THE OSSWALD TIMEKEEPERS

The Osswalds began as farmers and bakers on the edge of Wausau, Wisconsin, in the mid-1800s. Christian Osswald, an immigrant from Germany, carried with him not only recipes for bread but also a strange gear hidden in his belongings-a relic tied to time itself.

Generations later, in 2025, his descendant Joshua Osswald discovered the old gear buried in the family barn. When it stirred to life, it pulled him back into Christian's world, where he witnessed the struggles of survival, faith, and legacy in the Wisconsin frontier. Across fires, floods, rivalries, and wars, Joshua traveled between centuries, learning that the true clock of time wasn't in gears or lanterns but in the acts of love and labor passed through his family.

From hearth to sawmill, from the river's edge to the heart of modern Wausau, the Osswalds endured. Bread became their bond, timber their strength, and memory their bridge across time. In the end, the family's greatest gift was not time travel itself, but the reminder that legacy is what we keep warm for those who come after.