Famous Duck Hunting Club. Caw Caw Club

 Early picture of the Inglis trading post & general store.

 Inglis Family

  Marquette Dredge. Last operated in the very early 1900s.

 Duck hunters' shack end of Lyons Street.

 Auto Sales & RepaIr Shop.  Note mechanical gas pumps. Ira Wison owned the business in later years.

 Market Hunters

  Sparky's Bar

 Cobblestone

 General store on left, Cobblestone in background upper right

 Marv Strahota's famous canvasback decoys

 Marvin Strahota & Duchess in the wild rice fields of Puckaway.

 Strahota Marine...Marv & Francis Strahota

 View is North taken from the Marquette Granite Quarry. Central dredge bank pictured no longer exists today.

 Mrquette Post Office

 Select Training School for girls. Carrie Mason was a teacher in 1869.

 Marquette Granite Quarry

Road bed from the quarry to the boat landing where granite was loaded on to the boats and transported to various cities along the Fox River. The tracks were removed some years ago. The road is built of granite tailings and raised a couple of feet from the surrounding landscape.

Granite tailings from the quarry.

 O'Brien's Park-South shore of Puckaway

 O'Brien's Park

 Rose Zellmer at her home.

 North view on Lyon's Streert

 Hugo Desen (right),   owner of Hoot's Tavern

 First residence in Marquette

 Sturgeon shot on Lake Puckaway

Early photo of the Puckaway Lodge

 Sparky Kohn's Tavern in Marquette

 Clarence Miller, Jr. & Speedboat Note vast beds of emergent vegetation ( bulrush). Central dedgebank upper right of photo

 Marquette granite quarry on Puckaway Rd

Marquette Hotel built by Robert Kohn and was known as Two Oaks Hotel.

 Two Oaks Hotel, Propr. Robert and Martha Kohn.

Kohn's Milk Transport.  Pictured is Cliff Kohn.

 South shore of the Big Lake, near Gettelman property. Note expanse of bulrushes extending many yards into the main portion of the lake.

 This is the original building that was later used by the Lischefski brothers in their boat building activities.  Note the dense vegetation in the entire eastern basin from shore to shore.

 Marvin Strahota recalls the glory days of duck hunting on Lake Puckaway.

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 Inez Genetske, Jenny Potter, Elsie Baker

This is the dam that existed on the Fox River several miles down stream from Montello. It fell into disrepair and was removed, and now allows boaters to reach Rivers Bend Bar and Restaurant  and Montello. Pictured are family members of the Fred and Bob LIschefski family. Photo provided by Eleanor Radke.

Puck-Away Lakeview Hotel, Henry A. Menge, Proprietor

Located on the north shore of Puckaway.

 Marquette Volunteer Fire Department. Photo taken May 1960. Marvin Strahota, Fire Chief and the volunteers. Marvin is in the center of the picture with right hand on hip.

 The Fox traveled  between Berlin and Marquette.

 View is North on Lyons Street. Town Hall pictured on the left side.

 Cobblestone

  Inglis Store & Trading Post.  Corner of Second Street and Lyons St.

 Marquette platted in 1836....anticipated population of 4-6000.

 Princeton Dam

 Hunters on Lake Puckaway. Heindl family.

 Marquette's Brass Band

 Northeast view of the drege bank and Squaw Island. Present day shoreline of the Eagle Landing Condo Assoc.

 North view from Charleviox Street

 Tavern, General Store and Gas Station

 Paul's Gas Station

 Marquette Hotel

 Sparky Kohn...Sparky's Bar downtown Marquette

 Pentz's Log Cabin Resort

 General Store on Second Street

 Hoot's Tavern-  Northeast corner of Lyons and Front Street.

 O'Brien's Park. South shore of Puckaway.

 General Store NW corner of Lyons and Second St.

 Corner of Charleviox and West Front St.

House was occupied by Aggie Stel,  Harry Stel's mother.

Need information about history and previous owners. Appreciate hearing from anyone who might know more about this residence.

 Clarence Miller Tavern.  Also had been a Taylor Shop.

 Clarence Miller's Tavern

View is North. Paddle wheel steam boats dock at the end of Lyons Street.

New Town Hall on Lyons Street.

 Sparky Kohn's first tavern located on sw corner of Cty H and State Hwy 73

Before modern refrigeration, ice from the lake was harvested for "ice-boxes" to keep food cool and fresh. All of the early cottages in the area relied on a steady source of ice for their units throughout the summer months. Large blocks of ice were cut with a gasoline saw mounted on a sled and then trucked to the the "ice house." This photo shows the crew at work and this ice was stored in Sparky's Ice House in Marquette. The blocks of ice were stacked in a large barn-like building  and cover with tons of saw-dust to stop the ice from melting. Sparky's "Ice-House" was located where Matt Dickerson lives today in Marquette.. 

 License for the Edna L excursion boat

Ben Lischefski, Capt of the Edna L

 Edna L near the locks in Montello

 Edn L in the Montello Locks

Lake Edge Resort operated and owned by Rome and Inez Genetske. Pictured are Orrin and Robert Baker.

 Picture taken from the Caw Caw Club property,view is Northwest

 The Lischefski building modified for their boat building activities.

Simandl's water slide

 Marv Strahota with his grandson, Jon Schweder. The three decoys and duck skiff were crafted by Marvin.

Marvin  & Francis Strahota with oversized decoys crafted by Marvin.

 The Anna M made frequent stops at Marquette during the trips between Portage and Berlin.

 Second Street...East View

 Need information on this home and residents shown in the photo. Given to MHS by Linda Dickerson.

 Pictured are Albert, Pauline and daughter Anne Lischefski. This house which has been modified is currently the home of  Mrs Shirley Michels. Shirley was married to Leland Michels, who was an excellent stone mason and carried on the trade he learned from the Lischefski brothers.

Standing-Left to Right

Ben Lischefski, August (Sap) Sauerbreit, Frank Lischefski, Robert Lischefski, Charles McCabe, Sam Zellmer

Sitting-Left to Right

August "Peg" Wellmitz, Edward Sauerbreit, Emil Paul

H & H Boat Channel. James Hijcek, Proprietor.

Joe Kris property corner of Lyon and Cty H in Marquette. Caw Caw Hunting Club owned theproperty before Mr. Kris.

 Marquette Dredge working the  Fox River channel on Puckaway.

Pentz's Log Cabin on Lyons Street

Pentz's Resort....view is north on Lyons Street. Lake Puckaway in the background

 Pentz's advertisement