Personal Recollections
Introduced in 2023 Personal Recollections is used to preserve the voice, words, memories and perspectives of community members that captures their unique history and perspective in their own words.
Please click on the links below to hear the voice sharing clips of their stories, experiences and memories of Stoughton. All clips are under three minutes. Visit back, more will be added.
Dean Hanson, lifelong member of the Stoughton Community, current board member of the Historical Society:
Anderson and Holton Drug Stores
Bob and Bonnie's Pizza
Friend of Mine Johnson
Friend of Mine Pigeon Control
Haskell Friedman, owner Friedman General Store
Kindergarten Mrs. Marilys Hansen
Paper Route - Tobacco Harvests
Dave Kalland, lifelong member of the Stoughton Community and 16 yr past president of the Historical Society:
Historic Opera House, City Hall - built 1900
Civil Defense Volunteers WWII, Bickley Bus
Police Door Shakers, Telephone Operators
Country Fires
Skaalen Home Fire
Christ Lutheran Church Fire, Stoughton Academy