Spring Green

Main Street looking west in 1908. Hardware & furniture store, second from left. Several stagecoach lines originated in the village, bringing people and produce to the Spring Green area. Much of the lumber, grain, hops, livestock and cheese produced in northern communities was shipped here, loaded onto railway cars and transported to the rest of the country.

Lexington Street in September, 1922. Note the railroad tracks, lower, and a sign, right, which reads "Watch out the cars" referring to the railroad cars. Spring Green was settled when the Milwaukee Road crossed the Wisconsin River and routed its tracks through the area. It derives its name from a patch of hillside that greened up early in spring.