I was not surprised that Milwaukee Sentinel correspondent Harriet Pettibone connected with Julius Hennig during her visit to Princeton in April 1922 to experience Cattle
April 1922 Cattle Fair
One hundred years ago this month, several weeks after the Great Ice Storm, the Princeton Republic reported that a writer representing the Milwaukee Sentinel was
WATER STREET BY DECADES (1850s-2000s)
This was a fun winter project inspired by Bill Zamzow, former president of the Princeton Historical Society, who shared memories of Carl Huenerberg about the
THE IRISH CHURCH – ST. PATRICK’S
“Timothy Sullivan was a Christian example to old and young.This church is his monument.” Rev. Thomas Janikowski, 1918, St. Patrick Catholic Church As St. Patrick’s
THE IRISH IMMIGRANTS
Princeton Republic, July 25, 1867 – “Our village has become proverbially quiet, but once in a while on Sunday some wild drunken Irishman fairly shakes
THE GREAT ICE STORM OF 1922
This week marks the 100th anniversary of an ice storm that crippled much of Wisconsin in 1922. Here are the original newspaper reports of the