Downhill Hauling the empty corn wagon down Schoolhouse Hill back to Dad’s picker when the brakes went out on the Co-op #3, missed the downshift and was grinding gears and sweating bullets but relatively optimistic until I noticed the septic tank crossing the T intersection at the bottom of the hill. The neighbor had a… Read More…
Wisconsin memoirs
This post is contributed by Ally Hrkac, our current Material Culture Summer Service Learner. Ally recently completed her B.S. in Secondary Education at UW-Madison and is working with Recollection Wisconsin this summer to develop online exhibits and educational resources. This exhibit highlights multiple forms of memoirs written by Wisconsin residents. In viewing these accounts, we… Read More…
Recollection Wisconsin wins 2013 AASLH Award of Merit
We are thrilled to announce that Recollection Wisconsin and our parent organization, WiLS, are the recipients of an Award of Merit from the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) for the newly redesigned recollectionwisconsin.org website. The AASLH Leadership in History Awards, now in its 68th year, is the most prestigious recognition for achievement in… Read More…
Tumblr top three: June 2013
Counting down the most-liked and most-shared posts on our Tumblr blog, Wisco Histo, for the month of June, including two photos in honor of June Dairy Month. 3. Dairy school students at UW-Madison 2. The Milky Way 1. Real-life Rosie the Riveters in Superior Highlights from digital collections across Wisconsin are added to our Tumblr blog several times… Read More…
Memories and Family Stories
By Clovis Harold Tripp. Submitted by Carol McDonnell, Stone Lake Area Historical Society. In 1901, my Grandpa Fred Ernest Tripp moved to Washburn County, Wisconsin with his wife and four small children. In those early years, Grandpa Tripp would farm in the summer and work in the woods with his brother Rob in the winter…. Read More…
An American Girl
An American Girl — My Great-Grandmother, Christine Henk By Lexi Hutton, age 10. Submitted by Connie Schield, Stone Lake Area Historical Society. Christine was born on December 12, 1905 at home in a log cabin built by her father. She was the fourth child of Bertha and Joseph Herman. Her family had crossed the ocean… Read More…
Making Cheddar Cheese
By Doug Strand. Submitted by Connie Schield, Stone Lake Area Historical Society. I started working at the Stone Lake Dairy in 1953. I was working as an apprentice to learn cheese making. I worked for two years, then took my test and passed. I was twenty-four years old. We made American Cheddar cheese. Every Thursday… Read More…
Creating The Washburn Expedition
Madison-based writer and cartoonist Jay Rath describes his serial work, The Washburn Expedition, as “the world’s first Facebook novel.” Updated twice each weekday, the story follows “the continuing adventures of Dr. Allenby, plucky Rita, young Reggie and Billie the Cowboy as they search the world for THRILLS and ROMANCE!” Jay uses film stills, old advertisements, and… Read More…
The Sad Fate of a Beautiful Doe
The Sad Fate of a Beautiful Doe By Carolyn Skille Crotteau. Submitted by Carol McDonnell, Stone Lake Area Historical Society. My Dad was a true sportsman who supported our family during hard times by trapping and hunting in the Stone Lake, Wisconsin area. One day during deer hunting season, he and I were having lunch together… Read More…
Growing up on the Isle of Pines on Lake Little Sissabagama
Memories of growing up on the Isle of Pines on Lake Little Sissabagama By Ted Crandall, as told to Peter Lytle. Submitted by Connie Schield, Stone Lake Area Historical Society. My parents, Walter and Mary Crandall, were the caretakers of a private fishing camp on a seven acre heavily wooded island on Lake Little Sissabagama… Read More…
