Group portrait of the Murray County Commissioners meeting in 1897. From left: S. Pattinson, Anton Lunder, Charles Wells, Henry Cohrs, unidentified, P.J. O'Connell, John Mihin and John Hobart.
It was known at the time as "Our Nation's Most Tragic Accident" in which two vehicles met in a head-on collision on April 21, 1940. Twelve victims were killed and one survived in this horrible accident.
The Herman Weirauch family whom the town of Wirock was named after. Pictured are Mr. and Mrs. Weirauch along with their daughters Adeline, Rose and Eleanora.