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By Tracy Ouellette EDITOR

Before pioneers began to settle in the Burlington area, Native American tribes moved through the trails that passed through the western section of what is now Racine County. Some of those trails led to Mukwonago, which had a significant Native American settlement. There was also a small Potawatomi village somewhere in Burlington township in 1830 along with Big Foot’s village at the west end of Geneva Lake.

While there were scattered farms and settlements in the very early 1830s, it after the Black Hawk War of 1832 when settlers began to move into the Burlington area.

The war itself wasn’t the reason for the pioneer movement, but the national attention it garnered after newspapers on the east coast printed descriptions of the area and its beauty and possibilities for industry in the Rock River valley. The area was widely advertised in books and pamphlets and attracted immigrants by the droves.

With Burlington on the White and Fox rivers, it was the potential of waterpower that drew many settlers looking to run saw and grist mills.

According to the Burlington Historical Society website, the first “jack-knife” claim in the area was made around Dec. 15, 1835, when Moses Smith and William Whiting

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right of that was Union Drug and News, Stang Bros. Shoe Store and Gill’s Sample Room (Tavern). Across Pine Street on the far right was the Wegge and Baumann Saloon.

Burlington’s beginning

carved their names and date on trees near the old Standard Press building on North Pine Street. They returned a couple of weeks later with Lemuel Smith and Benjamin. The men built a shanty on the east side of the Fox River in what is now Wehmhoff-Jucker Park, while they explored the area looking for waterpower sites and farming land.

In 1836 Daniel Rork made a claim to land on which much of the early settlement was built, selling the claim later to Silas Peck. During the summer of 1836 there were numerous “Yankees” who came to settle from New England, via the Great Lakes.

Up until this point, the area, while part of the United States, was considered ungoverned wildness. On April 20, 1836, the Wisconsin Territory was established

by Congress. This land included the area, which formed the states of Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota and much of the Dakotas.

Milwaukee County included the present Racine, Kenosha, Rock, Jefferson, Waukesha, Walworth and Milwaukee counties and parts of Green, Dane, Washington, Ozaukee, Dodge and Columbia counties. Racine County, which also included Kenosha County at the time, separated from Milwaukee County on Dec. 7, 1836.

It was also a year for wild land speculation with speculators looking for cheap land to become possible village sites

or divided into lots to be sold for high profit.

Claim jumping was frequent in 1836 and so were land disputes.

On June 6, 1838, a mass meeting was held in Racine to organize the Settlers Claim Society. A constitution was adopted to settle disputes and protect legitimate claims. The society also acted against claim jumpers, which sometimes led to violence.

One such incident was named the “Battle of Burlington” where about a dozen pioneers

took part in the fight. No one was seriously injured, but there was shooting and an axewielding pioneer.

In 1837 Moses Smith was appointed postmaster of the settlement, then called Foxville. Mail was taken once a week from Racine to Mineral Point. Smith distributed the mail from his log cabin.

The community’s civic life began to

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take shape from 1837 to 1839. The first officers for the newly established Racine County were named on April 4, 1837. They included: Lemuel Smith, assessor; Benjamin Perce, school commissioner; and Silas Peck, constable.

In early 1837, Pliny Perkins and his father, Ephraim, moved to Foxville and bought the unfinished dam and “up and down” sawmill that Moses Smith and Samuel Vaughn had begun. They soon completed the dam and sawmill and also built a small, frame, gristmill, which ground the first flour shipped from Wisconsin to New York.

Also in 1837 the townsmen built a wooden bridge, the first bridge to span the Fox River, to enable grain and other products to be hauled to Southport (now Kenosha).

Rochester township was established on Jan. 2, 1838, and included all of Racine County west of Mt. Pleasant.

Burlington township, including what is now the Town of Dover and much of Brighton, separated from Rochester on March 9, 1839. The name was changed to Burlington on July 15, 1839.

The first physician to settle in the area was Dr. Edward G. Dyer, who moved into Burlington on June 20, 1839.

There were changes in the school in 1839, when Silas Peck deeded a lot bounded by Pine, Jefferson, Dodge and Madison streets to School District 1 for $20. A one-room schoolhouse was built the following year.

In 1843 Pliny Perkins built a woolen mill, which made the first roll of cloth turned out in Wisconsin and later made cloth for Civil War uniforms.

The first German inhabitants, Francis and Joseph Wackerman, arrived from New York in 1841. It was the start of a 10-year period marked by a large German immigration into the area and the state. The land, climate and products of Wisconsin were so similar to those in Germany, the new settlers found themselves very much at home.

The German Catholic presence in the area built the first Catholic church in 1844, under the leadership of Rev. Father Kundig.

This was the very beginning of what would become St. Mary’s in Burlington.

