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Richland County History Room, 325 N Central Avenue, Richland Center, WI (2026)

09/14/2026

Henry and Matilda Pauls, Richland Center, Wisconsin, ca. 1919.

left to right (2):
1. Matilda M. Emshoff Pauls, (1875-1927);
2. Henry Fred Pauls, (1873-1940);

They married on 22 February 1898 in Orion Township, Richland County, Wisconsin.
Their children include Glen Albert Pauls (1901-1977), Elmer Leslie Pauls (1902-1959), Gladys F. Pauls Shadewald (1905-1991), Byron Bernie Pauls (1909-1929).

Donor: Lorraine Florence Janney Kintz, (1921-2001).

Click for the complete record, p001280-01, https://cdm16698.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/rchr/id/23465/rec/1

This is part of my continuing quest to get all of the cataloged photographs in our collection uploaded and put on the internet and available to all. They are being uploaded in order from p000001-01 to this photograph. Recollection Wisconsin, https://recollectionwisconsin.org/ provided the software, while Milwaukee Public Library provides the space online at https://cdm16698.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/rchr/ where you can easily search by subject, name, location, etc.
Crystal Foley, Historian
Richland County History Room

09/13/2026

Steamboat Rock, Rockbridge Township, Richland County, Wisconsin, ca. 1909.

Click for the complete record, p001273-09, https://cdm16698.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/rchr/id/23424/rec/1

This is part of my continuing quest to get all of the cataloged photographs in our collection uploaded and put on the internet and available to all. They are being uploaded in order from p000001-01 to this photograph. Recollection Wisconsin, https://recollectionwisconsin.org/ provided the software, while Milwaukee Public Library provides the space online at https://cdm16698.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/rchr/ where you can easily search by subject, name, location, etc.
Crystal Foley, Historian
Richland County History Room

09/12/2026

Viola School graduating class, Viola, Richland County, Wisconsin, 1931.

left to right, top row (6):
1. Lyle Wesley Wanless, (1912-1987);
2. Myrle Margaret Sandmire Keane, (1911-1973);
3. Mabel Edwina Withrow Miller Wanless, (1914-1999);
4. Glee Renick;
5. Cora A. Hanson Hutchison, (1910-1998);
6. Don Kerbaugh;

2nd row (6):
1. Martin Harvey Berry, (1913-1989);
2. Nina Wee;
3. Avis Arvilla Turner Spangler, (1913-2003);
4. Joy Lavina Blakley Elder, (1912-2008);
5. Florence Harris;
6. Harlon Chaffee;

3rd row (6):
1. Justin Boggs, (1913-2002);
2. Wanda Snyder;
3. Vere Eldred Bufton, (1913-1971);
4. Helen Parke;
5. Lillian Schroeder;
6. Earl Benjamin Wheeler, (1913-1986);

bottom row (5):
1. Lynford Ellis Looker, (1911-2006);
2. Verna Mattison;
3. E. M. Reed;
4. Eleanor Withrow;
5. Harold Deaver;

Photographer: Ross E. Dunbar, 1930-1939.
Donor: Andrew Cockroft.

Click for the complete record, p001279-02, https://cdm16698.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/rchr/id/23459/rec/1

This is part of my continuing quest to get all of the cataloged photographs in our collection uploaded and put on the internet and available to all. They are being uploaded in order from p000001-01 to this photograph. Recollection Wisconsin, https://recollectionwisconsin.org/ provided the software, while Milwaukee Public Library provides the space online at https://cdm16698.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/rchr/ where you can easily search by subject, name, location, etc.
Crystal Foley, Historian
Richland County History Room

09/11/2026

Children standing in front of the natural bridge rock formation at Pier Park, Rockbridge, Richland County, Wisconsin, ca. 1960.

Photographer: Bruce Montgomery, 846 Water St., Sauk City, WI.

Click for the complete record, p001273-08, https://cdm16698.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/rchr/id/23420/rec/1

This is part of my continuing quest to get all of the cataloged photographs in our collection uploaded and put on the internet and available to all. They are being uploaded in order from p000001-01 to this photograph. Recollection Wisconsin, https://recollectionwisconsin.org/ provided the software, while Milwaukee Public Library provides the space online at https://cdm16698.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/rchr/ where you can easily search by subject, name, location, etc.
Crystal Foley, Historian
Richland County History Room

09/10/2026

TBT: Dr. George Parke II

Column by Keith Ruetten (2-20-2016)

George Parke II was born on March 7, 1912, in Viola, the son of Dr. George and Elsie Parke of Viola. George graduated from the University of Madison and the University of Marquette Medical School, in 1936 and served in a three-year residency in surgery at the Milwaukee County Hospital.

