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Cooksville News: A Bridge Never Used: The Caledonia Springs Railroad Bridge Near Cooksville, by Larry Reed
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Sunday, May 10, 2015. A Bridge Never Used: The Caledonia Springs Railroad Bridge Near Cooksville, by Larry Reed. Caledonia Springs Railroad Bridge, painting by Dorothy Kramer c.1950. As is well-known, the railroad never came to the historic Village of Cooksville. The “town that time forgot” was forgotten because a railway builder’s plans went bust. This all happened—or, actually, didn’t happen— back in about 1857. But plans went astray. Caledonia Springs Railroad Bridge 1948, with Marvin Raney. On a rece...
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Cooksville News: July 2014
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Posted by Cooksville Farmhouse Innkeeper. Labels: Cooksville Community Center. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The Cooksville Community Center. 2nd Annual Cooksville Carving on the Commons June 25-26, 2011. A Sampling of What's To Come. The excitement is building as we're mere days away from the event. A sampling of the carvings that will be available to purchase are on display in front o. Cooksville Farmhouse Inn Blog. No More Cock Fights. Carving on the Commons.
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Cooksville News: May 2014
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Saturday, May 17, 2014. Norwegians Arrive in Cooksville by Larry Reed. By the 1870s, Norwegian immigrants began to settle in large numbers in the Cooksville area. Some had arrived in southern Wisconsin about1838, settling in Rock County on the Jefferson, Rock and Koshkonong prairies and elsewhere on the fertile fields of the American frontier, joining other area settlers from the British Isles, Scandinavia, Germany and eastern America who had already arrived. Century and led to the increased emigration.
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Cooksville News: Cooksville’s Artists, Artisans, and Craftsmen: 1846 – 2015, Part One, by Larry Reed
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Saturday, May 30, 2015. Cooksville’s Artists, Artisans, and Craftsmen: 1846 – 2015, Part One, by Larry Reed. Dorothy Kramer’s painting of Cooksville, 1955. As Senator Daniel Webster apparently said (maybe to his Massachusetts friend Dr. John Porter, a founder of Cooksville): “Where tillage begins, other arts follow.”. Cooksville Dramatic Club broadsheet, 1873. Musical, oratorical and dramatic performances showed off their talents and were frequent in the 19. Century (without radio, movies, television and...
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Cooksville News: May 2015
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Saturday, May 30, 2015. Cooksville’s Artists, Artisans, and Craftsmen: 1846 – 2015, Part One, by Larry Reed. Dorothy Kramer’s painting of Cooksville, 1955. As Senator Daniel Webster apparently said (maybe to his Massachusetts friend Dr. John Porter, a founder of Cooksville): “Where tillage begins, other arts follow.”. Cooksville Dramatic Club broadsheet, 1873. Musical, oratorical and dramatic performances showed off their talents and were frequent in the 19. Century (without radio, movies, television and...
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Cooksville News: July 2015
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Tuesday, July 28, 2015. Cooksville Christmas in Summer Aug 1, 1:30 pm. From a recent Facebook post:. Would you welcome a chill in the air? Put yourself in a December state of mind on August 1st for the 3rd annual Cooksville Christmas in Summer pageant starting at 1:30 pm at the schoolhouse. The talented village children are hard at work on their all-new show, with a little help from the Wild Rumpus Circus of Mazomanie. Here's a hint of what you may see. Posted by Cooksville Farmhouse Innkeeper.
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Cooksville News: March 2015
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Saturday, March 14, 2015. The Early Buildings of Historic Cooksville - Part II, by Larry Reed. In short, talented men and women—as well as the raw materials— were at hand to build the new frontier village next to the spring-fed Badfish Creek. The Stebbins House, another nearby stone house built in 1850 near Cooksville, was recently demolished.). Richardson Grout House (c.1849). A rare and unusual construction technique was used for another house. It was a re-invented form of concrete, called grout, m...
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Cooksville News: December 2014
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Monday, December 15, 2014. The Cooks Settle Cooksville 175 Years Ago, PART TWO, by Larry Reed. The year 2015 marks the 175. Anniversary of the Cooks settling in northwestern Rock County, and 2017 will commemorate the 175. Anniversary of the official platting of their Village of Cooksville. The Cook House (1842) today. The Cooks arrived in the Wisconsin Territory on June 25, 1840. The federal census taker that year counted noses at John Cook’s new little . Posted by Cooksville Farmhouse Innkeeper. The hi...
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Cooksville News: June 2015
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Monday, June 29, 2015. John Wilde’s Art Featured at Museum of Wisconsin Art in West Bend, by Steve Ehle. Shirley and John Wilde shown in 2006 at the Cooksville Commons. (Photo by Steve Ehle). John Wilde was a good neighbor and fine friend to many in the Cooksville area, as well as in Evansville. Those who knew him no doubt saw a quiet, unassuming man with a gentle wit and an appreciation for all things natural and beautiful. Museum of Wisconsin Art. The exhibit includes some of John’s early works a...
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Cooksville News: January 2015
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Saturday, January 24, 2015. Cooksville "Jots" - Life in the Village, by Larry Reed. Weekly “gossipy” columns of so-called “jots,”. Which were brief, newsy tid-bits about weddings, births, illnesses, funerals, visiting relatives, various parties, and a few tragedies. These columns were very popular in the late 19. Century and on into the 20. Here are a few of these Cooksville “jots” from the late 19. Centuries, mostly undated and sometimes written by unidentified correspondents:. 8220;The new meat market ...