The Cobban Bridge
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Cobban Floods
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The Cheese Factory
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Cobban Store
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Cobban Depot
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Lumber and Shingle Mill
The Shingle Mill was originally owned by Stevens and
Jarvis Lumber Company of Eau Claire, Wisconsin and was later purchased
by Julius Miller who was part owner of the Cobban Store. The
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Cobban Today Cobban WI, viewed from across the Chippewa river in the winter from the "River Road" Highway 178.
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Directly South of Cobban is a small outlet from the river that required a small bridge to cross the entrance. This particular bridge used log piles driven into the river bed for support. |
A 1920's style farm house in the background between Cobban and the railroad bridge. The depot was located in this area would have been the "Milk Pick-up" point for rail transportation from the farm to the dairy just a few miles South |
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for looking,Doug Stoll