Neillsville in Clark County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

1919 Case Steam Engine

By Keith L, October 25, 2010

1. 1919 Case Steam Engine Marker

Inscription. Originally used for threshing grain in the area by William Neville, this steam engine was owned by Martin "Max" Feuerstein from the 1930s through the 1960s to power a sawmill along 18th Street on Neillsville's northside. This sawmill produced lumber used by the B & F (Bruhn and Feuerstein) Machine Shop for framing truck bodies used for hauling milk cans, as well as lumber for other local uses. Since 1969 this steam engine has been on display as a memorial to the life and times of threshers and loggers. The Feuerstein family donated this engine to the City of Neillsville in 2002.

Erected 2007.

Location. 44° 33.179′ N, 90° 35.366′ W. Marker is in Neillsville, Wisconsin, in Clark County. Marker is on Willow Street north of East Division Street (U.S. 10), on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in Schuster Park. Marker is in this post office area: Neillsville WI 54456, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Dickinson-Hoesly House (approx. half a mile away); 1897 Clark County Jail (approx. half a mile away); Major General Clarence L. Sturdevant (approx. half a mile away); Neillsville Post Office

1919 Case Steam Engine and Marker image. Click for full size.

By Keith L, October 25, 2010

2. 1919 Case Steam Engine and Marker

(approx. 0.7 miles away); The White Pine in Neillsville History (approx. 0.8 miles away); Neillsville Civil War Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away); Clark County Moraines (approx. 3.6 miles away); National Native American Vietnam Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Neillsville.

Also see . . .
1. Schuster Park. Clark County Press article: History takes hold in the park. "The Listeman Foundation provided the $13,000 for the cost of the roofed shelter structure..." (Submitted on April 2, 2011.)

2. Case Corporation. Wikipedia entry. "...Case moved to Racine, Wisconsin, in order to have better access to water and opened Racine Threshing Machine Works." (Submitted on April 2, 2011.)

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1919 Case Steam Engine image. Click for full size.

By Keith L, October 25, 2010

3. 1919 Case Steam Engine

By Keith L, October 25, 2010

4. 1919 Case Steam Engine

“Old Abe” (the famous war eagle of Company C of the Eighth Wisconsin Regiment) was the Case mascot.

By Keith L, October 25, 2010

5. 1919 Case Steam Engine

Nearby Plaque in Schuster Park image. Click for full size.

By Keith L, October 25, 2010

6. Nearby Plaque in Schuster Park

We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Marguerite Listeman Foundation for this community improvement.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. This page originally submitted on April 2, 2011, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 803 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on April 2, 2011, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin.