Object Type: Folder
In Folder: Local History Collections
Alvin Walker, Nellie Mae (Walker) Wesselman, and Lenora Walker, circa 1918
A clipping from the Denver Post showing Bear Creek win over Edgewater
Bear Creek School with Nellie Mae (Walker) Wesselman and her sister Lenora Walker standing in front, circa 1925
Bear Creek School's 3rd and 4th grade class, 1936-37 school year. The teacher was Mrs. Ethel Knolls. Frances Wesselman is 5th from left, 2nd row. Clarence Wesselman is 4th from left, last row. Dennis Settles is the 2nd boy in the front row.
Bear Creek School and janitor residence occupied by Jack and Helen Bevans, damaged by windstorm. (undated, after 1920)
A wind storm tore the roof off the gym at Bear Creek School. The roof landed on the janitor's house, occupied by the Bevans family. (undated, after 1920)
Two women standing in front of the teacherage built for teachers to live in while teaching in Bear Creek School, circa 1925
Betty Ewing was a school teacher and secretary that accompanied students on the senior trip in 1946.
1943 Newspaper clipping about a neighbor of the Wesselmans. Daughter of P.H. and Esther Peiffer, who had a store at the intersection of Kipling and Hampden.
Unidentified man on left with rifle and Nate Walker with Laura Walker in the background, undated.
Family genealogy and memories of the Wesselman Family of the Bear Creek Valley
1998; 2005
After flood waters receded, the footbridge had been demolished by a large tree. Wesselman’s bunkhouse was in the east end of the barn. Frank Pearman was staying there. Mt. Carbon in the background, 1938.
Hubert Wesselman's siblings. L to R: Alex Wesselman, Emma, Hubert Wesselman, Fr. Meinrad (Alphonse Wesselman), August Wesselman. There were seven siblings. Gertrude Wesselman died around 1930, and Louis Wesselman was raised by relatives in St. Cloud, MN. Their father, Herman, helped Alex and August buy land south of Mt. Carbon, before 1953.
Lester Witt was superintendent of Bear Creek School from 1935-1946. He and wife Edna accompanied students on their Senior Trip in May 1946.
A hand-drawn map showing where the Wesselman Family lived and other locations important to them
Mary Lee Schrock form Morrison, circa 1940s. She graduated from Bear Creek School in 1945.
Unidentified men with a truck preparing to move the Wesselman's rental home across Bear Creek to Hampden Road in 1939.
Nellie Mae Wesselman (left) and her daughter Frances Wesselman (right) show off their costumes for Morrison's Pioneer Days celebration, undated.
Governor Vivian (?) congratulating Pioneer Queen Mrs. Effie Mae Knoll during Pioneer Days in Morrison. Princesses Mildred Bevans (far left) and Frances Wesselman look on, 1949.
Edna Chew (left) and Nellie Mae Wesselman (right) in costume during Morrison's Pioneer Days celebration.
KFEL announcer interviewing Pioneer Queen Mrs. Effie Mae Knoll and Thyrza Baker at Pioneer Days. Thyrza was the oldest living resident at the time, 1949.
