Travel Back in Time to Kaukauna

Paper mills, public school history, and a name that only folks from Wisconsin know how to pronounce, the city of Kaukauna, is located on the banks of the Fox River. Images are from Kaukauna Public Library: https://content.mpl.org/digital/collection/KMP.

Ink sketch of Wisconsin public school, opened in 1828 in Kaukauna — as imagined by the artist. This school was started by Electa Quinney, Wisconsin’s first public school teacher. She was a Stockbridge-Munsee Indian woman who was professionally trained to be a teacher, and she taught Native American and white students at her school.
Depicts the corner of Lawe Street and Wisconsin Avenue. 1912.
Second Street, Kaukauna, Wis. Handwritten on front: May 1, 1908.
Northeast corner of Main and Second Street, Kaukauna, Wis. Visible in image are the Central Block Building and sign for W. C. Sullivan, Dentist. 1905.
Looking Down River, Showing Paper Mills, Kaukauna, Wis. Hand colored. 1907.
Wisconsin Avenue after ice storm. Visible in image are J. G. Fechter’s Shoe Store, Butler-Dietzler Hardware, and Woelz’s Bakery and Restaurant. Undated.
Lawe Street Bridge, 1907.
West Wis. Street, Kaukauna, Wis. 32. Visible in image are the Kaukauna water tower, Gambles, and S & B Bowling Bar.