Ash Creek Band, Burwitz farm, Orion Township, Richland County, Wisconsin, ca. 1896.
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- ca. 1896
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Newspaper Clipping Description: Black and white image of 10 identified men standing in a line with their band instruments outside of a house. They are all wearing hats. Front Print: Away Back When This is a picture of the first Ash Creek band taken about 1896 at the old Burwitz farm in the town of Orion. The band which was organized by Rev. John Wolf included, left to right, George Miller, Jim Rath, Bill Fessel, John Demmer, Henry Pauls, Bill Rath, Herman Oelke, Jim Pauls, Richard Burwitz and Louis Pauls. The photo was furnished to the Republican Observer by John L. Miller, RFD 4. (There is an R. Burwitz farm in section 6 of Orion Township on the 1895 Richland County, Wisconsin plat map.) Front Writing: P453-02, 1896, COUNTY ROOM BREWER LIBRARY Accession Book Description: P453 BANDS – RICHLAND COUNTY – ASH CREEK Picture of the band ca. 1890. Players were: Branson and Shirley Ruse, Fred and Jim Roth, George Miller, Henry Ewing, Richard Burwitz, Ed Casey, Cyrus Mayfield, Ed Turner, Jim P
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- Recollection Wisconsin
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- Richland County History Room
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- Ash Creek Band; Bands; Burwitz family; Demmer family; Fessel family; Miller family; Oelke family; Pauls family; Rath family;
Brewer Public Library - Subjects
- Left to right (10): Miller, George
Rath, James H. (1869-1939)
Fessel, Bill
Demmer, John
Pauls, Henry
Rath, Bill
Oelke, Herman
Pauls, James J. (1863-1942)
Burwitz, Richard Henry (1859-1932)
Pauls, Lewis Henry (1866-1947)
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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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- Ash Creek Band, Burwitz farm, Orion Township, Richland County, Wisconsin, ca. 1896.. ca. 1896. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/rchr/id/8781. (Accessed April 20, 2024.)
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- (ca. 1896) Ash Creek Band, Burwitz farm, Orion Township, Richland County, Wisconsin, ca. 1896.. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/rchr/id/8781
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- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/rchr/id/8781>.