The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗In 1852 Charley Lindemann immigrated to the area and began a settlement among the Native American Menominee and Potawatomi tribes. His wife named the community after her home town of Kiel, Germany. Two years later, Col. Henry F. Belitz, later nicknamed the "Father of Kiel", built a hotel and mill along the north side of the Sheboygan River. A road was built across Wisconsin to connect Green Bay with Milwaukee area communities. The bridge was built across the Sheboygan River in 1858 connecting Kiel with Sheboygan. In the late nineteenth century to the early twentieth century, Kiel became a manufacturing area with businesses specializing in brick, wood shoes, machine, and furniture manufacturing.
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CommonsKielPostOfficeWisconsin2008
CommonsCarlGottliebHeinsHouseWest2008
CommonsCarlGottliebHeinsHouseSouthwest2008
CommonsCarlGottliebHeinsHouseNorth2008
CommonsSheboyganRiverKielWisconsinFrozen2007
CommonsManitowocCountySignWIS57WIS322007
CommonsKielWisconsinSign2007
CommonsKielWisconsinHighSchool2007
CommonsKielWisconsinCityHall2007
CommonsLandOLakesKielWisconsin2006
CommonsKielWisconsin2006Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Historic places
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