Welcome to the Crandon Area Historical Society website. We invite you to explore our website and consider becoming a member of our society.
Our umbrella organization, the Forest County Historical and Genealogical Society, is a nonprofit organization founded in 1973 to promote interest in Forest County’s history and archival materials.
Events & NewsS
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Author Talk with Susan Apps-Bodilly
Join author Susan Apps-Bodilly to discuss Wisconsin’s logging boom and its impact on our landscape. Long ago, huge trees filled the Northwoods. In the mid-1800s, logging camps and sawmills opened. Lumberjacks moved in. This was the beginning of the logging boom, when millions of trees were cut to help build towns and cities. What was…
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Big News for Main Street: Our Historic Banner Program is Growing!
If you’ve taken a stroll down Crandon’s main street lately, you’ve probably noticed a bit more color and history hanging above the sidewalks. We are absolutely thrilled to announce that, thanks to a deeply generous donation from a local family, we were able to add 10 additional historic banners to our lineup this summer! But…
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Memorial Day Service
Our society is pleased to announce a donation to our archival collection of a full-length video presentation of the 2025 Memorial Day service held in the Forest County Veterans Memorial Park in downtown Crandon. The video includes the entire ceremony in which local residents gathered to remember those who sacrificed their lives for our country…