Unity Township

~~Businesses~~

• Interior of the Unity Bank (Please contact us if you have any additional information concerning this photo.

• Unity State Bank Robbery (1910)

• 1941 Fire at the Prien Box Factory;

• 1947 - 48 Photo of Joesph Prien's Box Factory, from the collection of Gene Prien; (contributed by Alan Gurtner).

• Clark County Dairy Industry Index

• Cheese Makers MFG. Co. & Blum Bros. Box Factory

• Cheese Maker's Manufacturing Co., Riplinger, Wis. 1919

• Martin Cheese Factory

Farming

• Justman, A. W.--Cutting Corn by Hand

Logging

• George Miller's Early Logging (contributed by Alan Gurtner).

• Early History of Logging in Clark County

1900

• Cullen Ayer  was born March 2, 1841, at Embden, Somerset Co., Maine.  At the age of five years he immigrated with his parents to Mineral Point, Wis., where he grew to manhood. About the year 1858 he came to La Cross and entered into the lumbering interests on Black River, which he followed for about ten years, when he went into partnership with W. W. Crosby, logging on the East fork and main Black River. In the year 1870 they formed the company of Crosby, Brawn & Ayer and bought a large tract of pin on Popple River and its tributaries of which he superintended the cutting and driving the logs out of the river. About three years later Mr. Crosby and Mr. Ayer bought Mr. Brawn's interest and one year later, 1874, Cullen Ayer sold his interest to Mr. Crosby, taking as part payment the large farm in the town of Unity, where he resided until his death, also taking the logging outfit and a large farm in Trempeleau Co., and contracting to cut and drive logs for W. W. Crosby. About the year 1890 he retired from logging and turned his attention to improving his farm in the town of Unity, stumping it and improving it by erecting fine buildings.  He stood six foot-four and can be seen standing by his team of oxen on an early photo taken while logging in Osborne (later renamed Riplinger), Wisconsin. (contributed by Alan Gurtner).

Mercantile

• Ray's Market (1909)

Railroad

• 1884 Wisconsin Central Railroad Ticket (Thorp>Unity)

Saw Mills

• 1904 - 1906 Photo of George Miller's Saw Mill when 1,000,000 feet of lumber was processed in just one year!

• Riplinger Saw Mill; Photo #2;

• 1941 Fall Photo of the Joe Prien Saw Mill.

• 1947 - 48 Photo of Harvey Kademan, Bud Miller & Martin Verkilen rebuilding the Joe Prien Mill, from the collection of Gene Prien; (contributed by Alan Gurtner).

Stores

• Green's Store

• Riplinger Store; Riplinger's 4th of July Float (1914)