Here is a souvenir booklet from the Allis-Chalmers West Allis Works circa 1950 (click the photo below).
Month: October 2013
Allis-Chalmers Research Laboratories
Google Books never fails to amaze me. Found this great article while doing a search. This lists the research laboratories and important people (circa 1950). Click here for a complete list of companies.
What Blogging, Twitter, and Texting Do for the Historian’s Craft
Found this short blurb a very interesting read. New technology is proving useful for the history field. My wife got me hooked on it a few years ago, and now I try to post on a regular basis ( I would like to make them more frequent). I will be perfectly honest, I miss school.… Continue reading What Blogging, Twitter, and Texting Do for the Historian’s Craft
Allis-Chalmers 782 Chopper Restoration
If you have visited the Unofficial Allis-Chalmers Forum you know people post a lot of good content on there. A thread I have been following this past year and a half is a 782 Forage Harvester restoration that a guy has been working on. Micheal has been restoring his chopper for that last 4 years.… Continue reading Allis-Chalmers 782 Chopper Restoration
History at Work
Who ever said work could not be fun?! I work for Winnebago County as a seasonal laborer, and one of the areas our crew has to maintain are the recreational trails in the county (Wiouwash and  Mascoutin). Both trails had previously been corridors  of the Milwaukee Road and Chicago & North Western railroads. They now serve… Continue reading History at Work
History in Your Neighborhood
There are times I find myself driving through areas of the city or in the country and wondering what these areas used to look like. I cannot tell you how many times I have heard how there was a structure that stood in an area that is now a parking lot, or how a road… Continue reading History in Your Neighborhood
Holt & Balcom Logging Company
This past August my father-in-law planned a trip to the Holt & Balcom Logging Camp near Lakewood, Wisconsin.  To my amazement, it is the only logging camp in the United States in its original location and is on the list of National Historic Landmarks. The original building is now surrounded by the McCauslin Brook Golf and Country… Continue reading Holt & Balcom Logging Company
The Weekend Historian 