Couderay’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Couderay. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The name Couderay is a truncated name of French origin denoting the term "short ears" (courtes oreilles) in connection with those of the Ojibwa people. French explorers and French-Canadian trappers who roamed the northern part of French Louisiana and the Great Lakes at the time of New France created this name.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Couderay’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Couderay’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewLiving room at "the Hideout," the…, 1980: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Couderay, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Couderay is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Couderay has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Ojibwa Courier Press Building in Ojibwa, 8.7 miles away.
Couderay and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Living room at "the Hideout," the Northwoods retreat of Chicago gangster Al Capone during Prohibition (1980) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.