The Baptists were probably the first to organize in the area, meeting in the small brick schoolhouse, later known as Whitman School, in 1843. The Presbyterian Church also met in the schoolhouse until 1852 then built a church on Geneva Street. In March of 1852, a small group of Baptists, Unitarians and German Methodists built the Union Free Church.

The winter of the “big snow” was 1842 to 1843. In a letter to the editor of the Standard Democrat on Nov. 5, 1908, Thomas H. Marsland wrote, “Mr. Editor: Sixty-six years ago today, it commenced to snow and it snowed some every week up to January 1, 1843. By that time there was 20 inches or more of snow on the ground.”

Marsland described a melt down in the letter during the beginning of January and then another snowfall at the end of the month, which dumped about 2 more feet of snow on the ground that didn’t melt until April.

The Aiken House was the station for the John Frinke and Company stage line that ran from Racine to Janesville, beginning in 1845. The line was taken over by Beswick and Jones after 1848.

On May 29, 1848, the Wisconsin Territory became the State of Wisconsin and Nelson Dewey was elected governor.

Many Burlington residents were connected with the “underground railroad” in the late 1840s and 1850s, in spite of the danger. The route came through Illinois (avoiding the Chicago area), Racine,

Jerome Mutchler (center) stands outside his North Pine Street store in this circa 1910 photo. Leo Mutchler and an unidentified boy stand at left. Store clerks Clementine and Ida Kasner stand at right.

Burlington, Gardner’s Prairie, Spring Prairie, Troy, Mukwonago, Pewaukee, Waukesha and Milwaukee.

The houses of Dr. Dyer, Lemuel Smith, Origen Perkins and Silas Peck are all known to have sheltered fugitive slaves.

The early 1850s were a prosperous time for the area, but from 1854 until after the Civil War, there was a depression. While a monetary panic swept the county in 1857, it was the coming of the railroad in 1855 that sent Burlington reeling. The line from Burlington to Savannah, Ill., was built in 1855; it was known as the Racine, Janesville and Mississippi Railroad Company. (It became the Western Union in 1866 and later the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad).

The City of Racine was almost bankrupted building this railroad. It floated stock to more than $350,000 and saw a loss on the investment. Nearly every farmer along the line mortgaged his farm to aid the building of the railroad, causing the pain to be spread. The railroad also ended the stagecoach business west of Racine.

The depressed times continued until the early 1880s.

The 20th century Commerce built up in the late 1800s and early 1900s with shops, stores, hotels, saloons and a variety of other businesses filling the downtown area. Large brick buildings began replacing wood structures and manufacturing picked up.

The second railroad came through when the Wisconsin Central line arrived in 1884.

The two railroads helped the city grow.

In November of 1886 the settlement incorporated into a village and by 1900 it became a city. A city with all the modern convenience like running water, sewers, electricity, telephones, and piped gas for heating and cooking.

By September of 1909 the downtown area modernized and paved roads were next.

In 1920, the condensery and can plant were sold to the Nestle’s Milk Products Inc. and Burlington became the division headquarters for the company’s mid-west operations.

Burlington’s industry continued to grow through the next several decades, with many businesses and area banks making it through the Great Depression, wounded but still around.

It was about 1937 when the city began to focus on modernization efforts. It was a sign of recovery from the Great Depression when Burlington Mills Inc. announced major improvements to its Chestnut Street plant.

The city’s first air conditioning unit was installed at Arcade Rendezvous and bowling alleys in 1837 and the Plaza Theater put in the latest sound equipment.

The 1940s and World War II took many young men overseas and many local families lost loved ones. When the war ended in 1945, Burlington saw a building (and baby) boom like the rest of the country with many new homes being built and factories and retail businesses remodeled and/or expanded.

The 1950s were some of the nation’s most prosperous years and Burlington was no different. New schools were built. Roads were paved. And television came to the city.

In May of 1955 the Standard Democrat was purchased by the Burlington Free Press and the name of the paper was changed to the Standard Press, which is printed weekly to this day.

In 1956, Mayor Ralph Larson broke the tie vote of the city council to approve an airport.

By 1960 the City of Burlington’s unofficial census was about 5,800 people with the town at about 7,700 people.

The Soo Line Railroad ended passenger service to Burlington in 1964 and Nestle Co. broke ground on a new plant after a five-year absence from operations in the city.

The Pinecrest Shopping Center was built in 1965 and opened in 1966. Foster Forbes Co. also opened its manufacturing plant in 1966.

The fire department got a new fire station on Washington Street in 1969. The firefighters had previously used the water department building on Commerce Street, which also housed the street and water department.

The 1970s were noted for extreme weather and disastrous fires. St. Mary’s

was gutted by fire on July 25, 1977, and the Coach Lamp Restaurant, Natale’s Restaurant and the Colonial Club on Brown’s Lake all burned.

