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Minute books of a local telephone company organized in the Town of Kinnickinnic, St. Croix County, Wis., in 1904, to connect with the Pierce County Telephone Company; dissolved November 23, 1965.

Records of the bank, including minutes of the board of directors and stock holders, 1892-1933; stock certificates issued and cancelled, 1919-1932; depositors agreements, 1929; and miscellaneous business ledgers, accounts, and files, 1932-1945.

Proceedings of the town board, 1859-1881, 1886-1931 (7 vols.) and a town highway record, 1910-1941 (1 vol.).

The Rebekah Lodge was nationally established in 1851 as The Daughters of Rebekah. Later, the name was changed to the International Association of Rebekah Assemblies. The Rebekahs are an auxiliary organization of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.). Membership is open to any woman, at least eighteen years of age, who is a relative of an Odd Fellow, believes in a supreme being, and is of good moral character. It is possible for a male to join the Rebekahs, but a female cannot become an Odd Fellow. The Rebekahs (and Odd Fellows) reached their height of popularity in 1915 and, since then, have been on the decline.

The local chapters are called Lodges. Rebekah Lodge No. 161 of Grantsburg, Wisconsin seems to have been established shortly before 1907 and seems to have folded shortly after 1957. They met every other week from 1907 to 1957. The Rebekahs created their own community service projects in addition to those created in conjunction with the Odd Fellows, such as collecting money for polio funds.

Minutes documenting the organizational and community service activities of this organization and of the Grantsburg lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Minutes of the town board of supervisors pertaining to the laying out, altering, or vacating of town roads, giving the location of the roads, awards of damages to owners of property, and arrangement made with landowners; and petitions of town residents requesting road changes.

Proceedings of the Board of Supervisors including minutes of Board meetings, resolutions, committee reports, reports of county officers and commissions, financial reports, and communications to the Board. The 1877-1881 volume is a photocopy of the original. (The original volume was charred in a courthouse fire prior to 1887, so it was photocopied for preservation and then discarded.) Volume A is an exact transcription of official proceedings as published in the Burnett County Sentinel. (The original volume for some of these years was destroyed in the courthouse fire.).

Proceedings of the County Board of Supervisors, published annually in pamphlet form under the provisions of Wisconsin Laws of 1901, Ch. 298, Sec. 3; including the County Clerk's minutes of each meeting of the County Board, and documents considered by the Board at each meeting. Documents include: petitions, memorials, communications, and claims addressed to the Board; reports of county officers and of Board committees; resolutions and ordinances; and other papers relating to operations, services, finances, planning, and policy of county government.

Original papers from County Board of Supervisors' proceedings, 1969-2016, including agendas, minutes, notes, correspondence, committee reports, resolutions, proclamations, and ballots from committee and officer elections.