The Oshkosh Northwestern from Oshkosh, Wisconsin • Page 46

Oshkosh Daily Northwestern 46 Fri June 19, 1953 two more mills, the Vulcan and Tioga, ere built in Appletnn, and then in 1884 and 1885 the Badger Mill and the new Neenah mill were erected in Neenah. In 1887, the Te- Unlucky LONDON 'IP! James Partridge, tie V.nilt in Annlrtnn form a natural setting for most of the city's acres of parks and playgrounds. I The Grand Loggery in Doty Park is one of the few remaining links jconnecting the city's historic past and the rapidly changing present. The Loggery, which was built by Gov. Doty, is beng perpetuated by the City of Neenah.

The building was renovated by the city several years ago and is open to the during the summer. islature on March 1873. The first charter election was held on March 31 of that year and Edward iSmith was elected the first mayor. The City of Neenah today is a modern community with a population of 12.630 and has an assessed valuation in excess of 25 million 'dollars. 1 The adjacent waters of Lake Winnebago, Little Lake Butte des Morts and the fox River help make the city a beauty spot.

They ILJICIIJ Hill 1 UUll, 11, 1 lfiv. A major addition came in 1889 when the Kimberly mill went up at Kimberly. Today the rorporation has 1 17, feil into a river at Oxford and I was rescued by his workmates at a ship-building yard. His foreman told him to go home and change his wet clothes. A few minutes he cycled away, Partridge was knocked down and killed by a truck.

plants, in addition to its Wisconsin holdings, in Canada, New York and in the south. The I.akeview mill, it largest plant in Neenah, has been extensively enlarged since it' was acquired by the corporation in 1929. The Neenah Paper Company, which this year is commemorating 80 years of existence, had its beginning rn what was known for its first 13 years as the Neenah mill of the Patten Paper Company, Appleton. On March 2, 1885. a new corporation was chartered 7 It's Been A 1 land its name was the Neenah Pa per company.

Neenah's other large paper concern, the Bergstrom Paper Company, was founded some years after the establishment of Kimberly-Clark and Neenah Paper Company. Have Original Minutes Original minute books of proceedings of village meetings since NEENAH 1 'mi II IT ii. rhl 1 1 1 Ull it. v- Pleasure to Serve Oshkosh As Well As Winnebago County for Over a Quarter Century I Clark, F. C.

Shattuck and Haviliah the first one in 1950 are on file Bahcock started the enterprise by in the Neenah City Hall. They re building the Globe Mill, the second veal that in the year 18f7 a total paper mill in Neenah. of $2,601.43 was spent by the vil- Within a comparatively short four years later expenses Neenah Must Wait for Its Centennial Due to 'Mixup time, Kimberly, Clark and Com-'had increased to $6,455.61. The of- pany, as it was then known, spread census in 18(i0 showed a pop- ulation of 1,296. its influence and operations to em- By 1873, the village had out brace an increasing territory in Wisconsin.

After buying the Nee- grown its settlement days and de- nah mill in 1874, they built and, siring to widen authority for im- opened the Atlas mill in Appleton provements, applied for and re the decline of the lumber industry that flour mills became important. Just as lumbering and flour milling overlapped, so flour milling and paper making overlapped. The Incorporation Of Village Not first Wisconsin paper mill was es Mlll in 1878. Within the next four years, iceived a city charter from the leg- Builder of Pioneer "Sub" Operated Firm Harvey Jones, who in 1843 undertook the development of Neenah. Jones ousted Heed from the venture whereupon the latter joined Charles Doty in the development of Menasha, The early Neenah settlers and their needs governed the establishment of industries.

The people needed food and shelter. Here was a rich soil for the raising of wheat here was a wealth of timber for their buildings, and here was the water power for the mills neces- tablished in Milwaukee in 1848. Neenah had the second paper mill in the valley when the "Old Red 1850 Legal in Mill" was erected in 1865 on the site originally occupied by the government saw mill of the mission days. The next 30 years witnessed NEENAH If it hadn't been for a "legal mixup" when Neenah an inr i in- iiivviii "iiiv ii iu iiuwniui on. inline llir.

nciease in the numoei or to(j as Dahike Lum- bottom of the Fox River, remained mills and today Neenah ranks Company Seventh Sti WHS there for half an hour, then rose as vvinnenago itapias in us to convert wheat into flour per hamlet days, this community would jand the trees into lumber. Shoes as a center of the paper manu si li 1 1311 I Lg have celebrated its centennial in 1950. As it is, a local chapter of once operated by the man whojto the surface under its own pow-built the hull of what is believed er. to have been the first submarine! TllR government gave serious successfully operated under water, consideration to the invention at facturing industry in the state. Founded In 1872 The Kimberly-Clark Corporation, one of the largest paper manufacturing concerns in the country today, was founded in 1872.

Four were also necessary, so a tannery came into being, Frim the early "50s to the '70s lumbering wns the chief industry in this area. Although grist mlils were established, it wasn't until He was August C. Schulz, a na Ph tive of Guttstadt, Germany, and the founder of the Oshkosh Tank and Lumber Company, predecessor firm of the Dahike Lumber Com that time for use 'in the Spanish-American War, but apparently did not follow through on the plan. Mr. Schulz, who was engaged in the cooperage and lumber business for 35 years and who was an Oshkosh resident for 43, died in 1933.

