Paul Hirstein and wife and long-time friend George Cox visited the Bremen History Center on Tuesday. George taught science at Bremen Junior High until 1978. Paul was a member of the Bremen Water Department in the 1970s and, along with... Continue Reading →
Winter has come to an end here but in October of 1909, it was coming on with a vengeance. The cold snap led to this harsh reminder for young Romeos who let their horses stand in the cold while they... Continue Reading →
Salem Church on the southwest corner of Plymouth and Montgomery is planned to be replaced with a new structure substantially renovated as funds are available. The church was built in 1901 under Rev. William G Braeckly to replace a nearly... Continue Reading →
The Main family recently donated the old telephone switchboard from the Liberty Coach plant to Historic Bremen. It is on display now at the History Center. An operator sat in front of the switchboard and connected those who rang her... Continue Reading →
There is a barely a mention of Easter in the early days of the Bremen Enquirer. It appears to have been a quiet, religious affair. But even the earliest mention of activities other than the bare fact of observance is,... Continue Reading →
The Enquirer ran this little tongue-in-cheek slice of life in the fall of 1890: (Note the spelling of "serenade" as "cerenade". This was common at the time, as were "drouth" for "drought" and "draught" for "draft".) Here's a 1910 recording... Continue Reading →
In 1962, Ernest Annis of Bremen published a history of his Huff family tree, going back to Johann Phillip "John" Huff (1791-1872) and Maria Catherina "Catherine" Lahm (1800-1874), who immigrated to the US from Germany around 1835. This is freely... Continue Reading →
John J Wright's Opera House occupied the second floor of the building above Wright's Store (today's Panda Garden). It opened in the early 1880s (before the Enquirer was around to document it) and hosted the first real Bremen High School... Continue Reading →
Tomorrow is February 29: leap day. It used to be a common tradition in America that gals could propose marriage to the feller of their choice in a leap year. In late 1895, the Enquirer cautioned that the upcoming year... Continue Reading →
February 26 would be Doc Bowen's 98th birthday. The History Center has a nice display of photos of his life and career. Doc's companion through 47 years from their wedding in 1939 to her death from a rare bone marrow... Continue Reading →
The Enquirer published this little pre-Valentine tale January 30, 1886. How much of it is true is impossible to tell. The postmaster at the time was John Bauer, Jr., who would have been 49. As a reminder that Bremen was... Continue Reading →
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