History

The usual suspects gathered at Foster's End on Mason Lake near the Flambeau River before the opening day of gun deer season. A picture of the...

There will be a documentary/presentation about the Korean War and the Battle for Bunker Hill on Saturday, Dec. 10, at 1 p.m. at the Woodshed...

By definition, the word "artist" has a wide range of meanings. And those meanings do not necessarily apply in the fashion most people might understand....

The Pierce County Historical Association (PCHA) will host its annual fall open house on Sunday, Oct. 2, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the River Bluffs History Center, W6321 E. Main St., Bay City. Historian Edward G. Langer and fingerstyle guitarist Bill Hammond will be featured. Light refreshments...

The sixth annual Scottish Heritage Festival will be held from 9:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, at the First Presbyterian Church of Hudson, 1901 Vine St. Activities include: Bag pipe music at 9:45 a.m.

Way back when, groups of farmers got together to "raise a barn" or perhaps a house--simple jobs? Not really, but most assuredly a lot faster...

There's a song whose lyrics run to the following phrase: "You light up my life." Everyone's life. There was electricity in homes in Ellsworth and River Falls--produced by a power plant on the Rush River (near the rod and gun club) and a dam/power source on the Kinnickkinnic River....

Stagecoaches were pulled by a four-horse or six-horse hitch team. These four-wheeled coaches traversed the county on its primitive roads. No...

Broadcasting. What is that? It is hand-strewn seeds for oats, barley, rye and any other grain crop done by hand. Individuals dropped kernels...

Many of you readers my age clearly remember the days of WWII and the announcement made by then-President Franklin Roosevelt on the radio, telling us this: "Yesterday, Dec. 7, 1941---a date which will live in infamy---the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked." I...

Back in the early days of mechanized transportation, there were people who "rode the rails," but they had to watch out for the railroad yard security guys who tried to catch them and throw them off the trains. These transients were called "hobos" and they had camps in known locations--they...

Early in American history, and also here in Pierce County, people entertained themselves with simple things: Pa's fiddle, maybe also an accordion or banjo, or maybe a harmonica could be found. Folks sang, folks danced, but not in the ballrooms that would later be scattered around...