Mr. Weimer (Valentine) started a brick-yard at La Crescent in 1856, which he carried on two years, then came back to La Crosse, and followed brickmaking, in company with his brother Sebastian Weimer, till the spring of 1869; he then bought a mill in the town of Barre, which he sold in 1875, returning to La Crosse, and went into the brick business again. (History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1881, Page 806)