Then there were the floods and summer storms of 1973 and the infamous blizzard of 1978, which left 25-foot snow drifts in some places.

The 1980s marked a decided economic change for Burlington, which grew in size and stature. A 68-acre industrial park was put in place with Wisconsin Electric Power Co. and Burlington Consumer Cooperative being the first to take residence. In 1985 the Fox River Shopping Center plans were announced that included a Pick ‘n Save and K-mart.

Burlington also celebrated its 150th birthday in 1985 with a week-long party that included a three-hour parade. And in 1987 Burlington officially became Chocolate City, U.S.A. when it had its first Chocolate Festival, which is still held Memorial Day weekend under the name of ChocolateFest.

The 1990s saw the widening of the Highway 36 corridor to four lanes, which brought Walmart, Menards and Aldi to Burlington. The housing boom also brought more residents. In 2000, almost 10,000 people lived in the city, with another 6,000 or so living in the Town of Burlington.

Today, there are about 25,000 people living in the area that includes the city and town of Burlington, and the towns of Rochester, Lyons and Spring Prairie.

The building of the Hampton Inn and Veterans Terrace in the downtown area are fairly recent additions, but in the last 20 years, the city has also lost its K-mart and other businesses and has a downtown in need of redevelopment.

City officials have been discussing how to revitalize the downtown area and draw new business and new people.

Sources: Burlington Historical Society, “Burlington the First 150+ Years” published in 1935 for the city’s centennial; “A History of Burlington” edited by Robert and Helen Mayer and published by the Bulletin Publishing Co.; and “Images of American – Burlington” published by the Burlington Historical Society in 2005.

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he volunteers at the Burlington Historical Society have taken on the task of keeping track of the area’s history, which was handed down to them from previous generations.

Society board Vice-president Don Vande Sand, 76, said it was his parents passion for the area and its history that sparked the same desire in him.

“We have a lot of genealogical information here and that’s thanks to my mom and dad, Al and Etta,” he said. “My mother would go through the microfilm and copies of the newspapers and write down all the births and deaths and my dad would type it up.

“And while she was going through the newspapers, she would keep track of all the things happening in the Burlington.”

Vande Sand said he’s been a part of the Historical Society for at least 20 years now and volunteers about 20 hours a week to the organization. He spends a great deal of time cataloging and scanning photos along with the society board’s president Dennis Tully.

The Historical Society was established in February 1928 to collect and preserve historical records and artifacts pertaining to the Burlington area. It was the first historical society in Racine County.

The society is a private, not-for-profit organization run entirely by volunteers.

“Because we were the first historical society in Racine County, we have a lot of items from surrounding communities as well,” Vande Sand said. “We have quite a bit of Waterford history here and some from Rochester, not the early documents like we have from Waterford, but we have information about a lot of the area.”

Vande Sand said he values his time with the society and loves it when people visit and ask questions. Especially the kids.

“We had one little one here who saw the rotary phone on the wall and noticed the letters and numbers and asked if that’s how they sent text messages back then,” he recalled with a laugh.

“One-hundred years from now, nobody who’s here now will still be here and people who were here 100 years ago are not here now, so it’s a good thing we have places like this to show how we lived back then and to show the future generations how we live now.”

The website The Historical Society maintains a website at www.burlingtonhistory.org that received the Genealogical Gleaners

Award, which is given to websites that feature free vital information for the online genealogical community. It recognizes the hard work performed by volunteers in bringing genealogical data to the web for the use of others.

Jeff Kiekenbush is the webmaster.

“He was a teacher down in Twin Lakes and volunteered to be our webmaster,” Vande Sand said.

“He had worked with the Burlington Genealogical Society before and his dad was born in Burlington.

He’s been in the area for years.”

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Southern Lakes Society Museum, Newspapers wishes to on the corner of thank the Burlington Perkins Boulevard Historical Society and Jefferson Street and Don Vande Sand in Burlington for providing the houses historical photos and history in and genealogical this publication. All information and the hard work by the historical artifacts from society’s volunteers is Burlington and the greatly appreciated. surrounding area.

The museum features an extensive photograph and negative collection and several Al-Vista panoramic cameras (one of the earliest panoramic cameras), which was invented by Peter Angsten in 1896 and made in Burlington by the Multiscope and Film Co. from 1897 through 1908.

The museum also has artifacts from the world-famous Burlington Liars Club, information on the Mormon settlement at Voree established by James J. Strang, information on Burlington area connections on the Underground Railroad and a turn-of-the-century kitchen.

