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‘Rest Room’ Building was relocated in 1961

1904 Sawmill and Yard

1917 Post Office Site 001

1917 Post Office Site 002

1917 Post Office Site 003

1917 Post Office Site 004

1968 Fire caused extensive damage

1971 slaying still a mystery

Marian Mettayer

1st Rhinelander Brewery Burned Down Nov. 1897

A Load of Logs in the Northern Pine Forest, Rhinelander Wis.

Al-Gen enjoys long, successful history

Another Car Load of Rhinelander Beer Postcard…From the Past

Antique Alley, Geri’s Fabric Patch, & Schauder’s Shoe Store

Atlas Plywood Once Graced South Side of Town

Beer bar history up in smoke – Rustic Aire

Birth of ‘Shorty’ Recalled

Boat Livery Provided Service to Fishermen

Boom Lake from No. 9 Green

Boom Lake had many saw mills

Born 1782 – Symbol took years to develop

Brown Family Remembered

Elting Brown

Browns leave lasting mark on area

Cafe & Pub started in 1911

Capturing and Recapturing the Hodag

Carlsons – fourth generation of family business

Chippewa (Ojibwa) bead work

Chippewa family was self-sufficient unit

Chippewa Life

Chippewa Tradition

Chippewa value great wild rice fields

Chippewas have long history in northern Wisconsin

Cirilli Family pulled together to establish grocery business

City’s original plat dated Oct. 10, 1882

City’s Pioneers Lent Their Names To Streets

Community was rocked by death of football player in 1931

Conro & Sons Saw Mill

Published in THE DAILY NEWS, Rhinelander Wis. Wednesday May 20, 1992

Country Club Manor Map

County Board Votes for Rest Room

Crab Man tells amazing tales of Crescent Lake

Ted Peschek

Creator of the Hodag legend was a man of many talents

Determination is Key to Mayer’s Work

Dietz saw Rhinelander Beer Through Many Transitions

Dillinger saga includes Northwoods action

E.O. Brown Active in Many Major Rhinelander Enterprises

Early lawbreakers encountered Maurice Straub

Enterprising pioneers generated power

First Air Mail Post Mark

First local car dealer remembered

Matt Kristensen

First Logs Decked at the Rhinelander Paper Co.

First Published Drawing of a Hodag

Forbes Building Oct. 14 1929

Forbes Left Name at Camp 10

Forbes, Our Town Remembers

Former newsletter of Rhinelander Paper Company Now has complete index

Frederick Street

French began fur trade

Fur trade instrumental in developing settlements

Fur trading thrived in early 1800s

Fur trading was a popular endeavor

Gertrude Taggart, Only Female Sheriff, 1947

Harrison was a busy sawmill town

Have a Shorty On Us On Your Birthday Postcard…From the Past

Heisman legacy lives in Northwoods

Hiles began as trading post in 1860

Historical Lounge Maintained For Women in Rhinelander

Historically Speaking Drawing by Lee Mayer

History in our streets

History of the Pied Piper

Hobbyland sold toys to Rhinelander children year-round

Hodag “hoax” still going strong

How to tell a male from a female Hodag

I Recall: ‘Shortys” birth created a stir in Rhinelander

In folklore, myths accepted as truth

In The Spotlight…Lee Mayer

Indian Heritage Names

Interest in Boat Company Keeps Surfacing

Jay’s Drive-In disappears from Rhinelander Scene

L.G. Sorden, ‘Father of Zoning’

