| Strum, Wisconsin About 1909 A Birds-Eye View |
| This photo by FLEMING, is on a post card. The card was sent to Miss Olive Berg, Strum, Wis. On the back of the post card is a note, of course, and the date is Feb 25, 09 (presumed to be 1909). The post mark is Strum, Wisconsin! Someone knew then, too, the value of a card sent to a friend. Note how the St. Paul's Church cemetery already has a substantial population. Whether then or not, I do not know, but the plowed area to the left of the cemetery ultimately also becomes cemetery grounds, or at least part of it does. You can fairly readily pick out the main drag, Main Street. Notice that at this time and for some time longer, the Beef River was not confronted with the Strum Dam. Few trees brush the horitzon, and, of course, there is no U. S. Highway 10 right in front of us on this side of the church and cemetery. Travel to Osseo must have been on the Prairie Road or further south. |
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