The following
pages are full transcripts from the Old Items section of that
particular issue of The Thorp Courier. The Old Items section contains
short local items of interest from 100, 75, 50, 25, and 10 years ago. These
pages were transcribed by Dolores Mohr Kenyon (unless noted otherwise).
Most weeks, The Thorp Courier publishes a "Way Back When"
photograph with a description or a request for more information. In a later
edition, they publish additional information about the previous photo based on
information provided by readers of The Thorp Courier.
The pages below are for these various pictures, along with the descriptions.
These pages were transcribed by Dolores Mohr Kenyon (unless noted otherwise).
The following links will take you to some of the featured names
and event in the Courier's "Looking Back" section. If you find something of
interest, you can order the old Thorp Courier
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