TRACY OUELLETTE Historical Burlington The society maintains Pioneer Log Top: Burlington Historical Society Vice-president Don Vande Sand points to Cabin in Wehmhoff Square and an 1840 a calf weaner, invented by a Burlington resident, on display at the museum. The schoolhouse, known as Whitman School. device was clipped to a calf’s nose and a metal shield would fall over the calf’s The cabin is furnished as a post-Civil War mouth if it tried to nurse from its mother. Bottom: The Historical Society Museum farming family’s home. has a plethora of artifacts from Burlington’s past including this turn-of-the-cen Adjoining the cabin is a display of tury kitchen display. The phone on the wall in the back works and is connected to the area’s agricultural history and period a working switchboard in another part of the museum. tools, along with a flower garden, called the Vintage Garden, and a kitchen garden where, depending on the year, vegetables outside of Burlington where Spring Prairie by appointment. or other crops are grown. The Vintage and Biemann roads meet, Vande Said.

The Pioneer Log Cabin in Wehmhoff Garden is maintained by the Burlington “The cemetery was kind of lost for a Square is open mid-May through midArea Garden Club.

October on Saturdays from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. while, it’s a one-acre cemetery from the The museum and cabin are just a block and Thursdays from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. in Rookers Farm. We got it about three or apart in mid-town Burlington near the conjunction with the farmers market, and four years ago and there are about a dozen Public Library and are ADA accessible. people buried there, mostly from the Lewis by appointment.

Whitman School, on Beloit Street in the The 1840 Brick School House, Whitman and Rookers families. southwest part of the city, is not. There is School, is open by appointment.

The Burlington Historical Society is at no admission charged at any of the sites, 232 North Perkins Blvd. It is open Sundays For more information or to make an although donations are accepted. appointment, call (262) 767-2884 or visit from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. (except major The society also owns a cemetery just www.burlingtonhistory.org. holidays), and Monday through Saturday

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Post office property has colorful history rom the site where a church cornerstone was laid but the church never built, to the site of an unfinished house built for an unfaithful bride, to the site of an elegant residence that served as a home away from home for dozens of young teachers and other young folks who came to work in Burlington, to the site of the current Burlington post office - the property on the southeast corner of State and Pine Streets has had an interesting and colorful history.

When Mrs. Edith Brook Newell sold the property to the city of Burlington in 1947, the Standard Democrat recounted the history of the property in the following article (italics indicate revisions or additions to original).

To the many young people who had found a home and happiness at Newell’s boarding house on Pine Street, the recent The Brook-Newell House, on the southeast corner of State and Pine streets, was built in announcement that Mrs. Edith 1890. The house was razed in 1951. The barn (lower left) was where the Haylofters Theatre Newell was selling her property Group started. The Burlington Post Office has occupied the site since October 1961. to the city of Burlington came somewhat as a surprise.

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“It was much more fun though, in the beginning,” according to Edith Newell, “when I was the same age as many of the young folks staying here, but in recent years the place has become more and more crowded, and I guess I’m just getting on in years.”

Since the automobile accident in June in which Mrs. Newell and her sister, Mrs. Ida Spencer, were seriously injured, the task of keeping up the big house has become more and more of a strain. So this year plans were made to abandon the boarding-house business which has brought Edith Newell a wealth of payment in love and happiness.

But the Newell house and property carries with it a history as colorful as that of its thirty years as a boarding house.

Maurice Ayers, a prominent farmer and businessman who owned Ayers Feed Mill, which stood on the site of the present Standard Press building, and who, with J. I Case and others, founded what became the Bank of Burlington, once owned the Newell property. In March 1880, Mr. Ayers gave the property to the Episcopal congregation with the provision that, if the site were not used for the building of a church, the property would revert to the ownership of the Ayers family.

Although a cornerstone marked “St. John’s” was laid in November 1880, the church was not completed, and the property reverted to the Ayers family. After Maurice Ayers’ death in June 1884, his son, Frank, and other family members inherited the property.

Following his wedding to Ada Carpenter in 1886, Frank began construction of a home on the property for his bride, and the church cornerstone previously laid was removed to the back of the plot where, in 1947, it could still be seen. (Note: The cornerstone was later returned to St. John the Divine Episcopal Church, which was built on Edward Street in 1893, and erected as a permanent marker near the church.)

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rightened horses and drivers, broken wagons and buggies, occasional injuries, and sometimes death. In the days before automobiles and trucks appeared on the scene, and even after they became more commonplace, horse-drawn vehicles were indispensable to the workings of a town like Burlington. But occasionally a horse or team would become unruly or frightened, the horse would break its restraint or the driver would lose control, and a runaway would be on.

The Burlington newspapers of the time reported such runaways in sometimes colorful and usually interesting fashion, as the following examples attest.

