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“Father Patrick F. Farrelly was appointed to Saint Rose Parish in 1876 or 1877, he became their first resident pastor in 1877. Father Byrne directed the building of a two-story frame school in 1882, a long building with only one room on each floor.…

"Our Lady of Seven Dolors Parish at Festina began as an Indian mission. In 1840 the federal government built Fort Atkinson and moved the Winnebagoes there from the Yellow River area north of McGregor for the Indians’ protection. When Bishop Loras…

The background of the card is brown. In the middle is an oval with Father Christmas in the center. At the bottom of the oval are holly branches, and above it reads "A Merry Christmas". Inside the icicle-bordered oval, Father Christmas in a light…

This page has two black and white photographs. The top photograph shows a group of hikers in front of a two story house. The first story has cobblestone and the second story has wooden shingles. The bottom photograph shows a group of hikers on top of…

People walking with palm tree branches and in the background there is Jesus behind the bars.

A young boy, named Paul Hoffmann, is featured in the photograph. This is presumably Paul V. Hoffmann, Albert D. and Emma Hoffmann's son, Peter B. Hoffmann Jr's nephew. The boy's body is facing towards the right side of the photograph, but he is…

2 individuals hugging each other