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SOBIESKI
Oconto County
Wisconsin

CHOIR AT ST. JOHN CANTIUS CATHOLIC CHURCH
Late 1888
Maestro S.C. Liberski, Frank Peplinksi and J. Zielindki are at left; J.J. Hof stands in the church entrance, and organist, Mrs. Liberski, is at the right.
Dave Cisler

PIONEER DUG-OUT HOME
Drawn by a missionary priest in the late 1800's, this is the typical first cabin of Polish immigrants to Sobieski. These settlers came with next to nothing in resources and funds and built their community literally from "scratch".
Drawing from "The Catholic Church In Wisconsin" 1898

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The following picture postcards are contributed and from the collection of Dennis Kohlman.


Sobieski Main Street looking East 

Sobieski Main Street looking West 



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