Major fires combatted by our volunteer firemen were a fire in
1830 which started in a livery stable next to the Stoltenberg
Store destroying completely both the store and the stable.
In 1941 the Cleveland Fire Department responded to a request from
the Millersville Fire Department for assistance at a fire at a
box factory. In 1952 they fought a fire at Seipel Saw Mill at
Spring Valley. Very publicized was the 1963 fire that destroyed
Rutherford Motel at Hika. and in 1974 Wimmler's Tavern.
     At right is the
picture of the hand-
drawn and hand-oper-
ated pump construct-
ed by the Badger
Fire Department, and
used in the Chicago
Fire.
     The Cleveland
Fire Department
purchased their
first horse drawn,
gas driven pump in
1908.
     The above picture shows Stoltenberg's Store before the fire
in 1930. At that time Stoltenberg's Store was located in the first
two buildings. The fire started in the livery stable, the third
building from the right of the picture.