighters who upheld community morals. At 35 cents per dance, hundreds attended each event, making the park a centerpiece of community life. The park pavilion hosted many other types of community events from exhibits to performances.<\/p><p class=\"MystyleCxSpMiddle\">Local druggist James Quickenden funded the 1923 Prairie School building to serve the growing numbers of \u201ctin-can\u201d tourists, who found the park an idyllic location for the new recreational pastime of auto touring. Called \u201cRest Haven,\u201d the building, designed by noted Wisconsin architect Alfred C. Clas, provided sanitation and cooking facilities for visiting tourists.<\/p><p class=\"MystyleCxSpLast\">The park continued to grow in size and amenities and still plays an active role in the community. Fourth of July celebrations are still held in the park, and both the Fireman\u2019s Pavilion and Rest Haven are used for public recreation. The complex is listed on both the state and national registers of historic places. Wisconsin Historical Society property record #04000106<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ae67cce elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ae67cce\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-97886ca\" data-id=\"97886ca\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b067eb9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b067eb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"347\" src=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Firemans-City-Park-1920-768x347.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-559\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Firemans-City-Park-1920-768x347.jpg 768w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Firemans-City-Park-1920-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Firemans-City-Park-1920-1024x463.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Firemans-City-Park-1920-1536x695.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Firemans-City-Park-1920-2048x926.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">A photo postcard shows the pavilion at City Park -- later to be called Fireman's Park -- in about 1920, with appears to be the race track in front.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75a78e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"75a78e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Postcard images are from the Columbus Area Historical Society collection at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.columbuspubliclibrary.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Columbus Public Library<\/a> in partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/recollectionwisconsin.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Recollection Wisconsin<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9ca9dfe\" data-id=\"9ca9dfe\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbf1342 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cbf1342\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Firemans-City-Park-1930-768x488.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-560\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Firemans-City-Park-1930-768x488.jpg 768w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Firemans-City-Park-1930-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Firemans-City-Park-1930-1024x651.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Firemans-City-Park-1930.jpg 1228w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">A color lithographic postcard from about 1930 shows the Rest Haven in City Park \u2013 now called Fireman\u2019s Park. The building was donated by James Quickenden, a local pharmacist. Quickenden did much of the finish carpentry work himself during the construction in 1923. The building in the Prairie Style was designed by architect A.C. Clas. It provided travelers and campers with a kitchen, bathroom facilities and a place to sleep. The Rest Haven is still a popular spot for family and community events. \u2013 postcard created by E.C. Kropp Co. of Milwaukee<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-68e6da9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"68e6da9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e16611b\" data-id=\"e16611b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2954e93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2954e93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1917<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0The Rudalt Theatre was built at 159 S. Ludington for $8,000. It showed current and most popular movie releases; it had popcorn, candy and beverages for its patrons. The name was a combination of the two original owners \u2013 Emil Rudolf and Henry \u201cCrafty\u201d Altschwager. It burned in 1941 and was then rebuilt, continuing operation until early 1962.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d65f3d7\" data-id=\"d65f3d7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8695a9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8695a9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"639\" height=\"305\" src=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rudalt-Theater.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-567\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rudalt-Theater.jpg 639w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rudalt-Theater-300x143.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Henry Altschlager, one of two original owners of the RUDALT Theatre, died in 1944; his son Luke then took control and operated the projectors. The RUDALT Theatre closed in 1962; the Columbus Police Department currently occupies its footprint at 159 S. Ludington St. \u2013 Lou Rugani, shared on cinematreasures.org \u2013 Creative Commons (Attribution) License<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7ad22a9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7ad22a9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-708f5a0\" data-id=\"708f5a0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cebeda2 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"cebeda2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-lg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/columbuswiareahistory\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Follow us on Facebook <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6bdf2bb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6bdf2bb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1eaf62a\" data-id=\"1eaf62a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d105b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9d105b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1920<\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>The Union Bank moved from 156 W. James St. across the street to its current location at 159 W. James St. The new building was designed by Louis Sullivan, the last of eight \u201cjewel boxes\u201d in the country.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bcff62e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bcff62e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a8f9f11\" data-id=\"a8f9f11\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73073cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"73073cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Farmers-and-Merchants-Union-Bank-1930-768x485.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-579\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Farmers-and-Merchants-Union-Bank-1930-768x485.jpg 768w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Farmers-and-Merchants-Union-Bank-1930-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Farmers-and-Merchants-Union-Bank-1930-1024x647.