----Source: Historical Sketches of Dorchester, Wisconsin (1873-1973)



DORCHESTER, SNOW SNAKE (1924)

This Snow Snake was built around 1924 in Kriplean's Garage, Dorchester. The men who built it were Henry Erlei, William Kriplean, Frank Seidel, Emil Fitzlaff and John and Henry Molitor of Medford. Remodeling a Model T Ford axles had to be cut and re-welded to make them shorter, so the track would fit the same tracks as a logging sled. Aproximately six of these were made and then the venture was discontinued as the cross bolt (or rod) could not take the stress.