NEW Fort McCoy Pictorial History Book
Interested in Fort McCoy history? Have any relatives that worked or trained there? The new book “Images of America: Fort McCoy” features 128 pages of Fort McCoy photos, maps, and illustrations documenting the important military landmark for nearly a century...
Recipe Book Sales Fund Microfilm Workstation
The Local History Room is excited to announce a new opportunity to update library equipment...
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Monroe County Pictorial History Book
Monroe County Pictorial History, 2nd edition, 2004. THE book to go to for our county’s history. Originallypublished in 1976, this book has been our best seller. It’s loaded with stories, histories, and photographs of Monroe County’s earliest towns, villages, settlers, places, and events. This new edition includes an EVERY NAME INDEX! 450 pages.
$28.00
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Illustrated History of Sparta, Wisconsin
Illustrated History of Sparta, Wisconsin, by Lisa Brabant (2000). 44 pages. Informative history illustrated by nostalgic sketches of Sparta’s buildings, homes, people, store interiors, events, and more!
$6.00
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Logging Dilemma In The Big Swamp
Logging Dilemma In The Big Swamp (1995). 236 pages. Details the early logging history of southeastern Jackson County, WI. Includes 124 historic images.
$35.00
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Monroe County Veterans
Monroe County Veterans, Diane Hanson & Pat Mulvaney (2000). 63 pages. Contains the riveting stories of 39 World War II-era veterans from Monroe County. Many photos included.
$7.00
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Schaller Family History and Allied Families from Monroe Coun
Schaller Family History and Allied Families from Monroe County, Wisconsin, by Alice Schaller (1983). 353 pages. Extensive genealogy of the Schaller family of the Monroe County area, including many related families.
$10.00
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Sparta Fire Department History: 1879-1979
Sparta Fire Department History: 1879-1979 (1979). 100 pages. Includes stories about major fires in the area, roster of men who served in the department, and dozens of photographs.
$2.00
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Sparta Incorporation City Bicentennial: 1883-1983
Sparta Incorporation City Bicentennial: 1883-1983, Mark Goodman ed. (1983). 93 pages. Contains dozens of short histories on Sparta landmarks, businesses, organizations, schools, churches, and more. Loaded with photos!
$5.00
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Sparta Up To Date: A Souvenir Supplement of the Monroe Count
Sparta Up To Date: A Souvenir Supplement of the Monroe County Democrat, 1899 (reproduction). 48 pages This historical gem includes short histories of businesses, schools, churches, and various organizations, as well as biographies of notable Spartans (businessmen). Loaded with glossy photographs of buildings, houses, people, store interiors, events, and more!
$2.00
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Stalag Wisconsin: Inside WWII Prisoner of War Camps
Stalag Wisconsin: Inside WWII Prisoner of War Camps, by Betty Cowley (2002). 312 pages. Comprehensive history of Wisconsin’s POW camps of WWII. Includes a chapter on Camp (Fort) McCoy. Over 75 photographs!
$16.95
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The Bottlewasher
The Bottlewasher: Selections from a Small-Town Newspaper Column of the Early 1950s, by Kay T. Reilly & Gretta H. Trainer (2001). 262 pages. Collection of 69 humorous articles from “The Bottlewasher” column, published in The Monroe County Democrat, Sparta, WI, in the 1950s
$16.95
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Household Tip Book
Household Tip Book features over 300 useful tips, tricks, and old-fashioned home remedies. 50 pages. Published by the Monroe County Historical Society in 1975.
$1.00
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