May 1881, Johnny Gill, a lad of ten or twelve years of age, was driving a team down Chestnut street yesterday, when the horses became frightened and started on a brisk run toward the river. The little fellow braced himself and hung to the lines like a young hero, and succeeded without assistance, in bringing the team to a stop on the east side of White river, near the old woolen mill (the mill was located about where Veterans Terrace is now). No damage was done.

June 1881, Nick May’s horse had a lively run last Sunday afternoon, while the baptismal services were in progress at the river near the lower water power. The horse broke loose from a tree to which he was tied and started instantly on a dead run. He ran about 10 rods and jumped over a fence leaving the buggy behind, which was badly demoralized, as was also the harness.

June 1881, The regular weekly runaway came off without previous announcement on last Saturday afternoon, the scene of action being between the Catholic Church (St. Mary’s) and the depot (the old St. Paul depot located west of McHenry street), and from thence westward to

within a short distance of Lyons.

The team belonged to Mr. Ed. Adams, of Rochester, and the whole thing proved lively and interesting, but somewhat disastrous.

When near the Catholic Church, the team became frightened and started out on a good, square run. The pole having dropped, the team became unmanageable and finally ran into some trees at the side of the road, breaking the wagon badly. The horses having become detached from the wagon, started off at a speed something less than a mile a minute and, becoming separated, one horse took one direction while the other took a different course. Coming to the depot, where the freight train was standing, one of the horses became so badly frightened that he started pellmell over the depot platform between the train and depot, up the track, over the cattle guards, and out of sight in the direction of Lyons. Mr. Adams boarded the train and started in pursuit of the flying animal (for he was just flying when last seen), and found him complacently feeding in a cornfield just this side of Lyons. One horse was badly bruised about the limbs, but the other was only slightly injured.

July 1881, A frightful runaway occurred at this place last Friday morning resulting in no serious damage to the team but severely bruising Mr. P. H. Cunningham, who stopped the horses at the risk of his life. The team started from the stable of Mr. Brehm (which was located on the corner of Madison street and what is now N. Perkins boulevard) and ran furiously toward the river, then taking a turn ran up Calumet street to Chestnut, and up Chestnut to Pine, when Mr. Cunningham, at the risk of his life or at least of broken limbs, seized hold of the bits of one of the horses as the team was flying past, which threw one horse down, Mr. Cunningham falling under the horse. Both were dragged through the mud for

a rod or two, but the badly frightened horses were thus brought to a stop directly in front of Martin & Sheldon’s store (the corner where Chase Bank is now located). Mr. Cunningham was badly bruised about the face and hands, had a bad cut on the right knee, and his clothes were torn and covered with mud.

Pat ran a great risk of being killed, but he stopped the team, and although sorely bruised and lamed, he changed his clothes and went to Geneva Lake to enjoy a day at that pleasant resort accompanied by his wife and two lady friends.

September 1881, A lively runaway occurred at this place last Friday morning at an early hour.

The team was hitched to a post in front of George Verhalen’s store (on Chestnut street where The Happy Cayuse is now located), when becoming frightened or greatly annoyed by flies, they broke their halter straps and started at a terrific gait towards the depot (west of McHenry street). The buses were just returning from the morning train, and when George Darling saw them coming, he naturally concluded they had the “right of way,” and accordingly he “side-tracked” on a street coming West, while John Schumacher with the Exchange House bus took an Easterly direction, and both got out of that vicinity quicker than it takes to tell it. But the team sped on, and were finally brought to a halt a short distance beyond the Catholic Church (St. Mary’s), and driven back to Chestnut street from whence they started.

April 1882, A lively runaway occurred on Chestnut street early yesterday morning. The team of fine gray horses owned by Mr. Wm. Finke, and attached to his brewery delivery wagon, came tearing down the street, going directly toward the White River bridge. At the corner of Chestnut and Dodge streets, one horse

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made up his mind to turn to the right, while the other was as equally determined to keep on straight ahead. They compromised suddenly, however, and split the difference-striking the sign post in front of Wm. Falk’s wagon shop, knocking it and the sign it supported flat to the ground. This sudden collision detached the horses from the wagon, broke the harness badly, threw the wagon upside-down, damaging it but slightly. The horses were brought to a halt after proceeding a few blocks, when it was found that they had sustained no serious injury. It was indeed a very fortunate result of what might have been a serious runaway.

April 1884, Dr. M.T. Darling met with quite an adventure last Thursday, while out in the country, which came near resulting fatally. He was riding in his buggy and leading another horse (the same one that bruised up Mr. O.W. Chandler, and ran through a fence with Frank J. Ayers some time since) when the animal jumped, and striking the doctor knocked him over the dash-board of the buggy upon the hills. This frightened the horse he was driving and he started on a run throwing Dr. Darling to the ground, dislocating his shoulder and otherwise bruising him.

