Enjoy a look at this historic city Ripon, the birthplace of the Republican Party and hotbed of abolitionism (the party was formed in opposition to slavery spreading into the western territories). All part of a wonderful collection from the Ripon Historical Society.
![Carnival on Ripon's square with a trapeze artist hanging from her teeth from a cable, 1909.](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Ripon-Carnival-in-the-square-1024x664.jpg)
![Joke postcard from ca. 1900.](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Ripon-Street-Car-1024x646.jpg)
![South end of square in front of City Hall, 1908.](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Ripon-City-Hall-1024x651.jpg)
![Looking southwest from east side of square, ca. 1950s.](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Ripon-Square-1950s-1024x742.jpg)
![Main Street, ca. 1909, with caption "Not a Man in Sight."](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Ripon-Main-Street-1909-1024x628.jpg)
![Ripon Opera House.](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Ripon-Opera-House-1024x721.jpg)
![Watson Street facing south at night, ca. 1913.](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Ripon-Watson-Street-Night-1024x651.jpg)