Back Stories On The Photography Of Gerhard Gesell

This series of weekly newspaper articles published from June 2010 through September 2010 in local area newspapers presents the back stories to many of Gerhard Gesell's photographs. Much of the information came from personal research by Katherine Goodman, Alma Historical Society volunteer, and from L Kessinger's 1888 History Of Buffalo County.

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Name		Description
	Introduction	19th Century Photography Of Gerhard Gesell
	Reads Landing	19th Century Minnesota
	Fountain City	19th Century Wisconsin
	Beef Slough	Logging In The 19th Century
	Alma, Wisconsin	19th Century River Town
	Waumandee Mill	19th Century Mill
	Truempler Farm, Mill Creek	19th Century Farm
	Abraham Schmoker	One Of Buffalo County's 19th Century Pioneers
	Cattle Drive	Through Alma, Wisconsin
	A Glimpse At Girlhood	In The 19th Century
	Night Hunting For Coon	19th Century Hunting
	Shuetzenverein	The Alma Shooting Society
	Railroad Comes To Alma	19th Century Trains & Railroad
	Threshing Crews	Traveling From Farm To Farm
	Legacy	21st Century Impact

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