1: SETTLEMENT AND OLD TOWNE, 1850-1880
Ignatius Donnelly’s Visit
The Forest Hotel
The Mills
Early Roads
The Narrows Bridge
The County Seat
The First School
The Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church
The Early Settlers
2: THE RAILROAD AND THE VILLAGE, 1880-1906
The Railroad Comes
Bethesda Old People’s Home
New Village, New Businesses
The Creamery
Camping by Green Lake
Tourists and Resorts
The Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church
Incorporation
3: FIRES, WARS, AND SWEDISH VISITORS, 1906-1956
The Business of a Village
The Village’s Businesses
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church
Bethesda Old People’s Home
Educating the
The Post Office
Resorts and Hotels
Fairs, Pageants and Flower Shows
Icaghowan, Ojiketa, and Green Lake Lutheran Camp
Wars, a Cake, and a Movie Star
The Last Train
4: TRANSITIONS, TRANSACTIONS, AND HERITAGE, 1956-2006
The Business of a Village
The Village’s Businesses
“You Tempt Fate by Driving 8
Houses of Faith
Caring for the Elderly and Ailing
Shared Institutions
From Offices to a Hospital
The Rise and Fall of the
Remembering the Past
Identifying the Place