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Willow River Lumber Company, New Richmond, Wisconsin

Willow River Lumber Company, New Richmond, Wisconsin

Real-photo postcard with image of the Willow River Lumber Company in New Richmond, Wisconsin. Title from verso (handwritten note). Printed on Azo paper with all four triangles pointing up (used 1904-1918). Unused as a postcard, however, someone has written information about the company on the verso.

Willow River Falls, trout spring, near Twin Cities, Minn.

Willow River Falls, trout spring, near Twin Cities, Minn.

Picture postcard of a man fly fishing just below the Willow Falls near Burkhardt, in St. Croix County, Wisconsin. Text printed on verso: Made in Germany. A. C. Bosselman & Co., New York. Date from postmark: Aug 1910; mailed from the Riverside Station, Minneapolis, Minnesota; green 1¢ Franklin stamp. Message: Addressed to Mrs. C. Miesner, 1144 Beech St., St. Paul, Minn. "Tues. Mpls. Mn. Dear Mrs. Miesner, Expect you up Thursday. Come for dinner & make arrangment so you won't have to hurry back. Take Hazel along. With Love, Mrs. F. Dahle."

Willow River Falls, River Falls Wisconsin

Willow River Falls, River Falls Wisconsin

Postcard with image of the Willow Falls near Burkhardt, in St. Croix County, Wisconsin. The use of "River Falls" in the title comes from the location of the publisher. Text printed on verso: Made in Germany. Taggart's Drug Store, Importers & Publishers, River Falls, Wisconsin Printed in the stamp box (partially missing): image of a padlock with "C.E. Wheelock & Co., Peoria, Ill., Exclusive Importers; Domestic Postage One Cent, Foreign Postage Two Cents." Unused.

Willow River Falls, Hudson, Wisconsin

Willow River Falls, Hudson, Wisconsin

Color postcard with image of people standing in front of the Willow Falls near Burkhardt in rural St. Croix County, Wisconsin. Date from postmark: Aug 8, 1907; mailed from Hudson, Wisconsin; green 1¢ "Gingerbread" Franklin stamp. Message: Addressed to Miss Minnie Nagel, Bryant, Clinton Co., Iowa; "8/8/07, You will get this when you get back from Chicago. Emil." [Emil was Minnie's older brother.]

Willow River Falls, Burkhardt, Wisconsin

Willow River Falls, Burkhardt, Wisconsin

Postcard with image of the Willow River Falls near Burkhardt, in St. Croix County, Wisconsin. Text printed on verso: The West Novelty Co., 817-21-Cedar Ave., Minneapolis. Date based on postmark: Dec 5 1908; mailed from Burkhardt Wisconsin; green 1¢ "Gingerbread" Franklin stamp. Message: Addressed to Mrs. J.E. Smith, South Stillwater, Minn. "Dear Lena:- Well how are tricks? We are [ihe sanie?]. Laura and I walked down home to-day. Just got back. Say did you have any more swift rides - I told Joe when he got home. Love to all and a X for Mildred. Gu___."

Willow River Falls and dam, Burkhardt, Wisconsin

Willow River Falls and dam, Burkhardt, Wisconsin

Real-photo postcard with image of the Willow Falls and dam near Burkhardt, in St. Croix County, Wisconsin. The photograph shows a man sitting on a rock below the dam and falls. Date from postmark: Aug 28 1916; mailed from Burkhardt Wisconsin; green 1¢ Washington stamp. Printed on Kruxo paper. Message: Addressed to Mrs. H.A. Ammundson, Osceola, Wisconsin "Sunday, Dear Mrs. A.- Am having a grand time at Burkhardt. Expect to go back to Stillwater Tuesday. Haven't decided when I would come home. Say hello ! to Doris for me and give baby a kiss for me. Genevieve G."

Willis H. Miller papers, 1860-1994.

  • US ARC River Falls Mss BS
  • collection
  • 1860-1994

Papers of a northwestern Wisconsin editor-publisher, local historian, and genealogist. Included are correspondence, diaries, memoranda, genealogical materials, minutes, newsclippings, and scrapbooks. Financial records for the "Hudson Star-Observer," the "Hammond News," and the Publishers Printing Service; family papers of Miller's parents and grandparents; and material relating to the Hudson, Wisconsin, area also are present.
Most prominent among the materials on Hudson history are papers concerning the Hudson Toll Bridge, 1909-1917, documents on the Hudson Housing Authority, 1967-1979, and records of the St. Croix County Historical Society, 1945-1971.
The correspondence contains exchanges with friends and relatives, business acquaintances, persons sharing genealogical information, people writing letters to the editor, and people encountered in Miller's world travels. Included are letters on St. Olaf College, letters from people in military service and from Europeans and Americans abroad during World War II, and an extensive series of letters from prison inmates, 1960-1980.
Also included are diaries written by Miller and his father Theodeus Kane Miller depicting brief descriptions of weather, friend visits and daily life, 1925-1926, 1981-1994.
The processed portion of this collection is summarized above, dates 1860-1981, and is described in the register. Additional accessions date circa 1930-1959 and are described below.
Postcard correspondence, 1930s-1950s, photographs, and miscellaneous ephemera.

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