Submitted by Name: Steven P McNicoll From: Green Bay E-mail: roncachamp@gmail.com
Comments: The page on the St. Paul Coal Docks states that area is still used as a coal dock today by the C. Reiss Coal Company. The St. Paul Coal Docks were on the east side of the river south of Mason Street. They ceased operations in the 1920s.
Comments: I watched Colonel Caboose every morning. He had a game for audience. He revealed characters and the first to get the puzzle won. I won twice. Revealed a sunrise with rooster, a bed, same sun and chicken and followed with dollar sign, and mortar board I correctly guessed, "early to bed, early to rise" etc. I won a Betsy McCall doll with trunk and clothes..2nd win was so strange but I happened to know because of a swimming show routine from the Y. "Santa Catalina is waiting for me". I won a Winkey Dink game with that. Truly one of my greatest memories. I loved him. The blind sisters singing and playing piano also. Loved them too.
Added: March 16, 2023
Submitted by Name: Justdave From: washington island E-mail: justdave49@gmail.com
Comments: saw a post on 1911 Door County Fair that mentioned a wreck on A&W, any details on the wreck?
Comments: Member of the organizing committee for the sesquicentennial of Whitehall, Wis., which was established in 1874 after what was then the Green Bay & Pepin laid its tracks just south of the Trempealeau River in the town of Lincoln, Trempealeau County. The Green Bay and Western was otherwise very important in the development of Whitehall, which became the Trempealeau County seat less than a decade after it was established. Interested in the history of the GB&W in its early days.
Admin reply: I recommend checking out the book "Green Bay & Western (Stan Mailer, Hundman Publishing, 1989). It has a thorough coverage of the railroad's early history. I did an on-line search, and copies of the book are available at the Arcadia, Black River Falls, and La Crosse libraries.
Comments: Looking at some old photos if GBW and CNW in Green Bay and wondering the name of the Interchange junction just east of the GBW shops. Anyone know?
Name: Steven T. Buchan
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very informative site!