Old Chicago House burns, northeast corner County Highway ZZ and Tuckaway Valley Road, Dayton Township, Richland County, Wisconsin, 1972.
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- 1972-04-04
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Newspaper Clipping Description: Black and white picture of burning home and accompanying news article. I have added obituaries for Morse Liek, Marie Liek, their mother, Alice Liek, their grandmother, Mary Knight; and their great-grandmother, Susan McKinney; all of whom owned this property except Alice Liek. The property was owned by Morse & Marie Liek, siblings, from at least 1936-1972. It was owned by their grandmother, Mary Ellen McKinney Tolman Knight from at least 1903-1931. Mary Ellen’s mother, Susan Britten McKinney owned the property in 1895 and her father, William McKinney owned this property from at least 1874 to 1880. Front Print: Richland Center, WI: Richland Observer, 13 Apr 1972: Fire Destroys Historic House, The flames consumed the Liek home, known as the Old Chicago House, in a little more than an hour last Tuesday afternoon. The 14-room house and its antique furniture was completely destroyed. The Richland Center fire department answered two calls last week, the first t
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Richland Observer, Richland Center, WI
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- Recollection Wisconsin
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- Richland County History Room
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- Fires; Old Chicago House; Hotels; Britten family; Knight family; Liek family; McKinney family; Tolman family;
Brewer Public Library; - Subjects
- Liek, Morse Henry (1909-1986)
Liek, Marie J. (1911-1986)
Tolman Liek, Alice Blanche (1884-1977)
McKinney Tolman Knight, Mary Ellen (1855-1949)
Britten McKinney, Susan (1828-1908)
McKinney, William (1820-1884)
County Highway ZZ
Tuckaway Valley Road
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- This work by Richland County History Room, Richland Center Wisconsin is licensed under a http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
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- Richland Observer, Richland Center, WI. Old Chicago House burns, northeast corner County Highway ZZ and Tuckaway Valley Road, Dayton Township, Richland County, Wisconsin, 1972.. 1972-04-04. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/rchr/id/9655. (Accessed April 18, 2024.)
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- Richland Observer, Richland Center, WI, (1972-04-04) Old Chicago House burns, northeast corner County Highway ZZ and Tuckaway Valley Road, Dayton Township, Richland County, Wisconsin, 1972.. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/rchr/id/9655
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- Richland Observer, Richland Center, WI. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/rchr/id/9655>.