Welcome to my blog about the history of Princeton, Wisconsin. My name is Roger Bartel, which we pronounce as Bar-tell but others in the Princeton
IN SEARCH OF ST. MARIE | MOUNT TOM
One way temperance-minded early settlers of Princeton could enjoy a peaceful Sunday afternoon on a warm summer day was to load the family into a
IN SEARCH OF ST. MARIE | THE CREAMERY
I ask for your patience, kind reader, because although this post is about the St. Marie creamery, it will take me some time to get
IN SEARCH OF ST. MARIE | THE HISTORY
“You Princeton folks stole Hamilton and St. Marie, root and branch,and not satisfied have commenced upon Berlin.” Col. Joseph Carlton, Berlin,joking amid discussion of moving
IN SEARCH OF ST. MARIE | THE NAME
Who named La Cote Ste. Marie? From research shown in this series of posts, we know the village name of St. Marie was adopted in
IN SEARCH OF ST. MARIE | THE CLIPS
Here are some news clippings about St. Marie that I gathered while working on my history of Princeton (pre-World War II) published in 2020, followed
IN SEARCH OF ST. MARIE | THE DEEDS
Here are the deeds recorded at the Register of Deeds office in Green Lake for the original plat of St. Marie. I found some of