When digging in the archives, I came across "Nordwestlicher Courier", a German language newspaper from Fond du Lac. It appears to be a special edition, dated 8 April 1896. There are 12 pages to this issue, and the first column, written in English, gives a summary of the past 60 years of Fond du Lac history. The balance of the paper contains photos and biographies of city officials,including P. J. Van Blarcom, 'Urkundenreg', A. E. Richter, 'Countyrichter', Owen Ferguson, 'Countyclerk' and Simon Schafer, 'Unterscheriff', among other.
There are also pictures of various buildings in the county, and one of them caught my eye.
Even though I thought this looked like the Church of Peace on Military Rd., the steeple looks a little different. And since I can't read German, the text that accompanied the picture was of no help to me. It seems to me that I remember my cousin, who still attends this church, mentioning a re-build of the steeple, so I will have to check with her to confirm.
Since this is an early commemorative history of the early days in Fond du Lac, I truly hope that I can find someone willing to undertake a translation of all these wonderful articles.
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