He was brought to his home in this village and Doctors Dyer, Cooper and Hicks visited him, replacing the dislocated joint and placing him in a fair way to speedy recovery.

It is a great wonder the Doctor was not more seriously injured. That horse will be the death of somebody yet.

August 1884, Mr. E.G. Henderson’s fine team attached to his double carriage took a home run for dear life on Monday evening of last week, and were only captured after a ten mile chase, a short distance below New Munster. The team started from the street

in front of Denniston’s drug store [on Pine street near Chestnut street] about 9 o’clock in the evening, and it was very late that night or very early Tuesday morning when they were found. Strange to say, little or no damage resulted from the runaway, either to the horses or carriage. The harness was broken in several places, but two or three dollars would repair all damages.

September 1884, Billy Turner’s stage team attached to his covered stage wagon, took a lively turn down Pine street last Thursday evening, making things fairly purr for a few minutes. They went down the street which was lined with teams, and managed to miss them all until they reached Laske’s corner (where May’s Insurance is now located) when they dodged between the saloon and the posts that support the wooden awning in front of Laske’s and took the sidewalk as far as Keuper’s saloon (now John’s Main Event), when they took the street again, but with nothing behind them save the flying whiffletrees and a cloud of dust.

This dust business may be a little overdrawn – in fact that was about the condition of the stage which had been left at the corner of Laske’s building overturned by coming in sudden contact with a post. The pole was broken off short and the curtains of the stage were badly torn, but aside from a few scratches received by the frightened chargers there was no further damage done. The team was left standing for a moment in front of the Western Union Hotel (corner of Washington and Pine streets ), and became frightened at something with the result as above stated.

October 1884, Three runaways made our streets lively at brief periods last week.

A sort of harmless runaway occurred on Wednesday forenoon in which a team from the country took a tour of the town and were

caught in front of Steinhoff’s Hotel (corner of Washington and Pine streets). It must be a lively team that gets by that corner when the boys are all there.

On Thursday morning, however, a serious runaway occurred which resulted in a broken arm and a badly bruised head. The team belonged to and was driven by Mr. Christian Smith, who was accompanied by his son.

While on Geneva street [now Milwaukee avenue] the whiffletrees became detached from the wagon frightening the horses which started up suddenly letting the tongue drop, upon which the team started at a terrific speed, and when nearly opposite George Stohr’s wagon shop [where Rizzo and Diersen law firm is now located], the tongue ran into the ground throwing the wagon upside-down and the occupants violently to the ground. When they were picked up, both were insensible, and it was found upon examination that Mr. Smith’s right arm was broken while the boy was terribly cut about the head, a fearful gash being cut in his head and sand and gravel being forced under the scalp upon the skull.

Drs. Hicks and Darling attended the injured parties and they are both in a fair way for a speedy recovery. The only wonder is that the boy was not killed and the man more seriously injured.

Another runaway team belonging to Mr. Winkler went flying through the streets last evening with only the whiffletrees attached to them. They left the wagon at the West end of White river bridge.

February 1886, A runaway must have occurred on Johnson street on Thursday a.m., as the debris of a farmer’s bob sled with wood rack was lying against a big tree at the corner of Mr. Theodore Riel’s fine estate.

We trust no horses were injured. (Mr. Riel’s

“estate” was on the southwest corner of what is now State and Kane Streets.)

April 1889, A drunken individual was driving a horse about the streets yesterday afternoon at a reckless rate of speed, whooping as he tore madly around the block half a dozen times and endangered the lives of our citizens who chanced to be crossing the streets. He ran into Mr. J.H. Martin’s buggy, but fortunately did no damage. He was arrested later in the day by constable Reed for drunkenness and disorderly conduct, taken before Justice Reynolds and discharged. He was drunk and he was disorderly, he was driving recklessly and endangering the lives of the people, but he wasn’t fined.

The supposition is that our streets are so crooked that the poor fellow couldn’t get out of town but kept driving ‘round and ‘round that Wehmhoff and Verhalen block [bounded by what is now Chestnut and Pine streets and Milwaukee avenue] until he became dizzy and the people thought he was intoxicated.

November 1890, While a boy named Gussman was driving Jos. Wackerman’s team down Pine street yesterday afternoon, the horses became frightened at the rattling of the box on the wagon and ran away. In front of Dr. Hicks’ residence (corner of Pine and Jefferson streets where the Library is now located) the team collided with the buggy in which P.H. Cunningham and his boy were driving home, demolishing both wagons, harness, and piling the horses, rigs, Mr. Cunningham and his boy up in a heap.

The Gussman boy fell out of the wagon before the collision and had his head cut open. Mr. Cunningham was hit in the back with the tongue of the Wackerman wagon and is quite badly hurt, while his son escaped with a few bruises and scratches.

