Travel Back in Time to Elroy

The history of the railroad is, in many ways, the history of Elroy. The railroad spurred growth in the late 1800s and when the railroads declined, the land was sold to the Wisconsin DNR and developed into the “400” State Trail which begins in Elroy ends in Reedsburg. Images in this album come from the Elroy Public Library, the Elroy Area Historical Society, and the Wisconsin Digital Archives.

Panoramic view, Elroy, undated.
Reprinted photograph of Main Street, Elroy, in 1910.
Photograph of Main Street, Elroy. Undated.
Photograph of Marie Cafferty, Ruth Hart, Lloyd Webb, Dutch Dallman, Eva Sanburn, and Erma Sherman standing inside a business in Elroy.
Photograph of Second Main Street. Pictured are the Livery Stable, the City Transfer, and the “Leader Tribune.”
Page from Elroy-Sparta Trail guidelines (Mar. 1973).