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Old-Brule Heritage Society

Founded in 1998 to Preserve and Share the Heritage of the Old-Brule Region
 

 

 

OLD-BRULE Heritage Society  

 General Meeting

Wednesday, October,14th 2020, At 6:00 PM,

at Lake Nebagamon Auditorium, in Lake Nebagamon, WI

(We will require all attending to wear face mask, and social distancing will be enforced.)

 

We will again hold our meeting without a speaker or program or pot luck luncheon. 

This event will be limited to a  Business Meeting including continued election of 2 vacant positions on the Board, and other essential matters.

 

Visitors are always Welcome.

(For additional information please read the August newsletter.)

 

OBHS

Midsummer

Scandinavian Dinner

and

the Windmill and Eskolin house open house.

on June 20, 2020,

and

Apple Festival

Was Canceled

 

 

O-BHS Board Meeting

Wed. Nov., 11, 2020,

 6:00 p.m., 

At  to be determined. (The Board will continue to meet to take care of any and all necessary business.)

 

 

Please Read the New 

October , 2020

Newsletters

 

(click on Newsletter for a PDF copy)

Dead line for articles  for the December 2020 newsletter.

Saturday, November, 21, 2020

 

 

 

O-BHS Archives Committee  Meeting

The Monday meeting of the Archives group will be put on Hold until the work on the basement of the Monticello school is completed to a safe place to work..

Please call Jim Pellman when the next meeting will occur.  All interested in preserving history are welcome.

 (Please call 715-363-2549 to confirm.)

The next Archives session will

be Monday,  TBD, 2019

 

 

 

Windmill Committee  and Work day Meeting

To be announced.

 

Any one wanting to service on the Windmill Committee, please contact the Committee Chairman.

 

New Members and Visitors are Always WELCOME!

 

Click on links to the following:



 


Douglas County
Historical Society

 


  

 

 

Membership Application
See Members Services page

 

 

 

The Old-Brule Heritage Society

 is an all volunteer group.

With no paid staff,  answers to questions and responses to sending gift items may take a little longer.9

 

 

Monticello School Museum and Archives Project.

(MSMA)

 

The Monticello School Museum and Archive will bring into service the little old red Monticello School House, built about 1890, from the Town of Lakeside, a gift of Walter Erkkila's family, moved in 2013 to the site of the first Maple School from 1889, located on US Highway 2 at the junction with Highway F. The site was next to the original Town Hall of Old Brule, built in 1891. Beneath the school will be constructed a walkout basement archive facility. The archive will be a climate controlled workspace and permanent organization base of operations, housing its historical collection.

 

For more information on the Monticello School

Click on

Monticello School, Archives

 

Monticello School Museum and Archives, Project & Donations Update report.

Click on:

Project Update

 

OBHS Monticello School Museum and Archives Project report.

"Restoration & Construction funding needs"

 

Archives Project.

The archives will be a climate controlled workspace and permanent organization base of operations, housing its historical collection.

 

 

E-mail address for  Old-Brule Heritage Society

Click on

info@oldbrule.org

For quicker response to

questions and for additional information.

 

Great Summer Gifts.

All items available including T- Shirts and Sweat shirts.

 

(The new light blue cap with Windmill picture, see Order Form for other colors.)

New

"The Davidson Windmill"

booklet

A brief history of the man Jacob (Tapola) Davidson, the land where he settled and Windmill that he built.

Cost $10.00 including shipping.

To view the Front and Back covers, please click on

 front or back covers.

Mail order request to

"Old-Brule Heritage Society Inc."

P.O. Box 24

Maple, WI  54854

 

Please click on the

 Order Form pages

 for a PDF form of all  available merchandise items and details on price and shipping information.

 

Calendars the new

2020 Old-Brule Heritage Society, History Photo Calendar, available for $9.00

Please click on the Gift items page  for information on  merchandise, and Calendar Sales locations.