On September 4, 1937, Dr. Parke married Esther Roberts in Milwaukee. Upon the completion of his residency, Dr. Parke and Esther moved to Richland Center in July of 1939, where Dr. Parke started his medical practice at the Pippin Clinic, joining Dr. Pippin and Dr. Housner.

Dr. and Mrs. Parke purchased the home of Ms. Etta Clark at 544 N. Central Ave. This beautiful home was architecturally a 2-story cube/American 4-square design. Made of brick construction, featuring a hip roof with dormer, a 2-story projecting bay on the south side, and leaded glass windows. This is where Dr. and Mrs. Parke raised their family of two sons, Dr. Robert Parke, George Parke III, and a daughter Jeanne.

When World War II began Dr. Parke enlisted in the U.S. Medical Corps. In the military Dr. Parke received special training in x-ray technology and was stationed at Chapel Hill, N.C. as a radiologist, at the Naval Station Hospital. Dr. Parke also served in the Pacific Theater during the invasion of Peleliu, as a radiologist at the base hospital there.

Dr. Parke was released from active duty in January 1946 with the rank of Lt. Commander in the Naval Reserve and returned to his practice in Richland Center.

In 1962 Dr. Parke joined several other local physicians who came together to establish the Richland Medical Center on the city’s west side.

During his lifetime Dr. Parke served the Richland Center community in several capacities including the Richland Center School Board where he was president from 1949 to 1961, he was the city’s Health Officer from 1961 to 1986, and staff physician at the Richland Hospital.

Dr. Parke was also a Master Mason, a Shriner, as well as a member of the V.F.W., 40 & 8, and the American Legion.

Dr. Parke died on November 18, 1986, after falling on the ice in his driveway, he was 74.

Mrs. Esther Parke passed away on March 21, 2007; she was 91.

Photos-RC History Room

09/09/2026

Viola School graduating class, Viola, Richland County, Wisconsin, 1905.

left to right, front (3):
1. Julia Shilling, (ca. 1886-?);
2. George Sanford, professor;
3. Florence Clamana Snead Hanson, (1888-1951);

back (7):
1. Olive Rabbitt, (ca. 1888-?);
2. Nora Edna Williams, (ca. 1886-?);
3. Ethel Beck, (ca. 1889-?);
4. Curtis Cushman, (ca. 1889-?);
5. Lulu E. Mathews Stormont Grear, (1889-1981);
6. Lena Ames, (ca. 1888-?);
7. Cora Smith, (ca. 1889-?);

Donor: Shari Cook, 2016.

Click for the complete record, p001279-01, https://cdm16698.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/rchr/id/23454/rec/1

This is part of my continuing quest to get all of the cataloged photographs in our collection uploaded and put on the internet and available to all. They are being uploaded in order from p000001-01 to this photograph. Recollection Wisconsin, https://recollectionwisconsin.org/ provided the software, while Milwaukee Public Library provides the space online at https://cdm16698.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/rchr/ where you can easily search by subject, name, location, etc.
Crystal Foley, Historian
Richland County History Room

09/08/2026

Natural bridge rock formation at Pier Park, Rockbridge, Richland County, Wisconsin, ca. 1960s.

Photographer: Bruce Montgomery, 846 Water St., Sauk City, WI.

Click for the complete record, p001273-07, https://cdm16698.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/rchr/id/23416/rec/1

This is part of my continuing quest to get all of the cataloged photographs in our collection uploaded and put on the internet and available to all. They are being uploaded in order from p000001-01 to this photograph. Recollection Wisconsin, https://recollectionwisconsin.org/ provided the software, while Milwaukee Public Library provides the space online at https://cdm16698.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/rchr/ where you can easily search by subject, name, location, etc.
Crystal Foley, Historian
Richland County History Room

09/07/2026

John Grim and Alice Mayfield were married in Sylvan Township, Richland County, Wisconsin on March 4, 1877. Although this photograph was taken at Weigand Studio in Soldiers Grove.

left to right (2):
1. John William Grim, (1856-1907);
2. Alice Marianne Mayfield Grim, (1860-1928);

Their children include: Warren O. Grim (1878-1879), Della Grim (1879-1884), Willard Nathaniel Grim (1882-1943), Orlando Cary Grim (1883-1970), Mary Ellen 'Nellie' Grim McCumber (1889-1980), and John Mayfield Grim (1898-1938).

