Jay Jenks with Pug & Fido

Patterson's Store After Christmas

This is better known as the Mercantile and located on the corner of Main St and Front St on the south.

Maple Ave in Wild Rose after a Tornado about 1955

Mabel Testin Evans ( wife of Robert), Nellie Evans (sister of Robert), Robert D Evans, Mike Anderson, Ingwald Sorenson and Pam Anderson. The Evans house was to the left of the uprooted tree and Sorensons. The Andersons lived 5 doors down the street on the right.

Leon Deering and Gladys Etheridge on a picnic

This picture is before 1920 and was taken at
Little Silver Lake near Wild Rose. Leon Deering
and Gladys Etheridge were both graduates of
the class of 1914 in Wild Rose.  Leon was the
son of Thomas Deering and Gertrude Towne. 
He was born October 24, 1896 and died
December 11, 1966. He is buried in Greenvale
otherwise known as the Dopp Cemetery.  He
was a farmer but also had a strong interest in
music from the violin to the accordion and
drums.Gladys was the daughter of Alanson Pease Etheridge and Lorinda Spicer.  She was
born July 22, 1897 and died in St. Paul,
Minnesota August 16, 1961.  Gladys was a
talented artist.  She was especially good at
weaving and pottery. 

Theodore Keppler Hunting with his dog

Theodore Keppler had the harass shop which became the Wild Rose Museum's Gift shop, general store and weaving room. He also owned the Elisha Stewart House which is part of  our museum.

Building Committee for Library

Partial person's lap is Pearl Dopp, Irma Wilcox, Rev, W.T. Williams
and Ike Lowe.  Rodney Murty was on the committee but not in
the picture. This was in the 1960's

Picnic Grounds on Silver Lake, Wild Rose WI