Postponed! History Talk: Indian Mounds of Grant County

April 16, 2020
The National Brewery Museum
209 South Main Street
Potosi, WI 53820

This History Talk has been postponed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. See our most recent blog post for more information. New date to be determined.   Robert “Bob” Birmingham will be presenting on Indians of Wisconsin and Grant County. This free event will be held at the National Brewery Museum in Potosi, WI. Robert … Read more

“Sonny” Days Window Exhibit Opening

March 21, 2020
Grant County History Museum
135 E Maple St
Lancaster, WI 53813

The public reception has been canceled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. See our most recent blog post for more information. The Grant County History Museum  will be revealing its new window display on Saturday, March 21. Charles “Sonny” Tiedemann’s 1928 pedal car is being donated to the museum that morning. It is a symbol … Read more

Postponed! History Talk: Fur Trade Reenactment: What, Why, and How

March 19, 2020
Boscobel Public Library
1033 Wisconsin Avenue
Boscobel, WI 53805

This History Talk has been postponed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. See our most recent blog post for more information. New date to be determined. Michael Douglass is the former director of Villa Louis Historic Site in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. Douglass actively engages in interpreting the early 19th-century Great Lakes Fur Trade. In … Read more

Antique Quilt Show and Talk

February 1, 2020 · 10:00 am–3:00 pm
Grant County History Museum
135 E Maple St
Lancaster, WI 53813

Starting at 10:00 am and going until 3:00 pm, antique quilt expert Joey Mahieu, will be available to help date antique quilts and give information about the pattern used. At 11:30 am and 2:30 pm, Nancy Fairchild will be speaking on “Quilts and the Underground Railroad.” Fairchild is a DAR member and Grant County Resident. … Read more

Book Talk: Ridge Stories by Gary Jones

November 7, 2019 · 4:00 pm–5:30 pm
Platteville Public Library
225 West Main Street
Platteville, WI

Free Book Event at the Platteville Library’s Community Room. Local Wisconsin author, Gary Jones, will speak about his new book, Ridge Stories: Herding Hens, Powdering Pigs, and Other Recollections from a Boyhood in the Driftless, published this year by the Wisconsin Historical Society Press. Gary has written for several Milwaukee and Door County publications and … Read more