John and Alice are both buried in the Sylvan Cemetery in Richland County, Wisconsin.

Click for the complete record, p001278-01, https://cdm16698.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/rchr/id/23450/rec/1

This is part of my continuing quest to get all of the cataloged photographs in our collection uploaded and put on the internet and available to all. They are being uploaded in order from p000001-01 to this photograph. Recollection Wisconsin, https://recollectionwisconsin.org/ provided the software, while Milwaukee Public Library provides the space online at https://cdm16698.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/rchr/ where you can easily search by subject, name, location, etc.
Crystal Foley, Historian
Richland County History Room

09/06/2026

Halsey Rinehart canoeing under the natural bridge at Pier Park in the Pine River, Rockbridge, Richland County, Wisconsin, ca. 1960s.

Halsey Carpenter Rinehart, (1914-1990).
Born 11 Jun 1914 in Rockbridge, Richland County, Wisconsin to Charles Everett 'Eb' Rinehart (1882-1959) and Mollie Carpenter Rinehart (1887-1970).
Siblings include an infant son Rinehart (1911-1911).
Halsey graduated from Richland Center High School in 1931. He also attended the Richland County Normal and the University of Wisconsin Agricultural Short Course in Madison.
He taught at the Woodman and Rockbridge Schools.
Married 9 Aug 1939 to Gyneth V. Truesdale Rinehart (1919-2006).
He and Gyneth were dairy, beef, and sheep farmers along with owners of the Natural Bridge Grocery in Rockbridge for 21 years until 1979.
Children include Katie Rinehart, Carol Rinehart Renick, Marilyn Rinehart Conway, Janice Rinehart.
Halsey completed more than 45 pastel drawings and description of local historical sites in Richland County.
He was a member of the Richland County Park Commission for 20 years, Peace United Methodist Church, Kiwanis Club, the Richland County Historical Society, the Richland Hospital Corporation Board.
He was an agent and director of Franklin Farmers Mutual Insurance Company and served as the Rockbridge Township clerk for 43 years.
Died 29 Nov 1990 at age 76 at Schmitt Woodland Hills in Richland Center.
Buried in the Rockbridge Cemetery, Richland County, Wisconsin.

Photographer: Ray Barth, 2518 12th St, Monroe, WI.

Click for the complete record, p001273-06, https://cdm16698.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/rchr/id/23412/rec/1

This is part of my continuing quest to get all of the cataloged photographs in our collection uploaded and put on the internet and available to all. They are being uploaded in order from p000001-01 to this photograph. Recollection Wisconsin, https://recollectionwisconsin.org/ provided the software, while Milwaukee Public Library provides the space online at https://cdm16698.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/rchr/ where you can easily search by subject, name, location, etc.
Crystal Foley, Historian
Richland County History Room

09/05/2026

Nathaniel and Sarah Grim family during their golden wedding anniversary, Richland County, Wisconsin, December 12, 1900.

left to right, front (4):
1. Emma Grim Savage, (1853-1933), daughter.
2. Sarah Allen Grim, (1829-1902), mother.
3. Nathaniel Grim, (1826-1905), father.
4. John William Grim, (1856-1907), son.

back (6):
1. Charles Hubert ‘Charley’ Grim, (1874-1955), son.
2. Oscar Frederick Grim, (1870-1922), son.
3. Horatio Seymour ‘Rate’ Grim, (1869-1948), son.
4. Mary Lienselle Grim Probert, (1862-1927), daughter.
5. Margaret Ann Grim Shilts Savage, (1860-1942), daughter.
6. Phillip Grim, (1858-1942), son.

Donors, siblings: Marion Earnest Porter, (1914-1984) and Mildred Opal Porter Dobbs, (1911-2005).

Click for the complete record, p001277-01, https://cdm16698.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/rchr/id/23445/rec/1

This is part of my continuing quest to get all of the cataloged photographs in our collection uploaded and put on the internet and available to all. They are being uploaded in order from p000001-01 to this photograph. Recollection Wisconsin, https://recollectionwisconsin.org/ provided the software, while Milwaukee Public Library provides the space online at https://cdm16698.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/rchr/ where you can easily search by subject, name, location, etc.
Crystal Foley, Historian
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