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Looking East from Water Tower

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Description: Elevated view of Mount Horeb from the water tower. Homes and commercial structures dominate the left side, while farmland and newly-developed tracts are to...
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Mt. Horeb Rifle Club

Date: 04 20 1954
Description: Group portrait of members of the championship Mt. Horeb Rifle Club of the Southwest Wisconsin Rifle League. Front row: Almond Anderson, Black Earth; Claude...
Photograph

Gonstead Residence

Date: 05 05 1954
Description: Mrs. C.S. Gonstead sits next to the fireplace in her home (aka "El Clare" estate) at 602 South 2nd Street in Mt. Horeb. Madison architect Herbert Fritz des...
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Gonstead Residence

Date: 05 05 1954
Description: Living room of the C.S. Gonstead home in Mt. Horeb, designed by Madison architect Herbert Fritz, built in 1951, and severely damaged by fire in 1991. The a...
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Gonstead Residence

Date: 05 05 1954
Description: View through the living room's south wall window of the flagstone terrace, swimming pool, and bathhouse of the S.C. Gonstead residence in Mt. Horeb. Madiso...
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Gonstead Residence

Date: 05 05 1954
Description: East end of the living room of the C.S. Gonstead home in Mt. Horeb. Madison architect Herb Fritz designed the house, which was built in 1951 and severely d...
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Gonstead Residence

Date: 05 05 1954
Description: Dining room in the C.S. Gonstead home in Mt. Horeb. Madison architect Herb Fritz designed the house, which was built in 1954 and severely damaged by fire i...
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Gonstead Residence

Date: 05 05 1954
Description: A bedroom in the C.S. Gonstead home. Madison architect Herb Fritz designed the house, which was built in 1951 and severely damaged by fire in 1991. The acc...
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Donald Rock Wayside Park Dedication

Date: 06 27 1954
Description: Vona Donald poses next to a newly dedicated plague. The occasion was the opening of a new wayside park located along Highway 92 between Mt. Horeb and Mt. V...
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Donald Rock Wayside Park Dedication

Date: 06 27 1954
Description: Two people walk near a large rock formation in a wooded area with a picnic table in the foreground. The occasion was the opening of a new wayside park loca...
Print

Vernon Valley Farm Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Vernon Valley Farm, a breeder of Percheron and coach horses, shorthorn cattle, Berkshire hogs, Bronze turkeys, and Wyandotte chickens from Mt...
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Street Scene

Date: 1911
Description: View down street lined with businesses. There is a surrey or carriage with fringe along the top in the foreground on the left, and two women sit in a horse...
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Mount Horeb Bank

Date: 1925
Description: View from intersection of the exterior of the three-story Mount Horeb Bank, next door to the printing office. There is a water tower in the background.
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High School

Date: 1925
Description: View across road of the exterior of the Mount Horeb Public School, built in 1918.
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Mount Horeb Rifle Club

Date: 04 26 1957
Description: Veteran members of the Mount Horeb Club are honored. They include Forrest (Pops) Henderson, Andrew Haushammer, Ted Church, Harry Sleep, Matt Eggum, and Art...
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Mt. Horeb Rifle Club

Date: 04 11 1958
Description: Group portrait of nine members of the Mt. Horeb Rifle Club at their banquet meeting. In the back row, L-R, are: Elmer Culver, Clarence Lund, Bert Frederic...
Historical Essay

Mount Horeb

Origin of Mount Horeb, Wisconsin
Discover the history of Mount Horeb, Wisconsin
Historical Essay

Oldest Wisconsin License Plate

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Oldest known surviving license plate in Wisconsin, issued to a Mount Horeb man, 1905. (Museum object #1966.493.1)
Postcard

Norwegian Evangelical Church

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Description: Hand-colored postcard view of the exterior of the Norwegian Evangelical Church. Caption reads: "Norwegian Evangelical Church, Mt. Horeb, Wis."
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Open Fields

Date: 1960
Description: View down slope across open fields over a barbed wire fence towards the horizon. The field is uncut in the foreground, obscuring an abandoned farm implemen...

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