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Happy 84th Birthday to Dennis Dickman!

  1920’s Coffee Grinders Dennis may not be as old as his 1920’s Coffee Grinders but he was born in 1941. He still loves coffee. Give him a c...

Sunday, July 15, 2012

Thiel Memory Drawing of Shop & Church, Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery Today



Greg Thiel drew the above picture of the Olde Plow Shoppe building and adjacent church on a napkin while sitting at the Golden Basket Restaurant in Appleton.  He is very knowledgeable about churches and the history of them and drew this from memory when someone asked him about the church in Landstad.

The church is no longer here, but this is the cemetery today.

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Milk and Egg Delivery




Under the lean-to: the farmer would drive the horse pulling the wagon to the store and pull up under the lean-to and the milk cans would be hoisted up on the loading dock and taken into the cheese factory.  They may have also delivered eggs and this could be used in exchange for groceries at the store. 

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Olde Plow Shoppe Today & As General Store June 2012



Dennis at the front desk in the Olde Plow Shoppe. Store has original shelves from when it was a general store.

Olde Plow Shoppe Left & Right (photos taken June 2012)


Left & Right photos of the Olde Plow Shoppe.

Front Yard Shop

Front Yard Shop
Front Display

Buggy Wheels

Buggy Wheels
Under Lean-to