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Happening at the Crossroads:
August 16, 2011
by Coggin Heeringa
Door
County History Comes Alive as well as Butterflies
Everywhere
“Some Women of Early Ephraim” are coming to
Crossroads at Big Creek this week. More accurately,
Thea Sophia Thompson and Paul Burton of the Ephraim
Historical Foundation will be presenting a program
on Ephraim’s founding women in conjunction with the
Door County Historical Society’s “Sunday in The
Village” event.
This Sunday, costumed members of the Door County
Historical Society will offer free tours of The
Historical Village and they will be selling slices
of apple pie to help raise money for building
maintenance, but the lecture will be presented in
the comfort-controlled Lecture Hall of the Collins
Learning Center.
The presentation is based on the Ephraim
Foundation’s 2011 exhibit, Garments of Our
Foundation and a charming booklet called Some Women
of Early Ephraim as They Might Tell Their Stories
written by the event’s speakers.
Thompson explains,”We were given the task of
selecting ten influential women from Ephraim’s early
history… While researching the women for this
exhibit, we came to the startling realization that
even though women have been vital contributors to
the village of Ephraim since its foundation, there
has never been a book dedicated to them and their
lives. Previous works on Ephraim always have placed
women within the context of men. But women have
occupied prominent positions as settlers, teachers,
shop owners, and hotel managers. They helped carve a
town from the wildness and were instrumental in the
creation of Ephraim as a tourist destination. All
the while, they were having children, cooking
wonderful meals and taking care of their families."
Projecting the remarkable historic renderings of
costume designer Kärin Kopischke on the big screen,
Paul and Thea will tell the stories of Laura
Iverson, Pauline Johnson, Inger Aaneson, Wilhelmina
Seiler, Emma Hanson, Olive Pashke, Anna Anderson,
Tillie Valentine and Dena Knudson from the women’s
point of view. This program is free and open to the
public.
We are grateful to the Ephraim Historical Foundation
for bringing “their women” to Crossroads.
Family Programs continue at 1:30 Monday-Thursday.
For flower lovers, a hike to the prairie planting is
a must. The flowers are gorgeous and the monarchs
are increasing in number. Speaking of which, for
those who have been asking, yes! The Northeast
Wisconsin Audubon Society sponsors a monarch tagging
experience on Sunday, September 4.
Crossroads at Big
Creek is a donor-supported environmental preserve
dedicated to life long learning in science,
history, and the environment. During the summer,
the Collins Learning Center and Historical Village
at the Crossroads located at 2041 Michigan just
east of Sturgeon Bay, are open daily 1:30-3:30.
Trails are always open. Pets on leash and under
control are welcome.
Wednesday, August 24
1:30 Family Program: Insects of Big Creek
Big Creek is reduced to a trickle, which makes
insect capture/release excursion fun and safe for
the whole family. Crossroads will supply nets but
participants should wear footwear that can get wet.
Free. Meet at the Collins Learning Center.
Thursday, August 25
1:30 Family Program: Penny Candy
Say general store and most folks of certain age (or
kids who read) will think of penny candy. This
program will present a brief history of penny candy
complete with a few samples. Free. Meet at the
Greene General Store in The Historical Village at
The Crossroads.
Sunday, August 28
1:30-3:30 Sunday at the Village
Costumed members of the Door County Historical
Society will offer tours and will be selling slices
of apple pie. Admission free.
-1:30 Slide Lecture: “Some Early Women of Ephraim”
Thea Sophia Thompson and Paul Burton of the Ephraim
Historical Foundation will present the program “Some
Women of Early Ephraim” projecting the remarkable
historic renderings of costume designer Kärin
Kopischke on the big screen. Burton and Thompson
will tell the stories of ten pioneers from the
women’s points of view. Free. Lecture Hall of the
Collins Learning Center.
Monday, August 29
1:30 Family Program: School Days in 1900
Schoolmarm Joan Wilkie will take learners of all
ages through a day in a one-room school. Reading,
writing, ‘rithmetic and of course, recess are on the
schedule. Free. Meet in the Vigness School in the
Historical Village at The Crossroads.
Tuesday, August 30
1:30 Family Program: Butterflies Everywhere
Join the naturalist in a capture/release activity
learning about butterflies in their various stages
of development. Free. Meet at the Collins Learning
Center.
Many
of the Past News articles may be retrieved
from this directory, indexed
and named in the following manner:
080101-news.htm where the first two
numbers are the year, the second two the month
and the last two the date.
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