Little Chute Cleanup and Restoration

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Little Chute is a village in Outagamie County directly east of Appleton along the Fox River.  Like almost all of the Fox Valley and surrounding areas its heritage can be traced back to Native Americans and French settlers who engaged in the fur trade.  The French explorers called it “Le Petite Chute”, Little Chute.  But what sets Little Chute apart from other areas in the Fox Valley is the Dutch immigrants led by Father Theodore J. Van Den Broek. 

Father Theodore J. Van Den Broek was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands in June 1784 to wealthy parents.  He was highly educated and fluent in six languages.  He was ordained a Catholic priest in 1808. In 1832 he went to America to become a missionary.  After about two years in Cincinnati, Ohio, he went to Green Bay, Wisconsin where he met the Gringnon family.  The Gringnon family was a prominent family in the early development of Kaukauna.  It is likely Father Van Den Broek’s connection to the Grignon family is what prompted him to settle in the Little Chute area.  He quickly began writing letters about the area to groups in the Netherlands.  His letters were published in a Roman Catholic paper. He spoke of, “the land at La Petite Chute and employment opportunities associated with the Fox River Canal, which included free passage to America for workers.  The results were immediate and, by 1848, three wooden sailing vessels called ‘barks’ or ‘barque’ (small three-masted sailing ships) the Libra, the Maria Magdalena and the America,^[15] had been booked for passage to the east coast of the United States. Approximate 918 Dutch Catholic immigrants were on the three boats.”

Today, many of the residents of the Fox Valley area can trace their ancestry back to these early Dutch immigrants.  “Little Chute has a full-scale authentic working Dutch windmill operated by Little Chute Windmill, a non-profit organization. The Little Chute Windmill and Van Asten Visitor Center, completed in 2013, serves as a museum and tourist attraction that promotes the history and Dutch heritage of the community.” For more visit:  Little Chute Windmill |

SERVPRO is proud to serve the community of Little Chute.  Should water, fire or any other disaster strike, we are here to clean it up and rebuild.