Travel Back in Time to Elcho

Just North of Antigo, in Langlade County, you will find Elcho. It grew in much the same way as many northern Wisconsin towns with economies centered on lumbering, but a fire that destroyed much of the downtown in 1923, was just the opportunity Charles W. Fish needed to turned the town into….a picturesque Tudor village?? Read an account of Charles Fish and his dream in this 1923 newspaper article from Wisconsin Historical Society: https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Newspaper/BA14808
All images are from Langlade County Historical Society.

Elcho street scene, undated, but likely pre-1923.
Aerial view of Elcho with Otter Lake in the background.
Rail cars of logs being unloaded by men and a team of horses at Charles W. Fish Lumber Company.
Elcho main street scene opposite the depot, showing one of the incarnations of the Muskie Inn.
Elcho street scene showing retail stores adjacent to the park and depot.