Sauk Prairie Area Historical Society
565 Water Street
Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin 53578
Phone: 608-644-8444
Email: spahs@verizon.net
Website: http://www.saukprairiehistory.org/index.html
Fauhn Breunig- Tripp Museum Manager
This scrapbook is a collection of photos & post cards of businesses in the downtown shopping district of Prairie du Sac as they were built up to the present late 1990’s. Many of the buildings have history dating back to the later 1800’s.A story of each building accompanies the photos. Each story details information of the original owner or builder and a list of occupants that operated businesses out of that particular building. interesting facts about the personal lives of the owners and changes to the type of operations conducted within the building are indicated. Some copies of receipt tickets and advertising also accompany the photos.
A book titled “History of Prairie du Sac Businesses 2000” was compiled by Henry & Pat Russell in 2001. A major part of that book contains material from this scrapbook. The Sauk Prairie Area Historical Society is dedicated to the preservation and dissemination of knowledge of this history of the Sauk Prairie Area. The society’s principal museum, the J.S. Tripp Memorial Museum, is open year round and is free of charge. In addition to the Tripp museum the society maintains the historic Lady of Loretto Church and Salem (Ragatz) Church.
Compiled by Pete Shrake
Photos by Marlene Meyer
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