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Marian Dorset's Family, Home, and Letters

The Dorset-Colwell family papers at LPLA include the personal correspondence for the whole family, who were extremely dedicated record-keepers. Marian Dorset even saved her drafted replies to her correspondents, which is the case for some 1901 love letter…
(written by Jenny DeRocher, Archives Staff) At her death in 1951, Marian Dorset was 82 years old. She was the daughter of Nannie Hammer Colwell Dorset and Rev. Charles P. Dorset.… https://archives.lacrosselibrary.org/blog/marian-dorsets-family-home-and-letters/

The Colonial Golf Club Took Flight in the 1930s

In 1931, Joseph and Mary Leidel bought land on rural Mormon Coulee Road and by June 1934, the Colonial Golf Club was open for business.
(written by Anita Taylor Doering, Archives Staff) Joseph and his wife Mary Leidel bought the land that became the Colonial Golf Club in 1931. A close-up of the title/abstr… https://archives.lacrosselibrary.org/blog/the-colonial-golf-club-took-flight-in-the-1930s/

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