October 2005 Highlights
Hunting Heritage in Wisconsin: An Old Tradition
Hunting has long been an autumn tradition in Wisconsin, a state where people have hunted as long as humans have lived here. From the Native Americans who first settled Wisconsin and the French-Canadian traders, lured westward by the promise of...
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Posted October 31, 2005
A Halloween Costume from 1922
For Halloween in 1922 14-year-old Virginia L. Shaver of La Crosse, Wisconsin, decided to dress up as a "Spanish Lady." To do this she took a printed tan silk dress her mother Gertrude Shaver had made in 1917 and modified...
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Posted October 27, 2005
Scream Time! Our Favorite Horror Classics and B-Movies
Dracula ... Frankenstein's monster ... The Mummy ... all classic horror characters made famous by classic horror movies. But there are more horror classics out there that you may be less familiar with among the thousands of films and millions...
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Posted October 24, 2005
Tricks & Treats — The Horror of Halloween
With Halloween just days away, the Wisconsin Historical Society has planned a special series of spooky events and programs to fill every trick-or-treater's plastic jack-o-lantern. At Old World Wisconsin children should don their scariest costumes to take part in All...
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Posted October 24, 2005
You're Out! World Series History in Wisconsin
A venerable American tradition will be reenacted this Saturday, October 22, when the Chicago White Sox meet the Houston Astros in the 101st baseball World Series. (The series began in 1903, but was not held in 1904 or 1994.) The...
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Posted October 21, 2005
Celebrating 150 Years of Good Books
The 2005 Wisconsin Book Festival ended with a bang on October 17 as Wisconsin Historical Society Press authors, readers, Society members and staff, and other friends of state history gathered to celebrate the Society Press's sesquicentennial of publishing. As Wisconsin's...
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Posted October 19, 2005
Frank Lloyd Wright Exhibit at the Museum
Wisconsin's Frank Lloyd Wright is considered one of the most important of American architects. The Wisconsin Historical Society has been collecting materials related to Wright for decades, and the Wisconsin Historical Museum is pleased to present a display of recently...
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Posted October 18, 2005
Good Night, and Good Luck: Murrow v. McCarthy
Named after legendary CBS television newsman Edward R. Murrow's signature sign-off, George Clooney's new film, "Good Night, and Good Luck" chronicles the real-life confrontation between Murrow and Red-baiting Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy. Capitalizing on the climate of fear created by...
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Posted October 17, 2005
Archives Week 2005 Heralds Wisconsin Women
How do authors of historical books such as Women's Wisconsin or producers of films such as Good Night, and Good Luck know what really happened in the distant past? They consult primary sources such as original manuscripts, photographs and other...
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Posted October 17, 2005
Teddy Roosevelt Survives Assassination Attempt in WI, Oct. 14, 1912
On the night of October 14, 1912, Theodore Roosevelt was addressing 9,000-12,000 people in Milwaukee Auditorium when he stopped to take a drink of water from this glass. Nearby doctors took this opportunity to advise the former president to stop...
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Posted October 14, 2005
Christopher Columbus: Hero or Villain?
The veneration of Columbus began a little more than a century ago. As late as 1886 there were just two public statues of him in the U.S. It was the World's Columbian Exposition in 1892 that turned him into an...
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Posted October 11, 2005
Dueling Discoverers: Leif Erikson and Columbus
In this month of dueling discoverers (Columbus Day is October 12), October 9 commemorates the exploration and landfall of Norseman Leif Erikson in North America. Although the exact location of his ca. 1000 CE landing remains unclear, Erikson is widely...
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Posted October 10, 2005
Wisconsin Book Festival: October 13-17
The fourth annual Wisconsin Book Festival — a five-day celebration of books, literacy, and literature — will be held in and around downtown Madison October 13-17, 2005. Since the festival's inception, the Wisconsin Historical Society Press has been a contributing...
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Posted October 10, 2005
Anniversary of Firestorm at Peshtigo
October 8 marks the anniversary of the deadliest recorded forest fire in American history, the Peshtigo Fire. Long overshadowed by the Great Chicago Fire (and the colorful story of Mrs. O'Leary's cow tipping over the lantern) that occurred the same...
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Posted October 7, 2005
Two Days in October: Madison and Vietnam
"Two Days in October," a documentary film based on the book "They Marched Into Sunlight" by Pulitzer Prize-winning Wisconsin author David Maraniss, chronicles two parallel events in 1967 — a bloody battle between Viet Cong and U.S. troops on October...
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Posted October 6, 2005
Edward R. Murrow Photos Reveal Unexpected Wisconsin Connection
Recently uncovered photos of legendary journalist Edward R. Murrow reveal a Wisconsin connection beyond his epic clash with our state's most notorious Senator, Joseph McCarthy, now featured in George Clooney's new film "Good Night, and Good Luck." Society archivists recently...
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Posted October 5, 2005
Historic Farms Celebrate the Autumn Harvest
The historic farmhouses and outbuildings of Old World Wisconsin, set against a backdrop of vibrant autumn colors and crisp fall weather, provide the perfect canvas for a festive reliving of Autumn on the Farms in late 19th-century Wisconsin. This weekend-long...
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Posted October 3, 2005
Come One, Come All to a Town Meeting
As Circus World Museum looks to the future in its quest to establish a firm footing as a sustainable historic site, it seeks the opinions and ideas of those it serves. Toward that end, Circus World Museum will host town...
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Posted October 3, 2005
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