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Zachow,
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Model Progress Report Updated 1 - Albert
Kallies House |
Build
an N scale replica of the town as it was in 1949 and house it in a
full-size replica of a Background Zachow, Wisconsin actually began as a town about 1903 when it was platted. The railroad came soon after and the little town grew. A depot was built. The little town boasted two grocery stores, 2 taverns (one with a barber shop,) a hardware store, dance hall, bank and a department store. Industries included a cheese factory, a cheese processing plant, a stockyard, a pickle plant, a feed and lumber mill, a petroleum bulk plant, blacksmith shop and a sawmill. Later Radtke’s auto dealership was established in 1930 and across the street a Wadhams filling station was built.
In
1949, four passenger trains went through here daily. The Ashland
Limited(s) met here at 1:00 AM with one taking to the siding. Memories
of the late night steam whistles are hard to forget. The Flambeau 400
also passed through in mid-afternoon both ways. Other memories include movies outdoors where people sat on a grassy area in the center of town to watch. The kids were up early the next day to beat the hobos down there to scrounge up the change that fell out of people’s pockets! The sound of kids skating on the frozen ponds and tobogganing are gone, leaving an eerie silence. As time went by, the “good” jobs were to be found elsewhere. The automobile made mobility easier to commute to these jobs in larger cities, such as Green Bay. Businesses found it hard to thrive and most closed. The railroad picked up its tracks in 1985. Today the town is a sleepy little burg. A fertilizer and corn drying plant, a butter manufacturer, tavern and post office are about all that remain of its businesses. The auto dealership sits empty and the filling station remains, but hasn’t pumped a drop in years. The Modeling Staff
Made up of professional modelers, headed up by John
Dornfeld (Depots by
John) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and is To
see the prototype and the model progress, simply mouse over the property
and click,
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