Lac Vieux Desert was home to Chippewa

Ladies’ Lounge has long history

Legend of Hodag paints colorful portrait of Rhinelander Pioneer

Eugene S. Shepard

Lewis’ Death Ends Link to Longest Owned Hardware Store

Local bars have long, colorful history

Lynch remembered as early settler

Malt Tonic Postcard…From the Past

Maple sugar was considered an important item to the indians

Mayer says farewell to Historically Speaking

Memories linger in ol’ hunting shack

Menominees known as Wild Rice People

Moonshine was made here

Narrow Gauge 1893-1941

Native American introduced game of La Crosse

Native Americans, buffalo appear on coins

Northwoods has strong Lutheran Heritage

Old Abe, Northern Wisconsin’s Civil War Hero

Old Indian village attracted tourists

On The Street Where You Live, Part 2

One-Arm 1930s Bandits

Oneida County Court House Postcard

Oneida County Jail Postcard

Oneida County Rest Room being Moved

Oneida Tribe gave county its name

Only ‘old-timers’ will recall Country Club Manor

Ontonagan Trail was the first road north

Otto A. Hilgermann Biography

Otto Hilgerman added culture to city

P. Gardiner leads list of RPD heads

Pat Deau’s Tavern has been a family business since 1933

Post Offices of Oneida County

Postcard from the Past Grocery Store

Postcard from…. The Past : Children’s Fish Pond

Postcard of Post Office

Postcard… From the Past – Schauder’s Shoe Store

Postcard… From the Past – The Keg Society

Postcard… From the Past Rhinelander Country Club

Remembering Oneida County’s First Sheriff

Archie Sievwright

Rhinelander Beer Our Town Remembers

Rhinelander boasted a few mail-order homes

Rhinelander Boat Price List 1924

Rhinelander Brewery began in 1892

Rhinelander Brewery in 1882 Postcard

Rhinelander Brewery Otto Hilgermann Postcard…From the Past

Rhinelander Brewery Postcard…from the Past

Rhinelander Brewery Production Line

Rhinelander Brewery started in 1892

Rhinelander Country Club and Boom Lake

Rhinelander name came from railroad president

Rhinelander Once Had Marine Mail Delivery

Rhinelander Paper Company Timeline

Rhinelander Paper Mill – 1903

Rhinelander remembers Curran’s pioneer spirit

Rhinelander was a boom town 1880-1890

Rhinelander’s Logging Shrine

RIPCO Ripples – Guth donates Ripples to Library

RIPCO Ripples – Issues & Years

Sawmill 1890

Schauder’s Shoe Store Postcard

Scrapbook Recalls Era of E.O. Brown

Shalbreck helped establish local airport

Shalbreck made local aviation history

Shoe Business Keeps Schauder Family Busy

Shorty Advertising on Airplanes

Shorty Bottle with Painted Label

Snowshoe Baseball – Life Came to Rhinelander

South Side Location Helped Business Prosper

Sport Shop Owner Founded Hodag Sports Club

Stevens Saw Mill

Store Closing Was Milestone

Lewis Hardware Store

Tavern League Convention

Thank You Letter from President Eisenhower

Thayer Street Landmark Remembered

Black Bear Tavern Cafe Pally Royal Sportsman’s Cafe

The Chippewa Winter

The gun that shot Lincoln!

The Hodag Myth Still Lives

The Logging Camp Blacksmith

The one and only Gene Shepard

The other side of well-know prankster

The Wanigan (Floating Kitchen) was used to feed river crews

They call themselves ‘O-jib-way’

Thunder Lake Saw Mill

Tony Paris announces retirement as Rhinelander Chief of Police

TV station’s history includes tower disaster

Two died in 1970 plane crash

Unique Advertising Campaign Intrigued Local Residents

Upside-down Jenny valued by stamp collectors

Veterans honored and remembered on Nov. 11

Webster Brown: Rhinelander’s “favorite uncle”

What’s in the name? McNaughton & Gleason

What’s in the name? Stevens Point, Wausau, Mosinee, Merrill

What’s in the name? Three Lakes, Minocqua, Irma, Sugar Camp

Where’s Shorty – Rhinelander Brewing began in 1892

Where’s Shorty? Postcard…From the Past

Wild Rice Harvest

Wisconsin River Log Drives Cut Early Northwoods History

Wisconsin Veneer News Fire Story

Wisconsin Veneer News Story

Wisconsin, Gangster Haven

Wonder Hotel, history go up in smoke

Woodland Echoes Tells of Local Pioneers