Source: Burlington Historical Society.

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C.B. Williams visits home of his childhood The following article appeared in the August 1, 1919, Standard Democrat.

A few days ago the evening passenger from Chicago brought a stranger to Burlington. Fifty years ago, a boy of ten, he knew every nook and corner of the village. He was acquainted with nearly every person, and with his playmates had access to many of the homes. He knew where to find the best apples in the Perkins orchard, and could have told you the best places along the river to fish and swim.

Would anybody remember?

Then there was but one railroad, with its station a mile out, but now the train is slowing up near the Perkins flour mills, and comes to a stop at the station in the old fair ground. Such fairs as Burlington had in those days, with attractions that drew from far over in adjoining counties. And every season Yankee Robinson circus, pulling in their wagons with tired horses, found the country roads lined with expectant youngsters, eager for their coming.

The stranger stops near the Klein pop factory – the old McCumber & Williams wagon and plow shop – and shies his eyes across the street, but the tannery is gone.

Yes, that’s the very place where he used to go every day, and the office was near the door, where so many private sessions were had with father, alone.

He goes to the hotel and signs the register: “C.B. Williams, Sioux City, Iowa.” A traveling salesman representing a Chicago firm.

Following the old familiar street to the south he locates, with but little difficulty (then familiarly called) the “cobble stone

house.” Rejuvenated with a coat of cement, and a spacious porch in front, it is still to him, the “cobble stone house.” Here, in this humble house was one of the ideal homes of the village. Four small children played around the door. A shout warns the mother that father is near. A smile and a kiss at the door always.

The old school house could not be disguised, with its new cement wall and massive pillars, and recalled the time when Miss McBeth had charge of the intermediate department. The red fence, with its high stiles, is gone and the grounds are set to grass and beautiful shrubbery, showing that it is not the playground of the long ago. Taking note of the size of the old playground, it seems strange that we could never have played “scrub” here, and little wonder that the ball often found its way over into Dr. Dyer’s and Mrs. Faitoute’s yards. The Lincoln monument, the gift of Francis W. Meinhardt, a seatmate of the writer, is a fine piece of work, will keep the donor in loving remembrance.

Those remembered, attending school then: Francis Meinhardt, Frank Perkins, Oscar Neuhaus, George Crane, Fred Blake, Eugene Nims, George Darling, Frank Durgin, Fred Hempstead, Will Leuck, Alex Riel, Eddie Sawyer, Angus Forbes, Charles Sawyer, Max Martenson, Virgil Avery, Emma Benson, Alma Meinhardt, Della Gaylord, Rilla Gaylord, Dema Rooker, Alice Littlefield, Alma Neuhaus, Della Graham, Lillie Nims, Ella Nims, Menzo Peck, Orville McLaughlin, Luverne Stiles, Fred Barns, Charlie Barns.

Short visits were had with William

Hubbard, L.J. Smith, C.G. Foltz, C.A. Jones, George Norton, Mr. and Mrs. A. Zwiebel, Mr. and Mrs. F. Stang, Will Rein, Miss Ellen Callahan, F. G. Klein and Dr. H. H. Newbury and his mother, the last named the only one to remember the stranger.

Burlington has made a nice growth and improvement. Paving and other modern improvements give it a decided metropolitan appearance. The Forbes, Perkins and Squire Barnes houses are no longer the finest in town. In every direction are seen scores of the finest homes with well-kept lawns. The trees have so grown as to add much to the town’s beauty.

Only one man still in business – C.G. Foltz – in active business for fifty-seven years, in the same location, seems good for several more years of active service.

Some of those in business fifty years ago he recalled were: P. M. Perkins, flour and woolen mills; McCumber and Williams, wagon and plow shop; A. Zwiebel, machine shop; Wells Bros., groceries; Mr. Hempstead, groceries; F.L. Nims, planing mill; Loomis Bros., hardware; Orson Sheldon and Son, hardware; Cooper and Merrick, drugs; Charles Wood, drugs; Mr. Stang, shoes; S.D. Littlefield, jeweler; Mr. Wehmhoff, jeweler; Mr. Meinhardt, general merchandise; Frank Reuschlein, general merchandise; Mr. Hayes, harness; Mr. Jones, hotel; Mr. Devereaux, editor Standard; Mr. Neuhaus, notions; Mr. Kessler, photographer; Mr. Edmunds, ice; Barney Brehm, dray; J. Wambold, blacksmith; Dr. Dyer, Dr. Cooper, Dr.

Darling, physicians; Squire Royce, lawyer.

Edgar Williams and George O. Law, brothers-in-law, with their young wives, left Rome, N. Y., in the spring of 1859, and settled on a Voree farm near Burlington.

