Highlights
Fresh Perspectives on a Legendary Lumberjack
Learn the true story of the legendary lumberjack Paul Bunyan and his big blue ox, Babe, as Michael Edmonds, author of Out of the Northwoods: The Many Lives of Paul Bunyan, discusses the logging camp stories that created the legend...
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Posted November 19, 2009
State Register of Historic Places: New Listings
In October the State Historic Preservation Review Board recommended approval of seven new listings in the State Register of Historic Places, Wisconsin's official listing of state properties determined to be significant to Wisconsin's heritage. The Society's Division of Historic Preservation-Public...
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Posted November 16, 2009
Library Reading Room Renovation in Progress
Workers completed the first phase of the ongoing library renovation project recently by erecting a two-story plywood wall to isolate the Society's majestic Library Reading Room on the second floor of its headquarters building. Until January reference librarians will serve...
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Posted November 13, 2009
Obama-signed Cheesehead Finds a Home
When Mansfield Neblett wore a Wisconsin cheesehead hat to President Barack Obama's education speech at Neblett's daughter Jennifer's middle school in Madison November 4, he could have had no idea of the chain of events it would set off, making...
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Posted November 11, 2009
Tickets for Saturday Night Event Go on Sale
Wisconsin Vietnam War veterans and their families will receive the warm welcome home that many never received when a special three-day welcome home celebration in their honor takes place at Lambeau Field in Green Bay in May 2010. The big...
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Posted November 9, 2009
History Has Never Been So Appetizing
Many things bring us together as a people, including the food we enjoy together. The faintest aroma of a homemade dish or traditional recipe can bring back memories of the past in an instant. The unique blend of place, people...
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Posted November 5, 2009
Images of the Ho-Chunk on Exhibit
The latest exhibit at the Wisconsin Historical Museum examines nearly 150 years of the Ho-Chunk people as documented through the lenses of three photographers. This exhibit, Images of the Ho-Chunk, features 1860s photographs by James F. Bodtker, turn-of-the-20th-century images by...
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Posted November 2, 2009
Take Part in Wade House Hearthside Dinners
On several Saturdays this fall and winter Wade House, the Wisconsin Historical Society's historic stagecoach inn in Greenbush, will bustle with activity amid the pleasant aromas of a home-cooked meal — and you can be part of the homey, 19th-century-style...
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Posted October 29, 2009
Halloween Week at the Historical Museum
Halloween Week returns to the Wisconsin Historical Museum October 27-30. Enjoy a week of activities for those of all ages who have an interest in the odd and peculiar! This year we explore Wisconsin's connections to Spiritualism, the one-time fastest-growing...
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Posted October 26, 2009
Edgar Allan Poe Haunts Old World Wisconsin
In celebration of the bicentennial of the birth of master of suspense Edgar Allan Poe, Old World Wisconsin will stage Nightfall with Edgar Allan Poe, a dinner theater series, on Friday and Saturday, October 23-24 and 30-31. The play will...
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Posted October 22, 2009
Local History and Preservation Conference a Hit
The third annual Local History and Historic Preservation Conference met in Wausau on Friday and Saturday, October 9-10, with a record-setting attendance of 287 participants from 48 counties! The conference drew the record number by offering an increased number of...
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Posted October 19, 2009
Encore! Book Launch Event in Menomonie
Experience the grandeur of Wisconsin's restored performance spaces at the book launch for Encore!: The Renaissance of Wisconsin Opera Houses at the historic Mabel Tainter Theater in Menomonie on Friday, October 16. Join author Brian Leahy Doyle and photographer Mark...
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Posted October 15, 2009
It's a Celebration of Autumn at Wade House
As the days begin to steadily become shorter and the colors of autumn decorate the wooded hillsides around Wade House in Greenbush, the historic site will usher in the change of seasons with a festive Autumn Celebration on Saturday and...
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Posted October 13, 2009
Autumn on the Farms at Old World Wisconsin
The farms, fields, gardens and kitchens of Old World Wisconsin will be abuzz with activity next weekend when the outdoor museum conducts its annual rite of passage by readying the site for the coming winter during Autumn on the Farms...
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Posted October 8, 2009
People of the Sturgeon at Book Fest October 10
Two co-authors of one of the latest books from the Wisconsin Historical Society Press that is garnering a lot of attention, People of the Sturgeon, will be on hand to talk about and sign copies of their book as part...
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Posted October 5, 2009
Wisconsin's First Outdoor Rock Festival
Sound Storm, Wisconsin's first outdoor rock festival, was held April 24-26, 1970, on the hillside farm of Irene York, outside the village of Poynette in Columbia County, and is the subject of the latest featured gallery in the Society's online...
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Posted October 1, 2009
Wisconsin Book Festival: A Celebration of Books
The eighth annual fall festival celebrates Wisconsin's rich literary heritage, brings some of America's finest writers to our state, and encourages Wisconsinites of all ages to read widely and participate in our dynamic, interactive literary events. This year we are...
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Posted September 28, 2009
Become a Member of the Society
If you love Wisconsin history, take the next step and become a member of the Wisconsin Historical Society. You'll be joining a vibrant community that enjoys and takes pride in Wisconsin history — and helps to ensure that the Society...
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Posted September 24, 2009
Northern Virginia, 1861: A Call to Arms
The year is 1861, and the Civil War has just begun. Northern Virginia is the scene of numerous clashes between Union and Confederate troops. The denizens of this region, and much of the nation, would not know peace until four...
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Posted September 21, 2009
Fresh Artifacts Give New Life to Odd Wisconsin
The popular and offbeat exhibit, Odd Wisconsin, has offered visitors to the Wisconsin Historical Museum a glimpse into the unexpected side of Wisconsin history through the stories of people, places and things that make our state uniquely "Wisconsin." Now, with...
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Posted September 18, 2009
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