From: "Bernstein, Rick A - WHS" <Rick.Bernstein@wisconsinhistory.org> Date: Mon, 2 May 2011 11:39:29 -0500 Subject: Some News of Interest Message-ID: <1EA45D5A75EBB747A54A4F1905DE558B020E7C9A34B4@MEWMAD0PC01G03.accounts.wistate.us>
Some recent news articles that might be of interest:
Whitewater hopes to restore historical effigy mounds<http://www.google.com/
url?sa=X&q=http://gazettextra.com/news/2011/apr/30/whitewater-hopes-res
tore-historical-effigy-mounds/&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoATAAOABAm4737QRIAV
gBYgVlbi1VUw&cd=nwwNtakBYTc&usg=AFQjCNFKLusDiCWPYGbQ90SkgjDJWuDwLQ>
Janesville Gazette
WHITEWATER - Hundreds of drivers pass an important Whitewater historical pr
eservation every day, many without knowing what's there. ...
Bay View Tragedy Commemoration<http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://
www.onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/events/24116&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoATABOAFA_4
_37QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=sij1w_KRB2E&usg=AFQjCNGjTnFrzapmp8bA1w5gsJIQ8
4P18Q>
OnMilwaukee.com
Join the Bay View Historical Society to commemorate the 125th anniversary o
f Wisconsin's most historic labor incident, when the State Militia shot int
o a crowd of some 1500 workers marching in an 8-hour-day rally and killed s
even in front of the old ...
Preservation members look at the importance of storefronts<http://www.googl
e.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.wiscnews.com/columbusjournal/news/local/art
icle_bead3204-703d-11e0-9275-001cc4c03286.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoAT
AAOABA16Xn7QRIAVgBYgVlbi1VUw&cd=oIaZoEEy17E&usg=AFQjCNF1amcVUpY9KZmxCkU
6ddsVr5Wkkg>
Sauk Prairie Eagle
By PAUL SCHARF Editor | Posted: Thursday, April 28, 2011 5:00 am | (0) Comm
ents The Wisconsin Association of Historic Preservation Commissions held it
s ...
Last of a Milwaukee-Invented Machine<http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=
http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/120770039.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAI
AAoATAAOABA_4ji7QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=PhMhNomQKK0&usg=AFQjCNHOmoWfyjfw
6Sor9u7G9Z8fjq6p7A>
Today's TMJ4
"Christopher Sholes developed a couple of prototype machines in the early 1
870's," said Dave Driscoll of the Wisconsin Historical Society. "He got ver
y interested in the prospect of mechanical writing, and spent a good deal o
f time and effort figuring ...
Jacksonport: Ninth volume of history released<http://www.google.com/url?sa
=X&q=http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20110426/ADV01/1104260
84/Jacksonport-Ninth-volume-history-released&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoATAB
OAFAiebc7QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=WFafH4RCnv4&usg=AFQjCNEIwxlirA4KFdNVY4g
1NnmoeGQ74Q>
Green Bay Press Gazette
Checks may be sent to 4768 Wisconsin 57, Sturgeon Bay WI 54235. Proceeds fr
om sale of the book will go to the Jacksonport Historical Society museum fu
nd. In conjunction with the society's July meeting, which will feature the
book, there will be a ...
Head to the Holyland May 7 to celebrate the spring visitor<http://www.googl
e.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20110423/G
PG04/104230648/Head-Holyland-May-7-celebrate-spring-visitor&ct=ga&cad=C
AcQAhgAIAAoATAAOABA__zM7QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=KJzI1mZX9xA&usg=AFQjCNEp
6n3xvKQD9bjpgNQAX7Il-lIyzQ>
Green Bay Press Gazette
The museum, affiliated with the Wisconsin Historical Society, is open 2-4 p
m Thursdays, the second Sunday of the month and by appointment. The contact
is Richard Schaefer, (920) 795-4773. What does it take to turn your enemy
into a friend? ...
Fundraiser booyha sale to benefit park<http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q
=http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20110420/GPG1009/104200460/F
undraiser-booyha-sale-benefit-park&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoATAAOABAo7DC7Q
RIAVgBYgVlbi1VUw&cd=S_MuY4X1GFo&usg=AFQjCNFtCCgIgNVXAO20aGztSJmzfb_mrA>
Green Bay Press Gazette
Wisconsin State Historical Society has declared May as Historic Preservatio
n and Archaeology month. During May, communities throughout the state plan
many ...
Historic bridge may need to be replaced<http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q
=http://www.weau.com/home/headlines/Historic_bridge_may_need_to_be_replac
ed_119890839.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoATAAOABA_9-i7QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVV
T&cd=aJzVRdUOUuM&usg=AFQjCNFliFOcRwFyPHcZMqJSTO9nJMAOdw>
WEAU-TV 13
... a historic bridge will be replaced. Chippewa County says the Marsh Rain
bow Bridge isn't wide enough to meet modern state standards, and needs to b
e repaired. The bridge was built in 1916 and it's the only remaining bridge
of it's type in Wisconsin. ...
Point Basse event part of Prairie Chicken Festival<http://www.google.com/ur
l?sa=X&q=http://www.wisconsinrapidstribune.com/article/20110413/WRT10/1
04130420/Point-Basse-event-part-Prairie-Chicken-Festival%3Fodyssey%3Dtab%25
7Ctopnews%257Cimg%257CWRT-News%257Cp&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoATAAOABAo5qY
7QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=0T-kzIh7SYQ&usg=AFQjCNEUek-Xs2MaEEoxHC-UKxnxOCG
ejw>
Wisconsin Rapids Tribune
Every spring, around Earth Day, a historic site along the Wisconsin River i
nvites the public to enjoy demonstrations of maple sugaring, a Wisconsin au
thor presentation related to the state's history and earth preservation tec
hniques on the property at ...
$16 million renovation of historic Downtown YWCA building complete<http://w
ww.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://host.madison.com/wsj/business/article_5
3b3650c-6234-11e0-ae3f-001cc4c03286.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoATADOANA
942D7QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=rhR_yhE_yyo&usg=AFQjCNHHW_EQ4KW_HALdRX_rxLP
PtvD0DA>
Madison.com
The project received a $9.8 million grant from the Wisconsin Housing and Ec
onomic Development Authority and more than $2 million from M&I Bank in retu
rn for historic tax credits, as well as support from a host of other compan
ies, government units and ...
Mementos from the battlefield<http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://h
ost.madison.com/article_5328501e-34f8-5ab8-9e94-a016023cbcac.html&ct=ga&c
ad=CAcQAhgAIAAoATAAOABAhfD97ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=1_Pe8wpMR2E&usg=AF
QjCNEoTQqaA-5S0iivPpCgYTlEl5k4Dg>
Madison.com
The Wisconsin Veteran's Museum, meanwhile, will stage three Civil War exhib
its, beginning in July and ending in 2015, focusing on the state's military
participation. At the Historical Society Museum, one side of the exhibit s
parkles. ...
Regards // Rick
Rick Bernstein
Field Services-Southern Region
Wisconsin Historical Society
608 264 6583
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