Documents – Trempealeau County Historical Society

Cowie vs Ekern 1900 — Cowie vs Ekern political debate around 1900

van sickle — Floyd Van Sickle, Martin Brom Jr, Jimmy Garaghan 1940

whitehall-deer-1941 — 1941 Deer in whitehall

courthouse-croquet-1891 — croquet on the courthouse lawn with Sheriff Engen 1891

Whtl temperance 1915 (397x640) — Whitehall Temperance 1915

whitehall 1890 (311x800) — December 1890 Whitehall

damon-2016-800x624 — Judge Damon retires 2016

1984 nurses Whtl — Whitehall Training School for Nurses, pictured are Judith Steen, Jenny Birkland, Agnes Staff 1984

whtl hs 1930 (640x197) — Attendance at high schools was optional in 1930 when this ad was run in the plat book.

ELU Special mtg (640x447) — Sand mine meeting 2015

whiteh dentist (516x459) — Torsons of Whitehall 1915

ekern 1890 (358x640) — Feb 1890 Whitehall

linc — Town of Lincoln 1905 list of Civil War Soldiers

whtl — Village of Whitehall Civil War Soldiers 1905

ski 1940 (515x428) — 1940–Walter Nelson and Jackie DeBow were noted ski jumpers in the county

whtl meth 1 — Whitehall Methodist church

metho 2 — part 1 history of Whitehall Methodist

metho pastors — Whitehall Methodist Pastors

Obit Ingalls 1939 — Whitehall resident John Ingalls June 1939

Whitehall Ski Club 1939-the ski hill was at the end of the valley that CR O runs north thru

History_Hospital — Tri County Memorial Hospital

1951 Whtl Mill and Power Co — Whitehall Mill and Power Co 1951

Whitehall HS Junior Class 1911

Whitehall 1887

1937 Sheriff Brom — Sheriff Martin Brom 1937

1888 hard winter — Vold, Ole 1888 Hardwinter

1949 Eyvind Peterson — Peterson Eyvind 1949

1938 School graduationsr — 1938 School graduations

1950 Whitehall robbery — Whitehall Robbery 1950

1944 Threshers — Threshers 1950 Nyberg, Thompson, Frederickson, Speerstra

1950 Wthl Burglars — Whitehall Burglars 1950

1951 L Larson Mailman — Larson, L Mailman’s remembrances 1951

1952 Alaska Gold Rush Group — Alaska Gold Rush Group 1952

1952 Tank Rescue — Olaf Nelson Rescue 1952

1953 County new officers — New County Officials 1953

1953Obit Dr_Mrs JC Tyvand — Tyvand train accident 1953

1955 Sherriff Axness — Sheriff Ernest Axness 1955

1955 Adolph Hanson — Hanson, Adolph 1955

1956 Mrs Ole Erickson — Erickson, Mrs Ole Engen 1956

2012 Lumberyard Whtl — Lumberyard in Whitehall 2012

cOURTHOUSE pT 2 — County Courthouse History B

cOURTHOUSE_Page_2 — County Courthouse Ab

Miss Sumbeam Constest-D Briggs — Briggs, Diane little Miss Sunbeam contest

Old Whitehall complete — Old sketch of Whitehall

Thompson_Elstad Bday — Thompson_Elstad birthdays

Whlt 1912 Graduation — Whitehall HS Graduation 1912

whtl 1911 echo — Whitehall HS 1911 Year Book

Whlt HS Freshmen 1911 — Whitehall HS Freshman Class 1911

Whtl bb roll 11 — Whitehall HS Basketball team 1911

Whit Class 1912 — Whitehall Class of 1912 a

Whitehall Ham Fire — Ham fire of Whitehall 1944

Whtl cake mix_Carl Schaefer — Schaefer Cake Mix

Whtl HS chorus Roll 1911 — Whitehall HS Chorus 1911

Whtl HS intro 11 — Whitehall HS History 1911

Whitehall History 1956 — History of Whitehall 1950

Whtl HS Orchestra 1911 list — Whitehall HS Orchestra 1911

Downloadable PFD Files

WILLIE JOHNSON RECALLS OLD WHITEHALL

First Whitehall PO

TREMPEALEAU COUNTY SHERIFFS 1855-2014

1940 Homemakers Achievement Day

1952 OUR SAVIORS LUTHERAN CHURCH OF WHITEHALL

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Letter to the Editor:
Regarding the identity of members of the Pathea Orchestra, recently shown in your paper, the
young boy in the center is my brother Alf Modahl. He now lives in Bradenton, Fla.
Our family, consisting of our parents, Amandus and Mattie; my brothers, Alf, Joe, Frank and Carl; and myself, Lillian, lived in Whitehall from 1910 until 1918. Both parents were musicians. He organized orchestras and bands and gave music lessons; she played piano, organ, violin and mandolin. When our father died in 1911 from a stroke, many of the town folk came to the family’s aid, for which we were very grateful. Mother, then, took over the music classes and made a living for our family.
Alf was a dedicated musician all his life. He would set his alarm clock to the exact time he would finish practicing, and set the clock, face out, in the window to allow his pals to know when he would be available for fun and games. He played the clarinet in a family orchestra before Father died. Mother played the violin; Joe played the flute and piccolo; Frank played the piano and Father the drums.
After Father’s death, this orchestra fell apart, but Alf never faltered in his determination to become a top notch musician. He played for his first dance when he was 10 years old, which was the last dance our father played for. Alf proudly gave his earnings to our mother to buy coal.
From the age of 10, Alf played regularly with several orchestras; he was considered a drawing card because of his young age. His fellow orchestral members took good care of him; they did not let him play late. They would make a bed for him out of chairs and coats behind the piano and bed him down for the sleep he needed in order to go to school the next day. In his teens he was expected to carry his share of the playing and by the time he was a sophomore he played so many nights that he had to drop out of school.
When our family moved to the Galesville area in 1918, Alf remained in Whitehall for awhile. Later he left to pursue his career, traveling across the nation with Chatauqua programs and other musical groups. Still later, he became a member of John Philip Sousa’s band and traveled widely. When Alf married Alta Moen from La Crosse, he settled down there. Here, he continued in orchestras and bands and in teaching music. They have a son and a daughter and grandchildren, and are now retired in Florida.
Lillian Modahl Hanson
Holmen, Wis