Dresbach’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Dresbach. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Both the community and township were named after George B. Dresbach, who founded the community and was a representative in the state legislature. The post office was established in 1858 as Dresbach City, then changed to Sherwood in 1864, then back to Dresbach in 1866. The community once had a station on the former Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad, a sawmill, and several brickyards, lead mines, and limestone and sandstone quarries.
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Start Dresbach’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Dresbach’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewUpper Mississippi River 9-Foot Ch…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Dresbach, decade by decade
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Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 7 and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2) and the Library of Congress (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.