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Hello Forest County Residents! We all know that city budgets can be tight especially in small towns but at least we don’t have the monetary issues that past Crandon residents had to deal with. According to the April 20, 1939 edition of the Forest Republican, so many community members did not pay their real estate […]

Hello Forest County Residents! Check out these sections of maps created by the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Company in 1917. To see the full railroad maps of Forest County and the surrounding area visit the Crandon Public Library.

Hello Forest County Residents! In honor of National Library Week, which begins April 12th, I thought I would share with you some details of the humble beginnings of the Crandon Public Library. A newly discovered newspaper article revealed that the Free Library in Crandon was launched November 14, 1899. According to the Forest Republican(1899) a […]

Happy Easter Forest County Residents! This week digital copies of three photographs from the Bingham family were donated to the Crandon Public Library and Forest County Historical Society. This photograph features Henry Bingham and his wife Mary Ella Johnson Bingham with children:  Allen, Harriet, Nellie, Henry, Maud and  baby Ray.This picture was taken at a […]

  Hello Forest County Residents! To end National Women’s History Month I would like to tell you the story of a local teacher who was discriminated against because she was a woman but persevered in the end. Grace Ison was born in Pholox, Wisconsin to Andrew and Iva Schmidt in 1925. She graduated from Antigo […]

Happy Spring Forest County Residents! I had briefly mentioned the Women’s Christian Temperance Union in an earlier blog post but I would like to revisit the subject because of a book that was found recently. There was a hand written inscription in the cover of the Louisa M. Alcott book “Eight Cousins” published in 1902 […]

  Hello Forest County Residents! I am continuing to celebrate Women’s History Month by bring you a piece of local history that pertains to the ladies. For much of America’s history women were barred from voting which subsequently led to laws that discriminated against women. Women were not protected against rape and domestic abuse. Women […]

Hello Forest County Residents! March is National Women’s History Month so I will be exploring issues and stories tied to local women’s fight for equality. I chose to focus on girls’ high school sports  because of the local high schools finishing up their basketball seasons. I am very proud of all the lady athletes in […]

Hello Forest County Residents! I would like to congratulate Zach Higgins and Isaiah Doane from the Crandon High School wrestling team for qualifying for the WIAA State Tournament. To celebrate the occasion I will be detailing the start of wrestling at Crandon High School. There was not a recognized wrestling team at the Crandon High […]

Hello Forest County Residents! I am so excited for the The Hotel Crandon’s 85th Anniversary celebration tomorrow! I cannot wait to take a step back in time to 1930 with amazing food, drinks, and music. For anyone that is a fan of this blog, the event will be filled with local history memorabilia and displays. […]