by Sears Homes | Dec 16, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Yesterday, this website had its 500,000th visitor. That’s pretty exciting news. Since 1999, I’ve been writing and talking about Sears Homes. In August 2010, I started “blogging regularly” at this site. And then in June 2011, a new topic...
by Sears Homes | Feb 25, 2012 | Uncategorized |
On Friday, I posted a detailed blog about Addie’s deep roots in the Lake Mills community. Addie Hoyt (1872-1901) was the granddaughter of Kimball Hoyt and his wife, Sally Sanborn Hoyt. The Hoyts first came to Jefferson County in 1843. When Sally Sanborn Hoyt...
by Sears Homes | Feb 11, 2012 | Uncategorized |
In the early 1980s, the Fargo Mansion Inn was slated for demolition. The two men who purchased it and saved it (Tom Boycks and Barry Luce) have done a remarkable job of restoring it. This weekend, this wonderful house (and one of the Innkeepers, Tom Boycks) were...
by Sears Homes | Feb 9, 2012 | Addie |
“In 1901, a death in a small town was a community event, and in a town with only 1800 people, death was a big event.” That’s one of about three dozen amazing tidbits I learned about funeral customs during my conversation with Marty Mitchell, Funeral...
by Sears Homes | Dec 26, 2011 | Uncategorized |
On November 3, 2011, Addie Hoyt’s remains were exhumed and taken to Milwaukee for an autopsy. Read about the results of that autopsy here. When I was in Lake Mills (early September and then again in late October), I walked the full breadth and length of the...
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