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Magazine of History Spotlights Wisconsin Dells
When you pack your bag for the lake, don't forget the summer issue of the Wisconsin Magazine of History. Featuring a photographic essay of Wisconsin Dells attractions of the past 50 years, this issue is sure to evoke fond memories of summer vacations. In his article "Only in Photographs. Memories of Beloved Wisconsin Dells Attractions," author David Benjamin traces the Dells' development from natural gem in the 1850s to a predominantly man-made attraction a century later. Many longtime favorites, such as the Old West re-creation, Fort Dells, and the nature-defying Wonder Spot are now gone. But others, including the Storybook Gardens and Tommy Bartlett's water ski show, continue to amuse generations of Wisconsinites along with visitors from around the country.
 Illustrations include photographs taken by the late Oliver Reese, former co-owner of the H.H. Bennett Studio, founded in 1865 by landscape photographer Henry Hamilton Bennett. Reese, husband of Jean Reese, Bennett's granddaughter, took photographs that documented the Wisconsin Dells in the 1950s and 1960s, depicting the iconic imagery that most Midwesterners associate with their own past experiences in the Dells. The H.H. Bennett Studio is a now a Wisconsin Historical Society historic site located in downtown Wisconsin Dells.
Other Stories in the Summer Issue
The 100-year history of Monroe County army base Fort McCoy comes alive in "The Establishment of Fort McCoy: A Heart for Preparedness," by Lou Ann Mittelstaedt and Kara Motosicky.
In "A Question of Respect: Herbert Tanner's Quest to Restore Hendrick Aupaumut to the Historical Record," John C. Savagian follows Wisconsin doctor, politician, and amateur historian, Herbert Tanner, in his lifelong research on Stockbridge Indian leader Hendrick Aupaumut.
Wisconsin's contribution to American comic culture and the evolution of alternative comics as an art form is highlighted in Paul Buhle's "Wisconsin's Comic Art: From Underground to the Forefront."
Finally, explore a new perspective on one of the most beloved teams in Wisconsin's sports history in an excerpt from William Povletich's Milwaukee Braves: Heroes and Heartbreak, new from the Wisconsin Historical Society Press.
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:: Posted June 8, 2009
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