Gale / Galesville
View from westside of Galesville looking east
Hardies Creek School 1901, burned 1950. Harides Creek students then went to Glasgow School
Hunter Hardware advertisement
2014
Arctic Springs 1900 Trout tank in the rear
Arctic Springs Creamery 1905
Ben Davis, mill owner 1914
1912 Laying bricks around the Square
1912 Brick layers
1890 Gale University Cadet Band
1914 Capt Alex Arnold and his new car
1925 McKeeth Garage on the north side of the Square
1900 Carl McKeeth store
1905 springs and cave in High Cliff Park
Chicago and Northwestern 1900
1900 Galesville City Hall and churches
Cinder Hill walkway going down to lower level, Rall Feed mill in back right
Commercial Hotel on the west side of the Square. Now the site of the bank.
1926 Concrete Teepee on Princess Marinuka's grave at Arctic Springs
Curlers at Gale Curling Club 1973
1965 Gale Ettrick HS Curling team
David Strand Store 1920
1920 Davis Mill
Ben Davis Mill 1920
Decorah Prairie School 1906
East Side Campground 1920's
First County Courthouse on the Square in Galesville 1880
First Galesville Public School 1880-1908
1900 First PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
1907 Davis Lumber Company and first city Jail on the right
1914 Galesville ads
Gale College Dormitory
Gale/Ettrick 1914
1939 Gale High School Band
Town Gale 1914
Gale-Parker Home west of Galesville. Burned in the 1960's
Galesvile 1895
1919 Galesville Bank
1900 Galesville City Hall The second story was an auditorium
1920 Galesville Coronet Band
1919 high water over the mill dam
1898 First graders on the steps of the Galesville public school
1905 Farmers Exchange
1946 Galesville H S Student Council
1946 Galesville HS FFA Basket ball gteam
Galesville Lutheran Church 1915
George Gale Jr
1915 George Smith
Gilbertson Myher Department Store
1910 Galesville Public School 5th Graders
1955 Grant School
Grant School 1956
Grant School 1900
Scarseth Store 1900
Hardies Creek 1945
Hardies Creek 1rst and 2nd Graders 1945
1921 Hardies Creek
1949 Hardies Creek Reading Certificate for Richard Cornell
1920 High Cliff Park Fish tanks
High Cliff Park 1905
1893 Opening Dedication for Hunters Bridge. Seated in the front middle is Thomas Hunter who lobbied for the construction of the bridge for many years
Gale Theater Later remodeled into the Galesville LIbrary
1859 View of Galesville looking west
1900 Jensen Cafe Now the Common Market
Kneeland Building on the corner of Main and Gale
2014 American Legion Post 103
Hauling lumber for Martinius Scarseth Barn 1907
Martin and Agnes Johnson Hardware Store 1920s
Martin Johnson cottage on island in Lk Marinuka
1900 Galesville Methodist Church on Upper Table
Davis Feed Mill
Old miners' lamp used by the Hunter families in the coal mines before coming to Decorah Prairie in 1853
Original bridge over Beaver Creek
First bridge over Beaver Creek in 1900, east of present bridge Built 1876 and torn down for scrap iron in WW2 1942. New bridge built upstream in 1926 and replaced in 2011
July 1, 1915 Galesville made sale of liquor illegal
1908 Riverside Hotel on Front Street
Three sisters , Ruth Hunter Docken, Jeanie Hunter Vickery, May Hunter Docken ( Ruth and May married Docken brothers Will and Fred)
Boating on Lake Marinuka, Boat on the right was a small excursion boat. 1905
1922 Galesville Square
July 1, 1915 Prohibition in Galesville
Hardies Creek students study the Pilgrims
1905 Swinging Bridge over Beaver Creek
Tilly Freimarck and her motorized bike 1916
1900 Galesville Square
Funeral agents in Galesville 1889
Witness Tree in Galesville which was used in original survey
Hunter Brother John and Lucian with younger brother Kinner on the left, Good fishing on the Slough south of Decorah Prairie
Grant School 1903
1914 Galesville High School Senior Class play
1926 Grant School
1958 Grant School kids
1914 building on right is the newspaper office. The owner lived upstairs with his family
First Catholic Church in Galesville located on the east side
Ad for Peach Blossom Flower located on the cliff opposite the feed mill
Old Main building at Gale College
Dedication of new public school in Galesville 1909
Galesville Swinging Bridge damaged in flood and so far, not reopened
Spring 1890 the Galesville Square
1890 Brick paving around the Square
1930 view of Galesville
1940 curlers at Galesville Curling Club
Local artist Lloyd Scarseth
1947 Congdon Family
1950 curlers
Ted Dusseau and his harness horse 1950
Tom Thunder died 1950
1950 Gale High School FFA boys
Decorah Prairie kids
1967 Decorah Go Getters 4 H club
1981 replacement of Hunters Bridge looking north
1982 Don Docken and County Agent Al Czapski
Judge Albert Twesme 1982
1982 Galesville Square
1985 Lady Golfers
1990 winning hog shown by Kathy Smikrud
2011 Horse Pull at county fair
