Stories by Stan
By: Stan Jordan Let’s starts with this photo of JB Johnson Furniture Factory built in 1924 and locally called “The Chair Factory.” In about 1939 it was sold and renamed The Antwerp Parlor Furniture Co. It was doing well. During WWII, they made shipping boxes out of wood for the government at their specifications. Then…
By: Stan Jordan Christy DeLong brought this picture into me the other day, Tony and Carly had been kayaking in the river and the water was so clear that they saw this wheel lying under the water. Now before the first river bridge was built in 1868, the only place to cross the Maumee was…
By: Stan Jordan The above is a fine picture of our Riverside Veteran Memorial Park, taken by the West Bend News camera. The following here is an excerpt of a city council meeting back in April of 1883. The crowning achievement of this administration of Village affairs was reached on Jan. 5, 1886, when on…
By: Stan Jordan From its founding, Dodge City had a reputation for corruption and was often labeled the wickedest city in America. The Dodge City Gang dominated the law enforcement and monopolized the whiskey trade, but in 1879 the anti-gang supporters won on election for Ford County defeating a popular member, Bat Masterson. They called…
By: Stan Jordan This picture was given to my by Twila Mabis Demongeot and is testimony of how neighbors helped neighbors 70 years ago. As I understand, Herb Reinhart had knee surgery and this fellow probably had all of the corn planted and they came and plowed the ground and worked it all up. This…
By: Stan Jordan Police Chief George Clemens took the boss and I up past his animal farm to the crossing of the railroad over the canal. The railroad was erected in 1855 and the canal was used from 1844 until about 1880, but the canal use was mostly logs and lumber for Antwerp factories. At…
By: Stan Jordan The above is a picture of the marina taken Thursday, June 25th, by boss, Bryce Steiner, with his drone. Police Chief Clemens took us all around through the marina and the island. It has been about 80 years since I waded, fished and spent many fine days in our fine park and…
By: Stan Jordan For weeks I have been asking Pastor Rick Grimes to get me a fishing story and he came in the office and told me about this trip and the fellows who went along. This is a picture of Rick and two 25 pounders, they are Flathead catfish and came out of the…
By: Stan Jordan This was taken from our collection and the boss blew it up for me, but it is not very clear. I have stared and looked at it many times and all it tells me is: It could be before, during or after the Civil War. Probably this driver and his mules here…
By: Stan Jordan I have shown this picture of this corner before, but it was never this good or clear. A little in review, this corner, until 1930, was Tom Foster Clothing Store, it was sold and torn down. Sometime between 1930 and 1936/37, this white building was built on this corner and I assume…
By: Stan Jordan This fine picture is a blown up shot from the Erhart Collection. I am really glad to get it and I will tell you what I know about that factory and that area. This factory was on the east side of Antwerp on the north side of Canal Street about across from…
OLD ANTWERP By: Stan Jordan This fine old picture is from Ehrhart’s book, it was from a little 4×4 print that the boss here at West Bend News blew up to 8X10 and that makes everything more clear. Here at your right, is a nice little brick building, probably an office, but all the other…
By: Stan Jordan The above picture is of an old circus wagon, it belongs to our Chief of Police George Clemens. Let me tell you a little bit about its life. This wagon had a soul, it was darn near human. It carried a steam boiler and was big enough for three steam kettles. That…