They united with the Burlington Baptist church, and their brother, Rev. E. B. Law, just out of college, was called to serve as pastor. Agriculture did not prove very lucrative to the young farmers, and after two years they sold the farm. Mr. Williams was a skilled mechanic, having served his apprenticeship in the east. He bought an interest in the wagon and plow shop, then located across the street from Hotel Burlington. He succeeded Andrew Sawyer, of the firm of Sawyer and Barns, and a little later F.M. McCumber bought the Henry Barns interest. Mr. Barns left Burlington with his family and drove in a covered wagon to Story county, Iowa.

Business was good with the new firm of McCumber and Williams. Besides the local trade, their goods were handled by dealers in several near-by towns. It seemed advisable to have larger quarters. Lots were purchased near the Perkins mill and in 1868 the stone shop adequate to the needs of the growing business was built.

(The building, then with the name of a successor firm, is shown about 1873 in the drawing at right.)

About this time Miss Emma Jucker, about to marry E. Wehmhoff, sold her millinery business to Mrs. Williams, who, with the family moved to the rooms over the Cooper and Merrick drug store, Mary

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Within a year after his wedding, Frank Ayers’ wife proved unfaithful to him, and the house, with only its bare frame completed, was boarded up. The completely disillusioned Frank Ayers wanted nothing more to do with the property.

On May 3, 1890, banker and businessman Edward Brook, Mrs. Newell’s father, completed negotiations for buying the property and house frame from the Ayers family. According to the ancient deed, owners were listed as Frank J. Ayers, Edward Ayers, H. W. Ayers, Stella A. Ayers and Althea Ayers Slade.

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Since before her marriage to Howard Newell almost thirty years ago, Edith Brook Newell has been friend and mother to many hundreds of young people who have found happiness in her home. Everything from turning up seams at the last minute to planning wedding receptions has been supervised by kindly Mrs. Newell, and her boarders are very sure another home such as Newells can just never be found.

The accident in June 1947 that seriously injured Mrs. Newell and her sister and led to the sale of the property to the city occurred in Evanston, Illinois, as several family members were on their way to a shower for the Newell’s daughter, Mary. The wedding was held the next weekend, as scheduled, but the reception, which was to have been held at

The Burlington Post Office building that is still in use today was built in 1961 on the former Brook-Newell property near the intersection of Pine and State streets in the downtown area.

the Newell house, was cancelled.

When the city bought the property in September 1947, it agreed to give Mrs. Newell and her family 18 months possession.

In 1949 the city rented the property to Bertram and Frances Martin for two years.

In January 1951 the city council advertised the house for sale and removal after determining that the house was in poor condition and in a state of disrepair that would make it inadvisable and impractical to expend the money necessary for renovation.

Two bids were received, and in February 1951 the house was sold to Erwin Jante.

In reporting on the razing of the house in September 1951, the Free Press noted that the tower was to be salvaged and used as a chicken coop.

When federal officials surveyed the city in June 1960 for the best place for a new post office, the city offered the former Newell property as the most logical site. Work on the building started in the spring of 1961, and the new post office was dedicated in October of that year.

Two other events related to the BrookNewell property also contribute to its colorful history. The first is that, in 1930, a

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Clockwise from top: Houses on the east side of Kane Street between Chandler Boulevard and Frederick Street (now Highland Avenue) in the early 1900s; the offices of the Standard Democrat.; the interior of B.J. Wentker Saloon in October 1929 - the woman in the center is Eunice Wentker.

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Zwiebel and Miss Klingele helping her in the business.

In September, 1870, Mr. Williams was taken ill. Dr. Dyer, the family physician, soon pronounced it inflammation of the bowels, for which at that time there was no known relief, and after three days he died. His death so sudden, was a shock to the village, and general sympathy was shown the bereaved family.

Elder Martin, pastor of the Baptist church lived in the country and knowing nothing of Mr. Williams’ death, came in Sunday morning to

preach his usual sermon, preached a funeral sermon instead. His wife was crushed, and for a time gave way to her grief. Friends thought she would go insane. After a short time she determined to face the situation and devote her attention to her children. With the aid of H.A. Sheldon, administrator of the estate, she closed up her business affairs, and with the children, Gertrude, Clarence, Florence and Edgar, she returned to New York state and established herself in the millinery business in her old home, and such measure of success that she was able to

give to all the children a good education.

Five of the grandsons served their country in the late war. Three were commissioned officers in France.

Mr. Williams left a legacy to his children, prized more than gold. He was a genial, kindly man. Clean in his life, honest in his dealings, affectionate in his family, thoughtful of others, active in church and Christian work, and always interested in those things that made for the betterment of his fellow man.

Source: Burlington Historical Society.

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