Awaiting the crowd. Outside Harry’s Place a low-slung Euro sports car, a duded-up 1937 Chevrolet Mile-Master pickup, a tricked-out 2019 Mustang, and a rare 1939 Mercury convertible for the parade marshal. Still dominant after all these years: St. Sacred Heart-St. Wenceslaus Church. Image: Steve Lunde
Pine Creek celebrates its 170 years
PINE CREEK, Wis. – This remote hamlet celebrated 170 years with throngs on its main street and the parade marshal in a 1939 Mercury convertible. It was in 1862 that Bohemians and Kashubians from Winona migrated across the Mississippi to till the 13 miles rich, black top soil above the Trempealeau valley to supply the growing river town of Winona with produce. Soon they had a church, two or three taverns, a dance hall, and a general store. Nowadays on the third Saturday every June their descendents kick up their heels at Pine Creek Day and hoist some at Harry’s.