 

 

 

 

Volunteer Hours cards for present year 2018 - 2019 previous year 2019-2020  See Members Services page.

 

Annual dues are now due for 2019-2020, for present members


 

Click  on Windmill picture to read the Davidson Windmill Story.

 

Davidson Windmill and The Eskolin Log House and the Taylor's Bridge tours.

(Tours take about 30 minutes to 1 hour, pending your interest in history, and the working of the Windmill.)

Tours are available for groups upon request,

Please contact Dennis Hill,  OBHS president at info@oldbrule.org

 

See the Newletters for "Restoration & Construction funding needs"

 

 

 

Sauna Project

(See the latest Newletter for up to date information)

 

 

click on the proposed Tentative plans and cost of the project, for additional information.

 

 

 

Depot Project

(The building is now on the Windmill Grounds)

(See the latest Newletter for up to date information)

 

 

click on the proposed Tentative plans and cost of the project, for additional information.

 

 

 

 2020 Tour plans:

(All tours have been canceled Pending "The COVID-19, Stay at Home self-quarantine status.)

 

Tours During the 2020

Bayfield Apple Festival weekend.    

Friday, Oct. 2, 2020,   Davidson Windmill Tours 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020, Davidson Windmill Tours 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Bake Sale on Saturday only.

        Sunday, Oct. 3, 2020, Davidson Windmill Tours 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

 

Windmill and Eskolin house tours

Monthly Tours dates:

Saturday, May, 16, 2020,   10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. CANCELLED

Friday, June, 19, 2020,   3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m  CANCELLED

Saturday, June, 20, 2020,   10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. CANCELLED

Saturday, July, 18, 2020,   10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. PENDING

Saturday, Aug.,  15, 2020,  10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Saturday, Sept., 19, 2020,  10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

 

See the Events Page for the next scheduled dates for Windmill and Eskolin house tours.

 

 

Memorial Walkway

 Donation Opportunities

 

For the comfort and safety of our guests, a Memorial walkway has been built from the Davidson Windmill to the Eskolin Log House. The dark brick pavers on each side, will carry the names of donors. These donations will be used for the completion of the walkway and for the maintaining of the Windmill property. Names may be placed on the dark brick pavers as Memorials for a donation of $20.00

See Paver Order Form for more details, please press "Memorial Walkway" , for a pdf copy of the Order form.

 

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   About Us

The Story of the Old-Brule Heritage Society

The Old-Brule Heritage Society, Inc. was founded in 1998 by a group of historically minded community leaders from all walks of life who recognized that more needed to be done to preserve the disappearing history and heritage of the small rural dairy communities in northern Douglas County, Wisconsin.  They began meeting in the region's town and village halls, and once organized, sought affiliation with the Wisconsin Historical Society through its Office of Local History.  They began collecting historical documents and materials and established an archive located in the Maple Community Center, near the center of the original boundaries of the old town of Brule and close to modern Northwestern High School which, beginning with its Class of 1950, had begun serving the educational needs in the same communities.  Now, after over a decade of service to the region, the society works hard to care for the national historical landmark Davidson Windmill, and for the documents, photos and records of those local communities and individuals who thrived near the South Shore of Lake Superior, and who continue to call area farms and forests their home.  Please check out the resources of this web-site.  OBHS stands ready to share with you the region's history, and the task of preserving it for the generations to come.

 

  Board of Directors  

 Dennis Hill , Amnicon,   President

 Trish Hursh, Poplar,

           Jim Mattson, Poplar 

  Mary Ann Gronquist, Parkland,        Vice President

       Shirley Deterling, Poplar

             Jody Swanson,  Brule,

       Jim Pellman, Maple,  Secretary     

        Bruce Carlson,  Parkland

      

  Arlene Hill, Amnicon,  Treasurer  

           Joe Autio , Superior,   

      

Matt Miller, Superior,   (Assistant Treasurer)

         

   
     

    Web site maintained by Earl Granroth

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