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History · Braymer
Braymer’s history is mostly unwritten
The public archives hold no old photos of Braymer yet. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
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2 famous people
What stands out about Braymer’s past Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
★ What stands out · Help out Start Braymer’s collection The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Braymer’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos 00s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
The story How Braymer came to be From Wikipedia’s history of Braymer.
Read it all → Braymer was laid out in 1887 by Milwaukee Land Company along the Chicago, Milwaukee, & St.
Paul Railroad, and named for Judge Daniel Braymer, an influential local banker. A post office has been in operation at Braymer since July 12th, 1887.
Text from Wikipedia , licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 .
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Braymer, decade by decade Famous people 2 famous people were born in Braymer Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.
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What used to stand where something else is now in Braymer? → Who remembers Braymer in the 1950s? → A family story from old Braymer → Does anyone have photos of Braymer from the 1990s? →
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