A cow grazes in an open pasture east of New Glarus, seemingly unaware that the quiet ground around it would one day become part of one of the village’s busiest transportation corridors.
This early-1900s bird’s-eye view looks west toward New Glarus from a vantage point that appears to be on or near what is now Elmer Road, close to the southeast side of New Glarus Brewing Co.’s Riverside brewery property. Today, Highway 69 and modern development occupy much of the landscape between that viewpoint and the historic village center.
The photograph is remarkable for how much of New Glarus is already recognizable. At left, the first brick commercial building is Puempel’s Olde Tavern. Near the center is the white steeple of the former Evangelical United Brethren Church, built in 1890 and now home to New Glarus Masonic Lodge No. 310. Farther up the hill stands the original brick New Glarus school.
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