For Immediate Release

Contact: Kara O’Keeffe
608-261-9596
kara.okeeffe@wisconsinhistory.org

May 14, 2019

Experience History by the Acre at Stonefield Historic Site This Summer and Join us for Opening Day June 1

Cassville, Wis. – Experience hands-on programs, events, and activities at Stonefield Historic Site this summer.  Stonefield is kicking off the start to the season with Agriculture Appreciation Day on June 1.

“We have so many fun activities on opening day which is also Agriculture Appreciation Day,” said Susan Caya-Slusser, site director for the Southwest Historic Sites for the Wisconsin Historical Society. “It’s a perfect way for families to celebrate the start of summer and all of the things that make Wisconsin an agriculture state.”

During opening day there will be wagon rides, ice cream socials, farm animals, a petting area, an antique tractor show and lots of demonstrations by Organic Valley, Grant County Dairy, Shullsburg Cheese and many more. Guests can also take tours of the Dewey House and the Agriculture Museum. Starting at 11:00 am Jerry Apps and Susan Apps-Bodilly will be signing books and Jerry Apps will give a book talk on his book, “The Civilian Conservation Corps in Wisconsin,” at 1:30 pm in the Agriculture Museum.

Throughout the 2019 season, guests can explore Stonefield from the 1800s machinery to a re-created rural village, experience the kind of agriculture community that cultivated Wisconsin’s growth.

On September 21, the site will once again hold the Great River Road Festival by celebrating the Great River Road with a tractor pull, wagon rides, sorghum making, broom-making and much more.

Don’t forget to add Safe & Spooky to your calendar on October 19 when children can trick-or-treat throughout the “haunted” Stonefield Village.

Stonefield Historic Site is open June 1 through September 30, Thursday’s through Sunday’s from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.

For more information and to start planning your trip visit stonefieldhistoricsite.org.

About Stonefield Historic Site
Stonefield comprises a re-created 1900-vintage rural farming village and the State Agricultural Museum, which traces the history of Wisconsin agriculture from its inception to the 20th century. Stonefield, named after the estate farmed by Wisconsin's first governor Nelson Dewey, also includes Dewey's home site. Visit stonefieldhistoricsite.org for more information and a list of upcoming events.

About the Wisconsin Historical Society

The Wisconsin Historical Society, founded in 1846, ranks as one of the largest, most active and most diversified state historical societies in the nation. As both a state agency and a private membership organization, its mission is to help people connect to the past by collecting, preserving and sharing stories. The Wisconsin Historical Society serves millions of people every year through a wide range of sites, programs and services. For more information, visit wisconsinhistory.org.

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