In their 1982 survey of Wisconsin spinning wheel makers, Victor and Patricia Hilts stated that "Mayville was the only place in Wisconsin where spinning wheels were manufactured almost continuously from the Civil War until the beginning of the twentieth century." ("Not For Pioneers Only: The Story of Wisconsin's Spinning Wheels" Wisconsin Magazine of History 66:1 (1982), available online: content.wisconsinhistory.org/u?/wmh,47529) One Mayville man, Frank Fell, was responsible for carrying…
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