The Oshkosh Tank and Lumber of the Bru.sh" can't be organized until three years hence. Early records show Winnebago Jlapids was incorporated as a vil-Jage on April 10, 1850, but it appears the procedure was illegal 'end it was not until March 28, 1856, Jhat the village was legally incorporated under the name, "Nee-jiah," by the county hoard. Unlike other localities, Winne Muza Sheet Metal Concern Has Become Firm With 27 Employes pany. I It was on June 2G, 1897, that, a half hour under water, the success of an Oshkosh, home-made Ve Have Progressed With Oshkosh! Today we have one of the most modern laundry and cleaning plants in the Fox River Valley. submarine wns established to the sheet metal and heating ony submarine ever to be Company, which at an earlier date The history of Muza Sheet Metal Company dales back to 1924 when bago Rapids had a history pre- uuMiirs.s.

out in oshkosh waters, the oeen known as the Oshkosh ceding the first actual settlement wo industrious young men, L. craft was built in this city by Mr. Cistern and Tank Company, was Muza and A. M. Farrow estab in 1952 byl Norman Schulz, under the direction of its purchased inventor.

Richard Raddatz. The Dahike Dahike Lumber latter, a graduate of what was! ine present Hit Laundcrers Dry Cleaners then Oshkosh Normal School, was Company is devoted exclusively to 26 years of age at the time, while millwork and retail lumber yard iviuza nas neen associated with the concern for seven years. The Muza Sheet Metal Company manufactures sheet metal products for home and industry, metal stamping, dust collecting systems, air-conditioning, ventilation, skylights, roofing and sales and service of all types of heating plants. The company had only six em-pioye-s when it began sskh. To- lished a sheet metal business known as Farrow A Muza on 1 he corner of Light and Pearl Street.

Four years later Muza sold his interest in the business mid established his own heating and sheet metal business at 82 High and still occupied by the firm, L. J. Muza, founder, president operations. Mr. Schulz was 30.

Mr. Dahike was formerly with the Marquart Millwork Company The subemarine was a hollow metal cyclinder, 65 feet long, ac 710 South Main and has had 20 years of experience cording to historical records. Mr. Srhute'. inwntrr the lumber and millwork in- ana treasurer of tm Luiiipaiiy, ii the craft were aided in their work dustry.

been a resident of Oshkosh for (10 i day, the Muza Sheet Metal has years and has devoted 43 of them 27 full-time employes. by a number of associates. ty the whites. The land, now nown as the "Island," had been tet aside by the government as reservation for the Munomince Indians, In the early 1830's the promoted a scheme designed to improve the conditions of the Indians and Winnebago Rapids was "selected as the center of the ject which was to educate the Indians into becoming tillers of the toil. I A grist mill was erected at rov-'ernment expense for the use of the Indians.

A saw mill, blacksmith fhop, school house and 30 or more were also built. A wing dam was constructed and water 'power was developed. But the Indians did not take kindly to this plan and some of the block houses were never completed and the Utopian scheme was On its trial, the motor-powered 1 Since; 1919 I i i 11 I m. K.Wi it. win ifc i uk.

1 1 HMn. I.lmrf.lll, it.M,, i ,1) fltoH-Httf riftll IE-! brought to a sudden close by the; T.k... i ii i ii -mi I ii iii ii ri. i i 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 i -isr" I liS-ii i ii Iii iii ii. i imeW ik ft TP tit Treaty of the Cedars between Territorial Governor James Duane and the Menominee Indians.

Was Deserted Village For seven years Neenah was a deserted village but the settlement had been established and in 1843 1 the lands, buildings, machinery and water power were sold to Har rison Reed. Menasha came about La. as a result of a falling out between Reed and his partner, I Record State i. i I I. i 1 1 i tJzrzlrj l.1 rhv A 5 CONCORD, N.

11. HP New has some of the oldest tand best noted records in the na-tion. Some 261 years ago, while state was still a province, rec-' ords of births, marriages and burials were being collected in a ccn-' tra! file. In 1692 town clerks were requested to report such records 'to the provincial register. successful submarine.

1 1 i partner, a Mr. Sit-lieruer. is though) to he (he man in the center. The old firm eenlually eolwd into the present Dahike Lumber Company and (he building shon in the picture in still part of that concern' CONSTKl CTOK OK "SI I he ah.ne nic-I ii re. Iiclievcd to hae licen tiikm in the la I I SHO's shim sv ins list ('.

Schul. lelt. in front of part if the Oshkosh Tunk iV I.nmlier Ciimpany which he opFraTed. In IS97, Mr. Siliul.

Imilt the hull of what belieied In hve been the first MX (f a IIS? 1953 Fiiglcbcrg and 111 i i ir '4 l.i...mi.il,rii ii 'iiii Aia-ini ir mtiiiil Hiii mimmi.J illSlH "81 YEARS IN OSHKOSH".