Demolition of old Smith Furniture Store /Galesville Republican Office on the Square 2012
Capt Alexander Arnold
Fire destroys building on the Square but it is replaced
Judge Twesme
Allen Street now Gale Ave looking east
Arnold House /Eastside Farm
Eastside Farm barn
Spiral staircase in Arnold House
Bank of Galesville on the Square 1915
Barb, Duane and Lucian Hunter
Barenthin Oil on the Flat
Ben and Verna (Lakey) Bull
Bud and John Hunter, George Oliver, _______
Captain Alexander Arnold
1915 death of Capt Arnold
Gale High School 1936
1915 Galesville High School seniors on Decorah Peak L bottom May Bull, next Agnes Hunter
Comfort station at the end of Allen/Gale St
1936 Galesville HS Senior Class Play
Crystal Valley pupils 1915
Crystal Valley kids give the Bellamy Salute 1940
1920 Galesville Curling Club
L-R Mikes Bar, Garden of Eating
Decorah Prairie rink vs North Bend curling on the Slough of the Black River 1880
2009 East face of Decorah Peak
Decorah Prairie rainbow 1990
Dormitory at Gale College
Old entrance to East Side Park
Feeding the fowl on the Anna and Will Perring farm 1920
Walter and Jack Hunter fishing on the Slough at the south end of Decorah Prairie
Five former rural school teachers--L-R Vivian Grant, Agnes Johnson, Ollie Wiggert, Margaret Parker, Winnie Mahlum 1984
1937 Galesville looking north City Hall on the left
2013 Galesville
Galesville Curlers 1950
Gazebo above Lake Marinuka
Galesville Square 1972
Looking west over Lake Marinuka
Gerrit Gelder and Kinner Hunter 1909
Girl Scouts 1966
1942 Ball game at Grant School
Halloween party at Decorah Prairie School 1958
1915 Hardies Creek Lutheran Church
Dr Jegi
Dr Jegi and barber Roy Stewart
Interior of Jensen Confectionary and Cafe on the Square
Jensen Cafe on left, Gilberston -Myhre store on right 1980
Johnnye Sesvold on Star with Decorah Peak in background 1959
1877 Kennedy Farm west of Galesville on Cty T
1920 Dinner time at Decorah Prairie School
Mary Oliver daughter of George and Mary Oliver
Mattie and Charles Hollinger, Galesville
Curlers Mick Hovell, Elmer Wilber, Harold Severson, Raud Wilber
1909 dedication of new public school
Norman Hunter and his Maxwell, Decorah Prairie
Bob Hunter and his famous "Hunter Head"
Galesville celebrates end of WW1, Nov 11 1918
1926 Erdman Olson, student at Gale College. wanted for murder
1948 Pea Vine Accident
Decorah Peak 1945
1936 Galesville School
1950 Presbyterian manse
2018 Tombstone for Princess Marinuka, Arctic Springs
Old Riverside Hotel on Front Street
Smith School 1948
Spoon Decorah
Upper Table, Galesville, Ralph Myhre house
1940's threshing crew on Docken farm
Decorah Community Club visits Watkins in Winona
1950 Ladies" Conservation Club plants flowers in Galesville
1903 Zion Lutheran Ladies Norwegian Chorus
Three vets
1917 Gale High School
Alexander Arnold family around 1900
IDs of Arnold Family photo
Bert Gipple, long time editor of Galesville Republican
Buster Gardner, maintenance man and School bus driver at Galesville schools
Galesville High School grads 1917
Galesville 1885
First Hunter"s Bridge over Black River into La Crosse county. Up river from present bridge
Girls' Glee Club 1920
Marinuka grave, Arctic Springs, 1918
1911 Hardware Store off the Square
1896-1956 Galesville City Hall
Duncan Grant and grand daughter Jackie, 1947
Jens Hanson Shoe Store east of the Square
1912 Senior girls from Gale HS
Lorna Betz, Thelma Congdon, Delores Kuchan
1862 Mail wagon
1956 Mail carrier Bob Docken and Carl Anderson
Highway 53 east of Galesville looking toward Young Brothers farm 1956
Albert and Oscar Johnson doing masonry work on new Catholic church in Galesville 1955
1957 Gale-Ettrick HS students working on Annual
Kellman Pool Hall, 1914
1948 Rat Drive
Ray Marsh
2019 Drone Shot of Galesville looking south
1863 ferries
Rattlesnake hunters
2019 High School play
Smith School 1963
1941 Galesville HS basketball team
1938 Veterans
Pea Viners for Gale Packing Company 1956
Upper End of Lake Marinuka 1920
prohibition 1914
Reception Park 1931
class of 1914 Galesville HS
Faye Hunter Dunn
Schusters Store. Galesville 1900
Second Hunter's Bridge over Black River, built 1929
1949 Prom King and Queen, Galesville HS
2021 Square at Christmas
Wilbur Betz and team
Common Market, 2021, located on the Square in former Jensen Cafe building
Cream hauler William "Kinner" Hunter.
Old time curlers on the back waters of Black River 1889
Gale coronet band 1919
Gale Ettrick HS 1970
Galesville HS FFA 1950
Galesville HS Majorettes 1950
Grant school 1918
1971 M Baer, T Twesme and B Oines
1914 ad
2021 Gazebo over looking Lk Marinuka
1914 ad
Effigy mounds
Myles McKeeth 1940
Hunters Bridge replacement
Ross Hunter , Hardware Store Owner
Roy"s Store in Tamarack, owner Roy and Francel Christianson
Oscar Anferson 1940