The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The village was founded in 1882 as a lumbering town, and was named for the Little Wolf River falls.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Big Falls’s history is told.
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Before
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No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Big Falls is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Big Falls has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Tigerton Village Hall and Engine House in Tigerton, 8.9 miles away.
Big Falls and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Big Falls
Tigerton Village Hall and Engine HouseTigerton · Late Victorian · Built 19068.9miWipf, J. & C., MillsIola · District9.1miKasper, Philip H., Cheese FactoryUnion · Building9.3mi
Clintonville High SchoolClintonville · Built 191812.6mi
Clintonville Post OfficeClintonville · Modern Movement · Built 193512.8miHow a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Tigerton Village Hall and Engine House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Big Falls?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Big Falls’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.