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> 2013-05-23T10:00:00-06:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2013/05/circusworld2013.asp The heyday of the circus in America is alive and well at Circus World in Baraboo, which began another rollicking performance season last weekend. Circus entertainment has thrilled American audiences for generations and, thanks to multi-talented performers on hand for... /highlights/archives/circusworld-20131.jpg 5083@http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ Big 2013-05-23T10:00:00-06:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2013/05/superior_place.asp Wisconsin Historical Society Press author Dennis McCann invites readers to visit 'This Superior Place,' "a community where the past was layered with good times and down times, where natural beauty was the one resource that could not be exhausted by... /highlights/archives/superiorplace-20131.jpg 5080@http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ Big 2013-05-20T10:00:00-06:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2013/05/wade_preview.asp Join fellow Wisconsin Historical Society members on Friday evening, June 7, from 5 to 7:30 pm for an exclusive sneak preview of the new Visitor Center and Wesley W. Jung Carriage Museum at Wade House historic site in Greenbush. Enjoy... /highlights/archives/wadevisitorcenter-20131.jpg 5081@http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ Big 2013-05-16T10:00:00-06:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2013/05/13_workandplay.asp Wade House, the Society's 1860s stagecoach inn and historic site in Greenbush, is getting ready for spring, and the staff could use your help. On Saturday and Sunday, May 18-19, the historic site will celebrate the start of another season... /highlights/archives/workandplay-20091.jpg 5079@http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ Big 2013-05-13T10:00:00-06:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2013/05/springintopast.asp Spring is finally here, and on weekends throughout the month of May Old World Wisconsin will celebrate the season's arrival with a variety of family friendly activities reminiscent of farm life in 19th- and early 20th-century Wisconsin during Spring Into... /highlights/archives/springintothepast-20131.jpg 5075@http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ Big 2013-05-09T10:00:00-06:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2013/05/2013_historyday.asp Sixty of Wisconsin's brightest middle school and high school history students emerged as national finalists following statewide National History Day competition in Madison on Saturday, May 4. The elite group becomes Team Wisconsin 2013 and will go on to represent... /highlights/archives/nhd-20131.jpg 5074@http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ Big 2013-05-06T10:00:00-06:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2013/05/13_member_month.asp As the Wisconsin Historical Society opens its museums and historic sites for an exciting new season, we also celebrate member support with a month of special offers and extra benefits. Members provide critical funding for our ongoing education, genealogy, local... /highlights/archives/membermonth-20131.jpg 5073@http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ Big 2013-05-02T10:00:00-06:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2013/04/13_hp_month.asp May is Historic Preservation and Archaeology Month, a nationwide opportunity to learn more about historic places and how we can preserve them. Wisconsin local historical societies, museums, public libraries and other institutions use this monthlong celebration to highlight the important... /highlights/archives/hparchmonth-20131.jpg 5072@http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ Big 2013-04-29T10:00:00-06:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2013/04/craft_beer_week.asp /highlights/archives/craftbeerweek-20131.jpg 5071@http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ Big 2013-04-25T10:00:00-06:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2013/04/irish.asp Co-presidents of the Midwest Ancestor Research and lecturers with the Irish Genealogical Society International, Mary Wickersham and Sheila Northrop, will discuss using historical patterns to estimate where ancestors lived in Ireland during a three-hour, Society-sponsored genealogy workshop on Saturday, May... /highlights/archives/irishgenealogy-20131.jpg 5068@http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ Big 2013-04-22T10:00:00-06:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2013/04/feiker.asp Around 1905 photographer Frank W. Feiker moved from Milwaukee to Cassville, Wisconsin, and for the next half-century he documented the daily life of that typical Mississippi River town. In this gallery we've brought together 147 of his best photographs. They... /highlights/archives/feiker-20131.jpg 5067@http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ Big 2013-04-18T10:00:00-06:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2013/04/kaysen_railroad.asp Logging historians, railroad buffs and everyone who vacations in Wisconsin's northern forests will enjoy a major new addition to the Society's online map collection. Some 1,200 topographic maps annotated by railroad historian James P. Kaysen to show defunct logging railroads... /highlights/archives/kaysenmap-20131.jpg 5060@http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ Big 2013-04-15T09:06:33-06:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2013/04/13_springappeal.asp As 16-year-old Kiara Heumer puts it, "[The past] is a living, breathing story about the world around me." When speaking about her National History Day journey from the classroom through local and regional competitions, all the way to nationals, Kiara,... /highlights/archives/springappeal-20131.jpg 5064@http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ Big 2013-04-11T10:00:00-06:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2013/04/bicycle.asp Prize-winning historian and author David Herlihy, who literally wrote the book on the history of the bicycle in America, will enterain visitors at 12:15 pm on Tuesday, April 16, with a talk on the topic at the Wisconsin Historical Museum.... /highlights/archives/bicycles-20131.jpg 5063@http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ Big 2013-04-08T10:00:00-06:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2013/04/first_earth_day.asp "Tuesday: Atlantic City at 9 am, Boston at 2:15 pm, Madison at 7:15, Milwaukee at 10. Wednesday: Bloomington at 9:30 am, Denver at 2, Berkeley at 8:15 [then] Los Angeles. Back to Washington. A missile gone berserk? No, it's our... /highlights/archives/firstearthday-20131.jpg 5062@http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/ Big 2013-04-04T10:00:00-06:00