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Farmers-and-Merchants-Union-Bank-1930.jpg 1193w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">A color lithographic postcard from about 1930 shows the Farmers &amp; Merchants Union Bank in Columbus, located on the corner of West James Street and Dickason Boulevard. The building was designed by Louis Sullivan and completed in 1920. It\u2019s considered one of Sullivan\u2019s eight \u201cjewel box\u201d bank designs with a simple box-like structure, stained-glass windows and other ornamental accents. <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-556e5e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"556e5e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"662\" src=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Farmers-and-Merchants-Union-Bank-historical-plaque-768x662.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-582\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Farmers-and-Merchants-Union-Bank-historical-plaque-768x662.jpg 768w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Farmers-and-Merchants-Union-Bank-historical-plaque-300x259.jpg 300w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Farmers-and-Merchants-Union-Bank-historical-plaque-1024x883.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Farmers-and-Merchants-Union-Bank-historical-plaque-1536x1324.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Farmers-and-Merchants-Union-Bank-historical-plaque-2048x1765.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ecd58a9\" data-id=\"ecd58a9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-258f068 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"258f068\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"524\" src=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Farmers-and-Merchants-Union-Bank-record-1-768x524.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-580\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Farmers-and-Merchants-Union-Bank-record-1-768x524.jpg 768w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Farmers-and-Merchants-Union-Bank-record-1-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Farmers-and-Merchants-Union-Bank-record-1-1024x698.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Farmers-and-Merchants-Union-Bank-record-1-1536x1047.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Farmers-and-Merchants-Union-Bank-record-1-2048x1397.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The small Farmers and Merchants Union Bank built in 1919 at 150 W. James St. in Columbus was one of the last commissions of the noted Chicago architect Louis Sullivan (1856-1924). Sullivan\u2019s goal was to produce a new architecture devoid of historical reference, drawing its ornamentation from nature. After designing a number of noted skyscrapers in the 1880s and 1890s, Sullivan ended his career with several small bank commissions throughout the Midwest, which were referred to as \u201cjewel boxes.\u201d These final buildings are noted for the contrast between their blank wall surfaces and areas containing a profusion of Sullivan\u2019s signature terra cotta ornamentation. In this example the ornamentation highlights the entrance, side elevation windows and the building\u2019s cornice. By concentrating visual interest on the entry, Sullivan gave the small building a powerful presence in the streetscape. At the base the double entry doors are balanced by a large picture window. Spanning these openings is an oversized lintel bearing the bank\u2019s name. Decorative plaques to either side give the dates of the bank\u2019s founding and this building\u2019s construction. Above the lintel is a window recessed within a multiple arch. A large eagle accents the center of the cornice at the front and back elevations, while lions holding heraldic shields define the central entry. The long, narrow interior is richly ornamented with marble, and Sullivan-designed stained glass and terra cotta. The banking room is lit by the soft light filtered by the row of stained-glass windows along the side elevation and by the large semi-circular window of the front elevation. The large plate-glass window of the front once provided a view from a waiting room used by farmers\u2019 wives while their husbands completed their business in town. The building retains its decorative features and is open during normal business hours. An exhibit about the building is housed at the bank. The building is listed on both the national and state registers of historic buildings. Wisconsin Historical Society Property Record #72000044<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a7b773 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a7b773\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-de030ee\" data-id=\"de030ee\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23f0e67 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23f0e67\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Postcard images are from the Columbus Area Historical Society collection at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.columbuspubliclibrary.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Columbus Public Library<\/a> in partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/recollectionwisconsin.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Recollection Wisconsin<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-104b74d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"104b74d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bf502f8\" data-id=\"bf502f8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3fddd2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a3fddd2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1930s<\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>Jack A. Winter founded Jack Winter Inc. as a men\u2019s-pant manufacturer. The factory was located at what is currently a parking lot next to 159 W. James St. According to his New York Times obituary, in 1953 he also began to design and manufacture women\u2019s slacks \u2013 one of the first in the country. He was part of an investor group that brought the Brewers baseball franchise to Milwaukee. The Columbus factory closed in the late 1960s. He retired in 1986; he died in 1991 at the age of 82.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1949<\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>The \u201cCouncil Circle\u201d in small Washington Park on Fuller Street was built by the City Beautification Commission. The intent was to honor the Indigenous tribes who used the area for their council meetings and gatherings.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>2010<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The Columbus Area Historical Society is formed.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-558c9a9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"558c9a9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-58e4e15\" data-id=\"58e4e15\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-321c544 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"321c544\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-lg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/columbuswiareahistory\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Follow us on Facebook <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Columbus Wi Area Historical Society &#8230; timeline Columbus reaches 190 years in 2023 The timeline text was created by Sue Reese for use by Bruce Zahn to teach a Columbus High School history class. 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