Tree in the back yard of the Philipp Wiedmann home - seen in many old pictures of the family.
The Wiedmann Family Tree after being pruned by the power company in 2007.
Wiedmann homestead (lower center) and Pioneer Cemetery site (upper left
corner).
Venturia is 1/2 mile to the right.
Remains of the foundation of Jakob Wiedmann's sod house.
Venturia can be seen in the background.
Pioneer Cemetery looking SE toward the homestead site.
Built in Venturia after Jakob Wiedmann retired from farming.
Elisabetha with her grand-daughters, Martha (Bertsch) and Frieda (Bower) Wiedmann.
Jacob S. Wiedmann, the oldest son of Jakob Wiedmann,
built this house in Venturia after starting the store.
Jacob with children on balcony.
Jacob's wife, Dorothea (Diede) and mother, Elisabetha below.
Philipp bought this house from his brother's widow after Jacob S.'s death in 1914.
Founded in 1906 by Jakob Wiedmann's sons, Jacob S. and John.
The original Wiedmann store, the Bazaar, founded in 1901, is on the left.
Philipp is second from right.
We have not identified the others - do you know anyone else on this picture?
Taken during the Golden Jubilee parade.
The John and Katharina (Haas) Wiedmann house built in 1925.
A predecessor of the Venturia Baptist Church.
Located 2 mi. N and 6 mi. W of Venturia, just south of the Kassel Cemetery.
After the congregation merged with the Venturia Baptist Church,
the old Kassel building was moved to Zeeland.
The original Venturia Baptist church built in 1913.
The new Venturia Baptist church built in 1949.
This building burned down in 1964.
The present Venturia Baptist church building, built in 1966
to replace the earlier building which burned down.
The Venturia Baptist Cemetery 1 1/2 mi. W of town.
The Kassel Baptist Cemetery is located 2 mi. N, 6 mi. W, and 1/2 mi. S of Venturia
on the former Martin Bender homestead land.
Built by Gottlieb and Katharina (Dobler) Krause on their homestead land
4 mi. W and 6 mi. S of Venturia on the SD border.
Martha Krause, Frieda (Bender) Krause with Leah (Wiedmann), Anna (Dobler) Krause
The Gottlieb Krause house as it looks today.
Leah (Krause) Wiedmann with current owner.
The Venturia Railroad Depot, now located on Main Street.
Operated by Ginthon Bender and his father, Martin Bender, in the 1920's.
The only remaining retail business in Venturia.
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