October 2006 Highlights
Circus World, Bennett Studio Open Year Round
Most historic sites batten down the hatches and close for the season as the winter months approach. Two notable exceptions among Wisconsin's historic sites are Circus World Museum and H.H. Bennett Studio & History Center. Both sites observe winter hours...
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Posted October 30, 2006
What Was YOUR Favorite Toy?
The Wisconsin Historical Society wants to know about your favorite childhood toy. Was it a teddy bear, a push toy, a doll, a toy vehicle? Was it a popular brand-name toy or game like Scrabble, Candy Land, Lite Brite, Tonka,...
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Posted October 27, 2006
The Return of the Curse of Horror Week!!!
It's creepy and kooky, mysterious and spooky, and it's underway at the Wisconsin Historical Museum — the third annual Horror Week Extravaganza! This year's cursed weeklong celebration of the demented and the macabre features a terrible triumvirate of "horror-some" activities...
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Posted October 25, 2006
Wade House Celebrates the Autumn Harvest
Horse-drawn wagon rides, hot cider, colorful Irish and American Halloween customs, ghost stories, and bobbing for apples — these are just a few of the ways Wade House will close out its 2006 season with an Autumn Celebration Saturday and...
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Posted October 23, 2006
A Harvest of Cranberries
Searching for fall color? It doesn't get more colorful than the autumn cranberry harvest in Wisconsin. Wisconsin produces more cranberries than any other state — more than 3 million barrels each year. The bright red berry is a Wisconsin native...
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Posted October 20, 2006
Wisconsin Book Festival: October 18-22
The Wisconsin Book Festival is celebrating its fifth anniversary this year, and the Wisconsin Historical Society Press has an exciting lineup of new books and accomplished authors appearing at the event. The five-day celebration of books, literacy and learning will...
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Posted October 18, 2006
Society Joins Google Book Digitization Project
The Wisconsin Historical Society, in its role as a University of Wisconsin-Madison campus library, has joined the university and Google in an agreement to expand online access to hundreds of thousands of its books and documents. The Society joins libraries...
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Posted October 18, 2006
Dracula! Old World Wisconsin Gets Ghoulish
Bram Stoker's ghoulish 1897 tale about the nefarious deeds of the vampire Count Dracula will provide the theme and storyline for a dinner theater program at Old World Wisconsin on three successive evenings — Friday through Sunday, October 20, 21...
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Posted October 16, 2006
Wisconsin at Play: Archives Week 2006
How do we know that people were curling on the Milwaukee River in the 1840s? Or that enthusiasm for the bicycle led to the creation of a biking journal called The Pneumatic? We know because of primary sources — the...
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Posted October 13, 2006
Toy Stories at the Wisconsin Historical Museum
Did you have a Spirograph? How about Shrinky Dinks? Mr. Potato Head? Relive your childhood at the Wisconsin Historical Museum's new exhibit Toy Stories, a historical look at popular toys and games from the 1940s to the present. The exhibit...
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Posted October 11, 2006
It's Autumn on the Farms at Old World Wisconsin
Shorter, crisper days and vivid fall colors signal the end of another growing season and the approach of winter — historically a very busy time of year for 19th-century farmers and townspeople. At Old World Wisconsin, that means the outdoor...
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Posted October 9, 2006
Wisconsin Blues Connection
The past . . . The Wisconsin Blues Connection can be traced to 1888 when the Port Washington-based Wisconsin Chair Company transformed from a small Midwest furniture business into a leader in the "race record" market. This transformation was made...
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Posted October 6, 2006
Annual Local History Convention
Wisconsin's local history organizations know that fall means it is time once again to meet in Madison for the Annual Local History Convention. The annual convention, co-sponsored by the Wisconsin Historical Society and the Wisconsin Council for Local History, will...
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Posted October 3, 2006
Historic Sites Focus on Fall
The unmistakable signs of autumn fill the air, and at Wisconsin's historic sites that means the focus turns to fall events that recall what the season meant to 19th-century farmers, homemakers, townspeople, merchants and everyday citizens. Old World Wisconsin takes...
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Posted October 2, 2006
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