...at least most of it, but there's more to come! We've had a busy week with lots of info coming in from Linda Mott, who's really excited about getting this info online. This is what she has sent so far: Preface of the "Souvenir Historical Album" of Barron ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/barron/histories/preface.txt "The Red Men" of Barron, Barron Co., WI ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/barron/histories/redmen.txt "In the Beginning" of Barron, Barron Co., WI ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/barron/histories/begin.txt "The Pioneers" of Barron, Barron Co., WI ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/barron/histories/pioneers.txt "Roads & Life in Early Days" of Barron, Barron Co., WI ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/barron/histories/roads.txt "Industries of Early Days" of Barron, Barron Co., WI ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/barron/histories/industry.txt "The Coming of the Railroads" to Barron, Barron Co. ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/barron/histories/railroad.txt "Journalism" in Barron, Barron Co., WI ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/barron/histories/jurnalsm.txt "The Barron Public Library" of Barron, Barron Co., WI ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/barron/histories/library.txt "A Fire Disaster" in Barron, Barron Co., WI ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/barron/histories/fire.txt "Barron Cooperative Creamery" of Barron, Barron Co. ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/barron/histories/creamery.txt "City Government" of Barron, Barron Co., WI ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/barron/histories/governmt.txt "The Barron Post Office" in Barron, Barron Co., WI ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/barron/histories/postoffc.txt "Badger Turkey Industries, Inc." of Barron, Barron Co. ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/barron/histories/bturkey.txt "Barron Fire Department" in Barron, Barron Co., WI ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/barron/histories/firedept.txt "Churches" of Barron, Barron Co., WI ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/barron/histories/church.txt "Business & Professional Men" of Barron, Barron Co. ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/barron/histories/busiprof.txt "County Highways" of Barron Co., WI ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/barron/histories/highways.txt "Public Schools" in Barron, Barron Co., WI ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/barron/histories/schools.txt "Wayside Cemetery" of Barron, Barron Co., WI ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/barron/histories/cemetery.txt "Normanna Savings Bank" of Barron, Barron Co., WI ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/barron/histories/normanna.txt "Bank of Barron" in Barron, Barron Co., WI ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/barron/histories/barrbank.txt "Business Places of Early Days" in Barron, Barron Co. ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/barron/histories/busiplac.txt "Telephone Communications" in Barron, Barron Co., WI ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/barron/histories/telephon.txt "City Park & Barron Golf Course" in Barron, Barron Co. ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/barron/histories/citypark.txt "The Canning Factory" in Barron, Barron Co., WI ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/barron/histories/canning.txt "Potato Growing" in Barron, Barron Co., WI ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/barron/histories/potato.txt "Brick Manufacture" in Barron, Barron Co., WI ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/barron/histories/brickman.txt "Barron Flying Club" of Barron, Barron Co., WI ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/barron/histories/flyingcl.txt "Some Historical Background on Barron Co., WI "ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/barron/histories/histback.txt "County Officials Listing" from Barron Co., WI - 1960 ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/barron/histories/cooffice.txt "Sources of Material" for this history of Barron ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/barron/histories/sources.txt As you can see, Linda has done a wonderful job of providing some great information for the Barron area of Barron Co., WI! Isn't it amazing what a person can do from halfway across the country! Hope you will enjoy reading this material. -- Nance mailto:nsampson@spacestar.net