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Beetown still welcomes visitors; it was developed after lead was found under a tree laden with honey bees. The tree had blown over in a storm, exposing the lead vein.
The Beetown school is photographed by Cindy Herbeck Loomis before it's demolished.
The Methodist Church at Beetown still stands but no longer holds services. Harry Kies says he remembers attending a wedding there in 2008.
The Methodist-Episcopal Church still stands in 1921 in Beetown. The building features a steps and a small landing at the entrance, arched windows, wood siding and a steep gable roof. -- photographer Sherwin Gillett
The crossroads in downtown Beetown is shown at dusk May 7, 1962, following a hailstorm. -- photographer Paul Vanderbilt
An undated view shows downtown Beetown with snow-covered streets. There are shops on either side; W.J. Birch-Cash Store is on the left. -- photographer Sherwin Gillett
An intersection in Beetown in 1913 shows a townhouse on the left and a hotel on the right. There's a group of people on the porch of the townhouse; a horse and carriage are parked by the hotel. -- photographer Sherwin Gillett
A 1921 view uphill shows two men standing at the entrance of the Beetown public school. There's a hand-pump near the entrance and a bell tower on the school roof. -- photographer Sherwin Gillett
Rollo Jamison's private museum of curiosities includes a display of military artifacts, possibly Civil War. -- photographer Paul Vanderbilt, 1962
The first tavern in Beetown is still standing in June 1928. -- photographer unknown
The Beetown business section is shown n 1929. On the right a woman wearing an apron is standing with two children outside a hotel. The hotel offers ice cream, lunches and Coca-Cola. On the far left two women are talking on a raised sidewalk at the front of a building. Electric power lines are on both sides of the street; one of the poles is leaning out into the street. -- photographer Sherwin Gillett
BEETOWN, Wis. – It’s a story of murder, mayhem, mining and a museum in a little community that was once 2,000 residents strong in Grant County, Wisconsin. Situated in a narrow valley along the Beetown Branch of the Grant River, the boom-to-bust town had a prime that lasted five years.
LeeAnne Bulman
LeeAnne Bulman writes about agriculture from her farm overlooking the beautiful Danuser Valley on Wisconsin’s west coast. Email genwim2@gmail.com to reach her.
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The Methodist-Episcopal Church still stands in 1921 in Beetown. The building features a steps and a small landing at the entrance, arched windows, wood siding and a steep gable roof. -- photographer Sherwin Gillett
An intersection in Beetown in 1913 shows a townhouse on the left and a hotel on the right. There's a group of people on the porch of the townhouse; a horse and carriage are parked by the hotel. -- photographer Sherwin Gillett
The Beetown business section is shown n 1929. On the right a woman wearing an apron is standing with two children outside a hotel. The hotel offers ice cream, lunches and Coca-Cola. On the far left two women are talking on a raised sidewalk at the front of a building. Electric power lines are on both sides of the street; one of the poles is leaning out into the street. -- photographer Sherwin Gillett
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