I was standing at McKinstry’s Home Furnishings sales counter, eagerly fingering my debit card as the saleswoman retrieved my newly matted and framed picture. A collection of old McKinstry magazine covers dated in the 1920s caught my eye above the counter. I was astonished and romanced by the idea that the store was so old having no idea the story was even more interesting.
History
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There is one individual, a self-professed “lazy” person, who was a football, baseball and basketball star for our high school; played in the prestigious American Legion Band; and went on to appear in over 85 Hollywood movies, who will always hold a special place in our history: Fred MacMurray.
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A Fictional Tale of Old Beaver Dam and restless spirits on our lakeshore.
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Dodge County Historical Society
For Civil War veteran William Coxshall, it was an especially harrowing experience. -
Under our feet are millennia-old remnants of pre-historical “building projects”
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The original church still appears much as when it was first built in 1855.
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100 years of businesses collaborating to benefit our historic local community.
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We owe a debt of gratitude to those who saved our heritage.
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Results identifying the 23 downtown buildings from Chuck Oestriech’s childhood memory walk home from school in the holidays of 1940’s.
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Beaver Dam is unusual in that we don’t have the most common street name in America, Second Street.