http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/images/common/logo.gif http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ The latest material on the Wisconsin Historical Society website. en-us Wisconsin Historical Society <webmaster@wisconsinhistory.org> 2009-11-19T10:00:00-06:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2009/11/northwoods.asp 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... 4034@http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ Big 2009-11-19T10:00:00-06:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2009/11/10_09_register.asp 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... 4033@http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ Big 2009-11-16T10:00:00-06:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2009/11/readingroom.asp 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... 4029@http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ Big 2009-11-13T00:00:00-06:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2009/11/obamacheesehead.asp 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... 4031@http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ Big 2009-11-11T12:00:00-06:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2009/11/lzlambeau.asp 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... 4028@http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ Big 2009-11-09T10:10:00-06:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2009/11/09_taste.asp 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... 4023@http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ Big 2009-11-05T10:00:00-06:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2009/11/hochunk_images.asp 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... 4024@http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ Big 2009-11-02T10:00:00-06:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2009/10/09hearthside.asp 4021@http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ Big 2009-10-29T10:00:00-06:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2009/10/09halloweenweek.asp 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... 4016@http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ Big 2009-10-26T10:00:00-06:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2009/10/nightfall.asp 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... 4015@http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ Big 2009-10-22T10:00:00-06:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2009/10/09conference.asp 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... 4012@http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ Big 2009-10-19T10:00:00-06:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2009/10/encore.asp 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... 4011@http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ Big 2009-10-15T10:00:00-06:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2009/10/09_autumnfest.asp 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... 4009@http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ Big 2009-10-13T10:00:00-06:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2009/10/fall_farms.asp 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... 4008@http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ Big 2009-10-08T10:00:00-06:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2009/10/09_book_fest_2.asp 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... 4005@http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ Big 2009-10-05T10:00:00-06:00