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An interesting display of period doll houses is on display at the museum. More Information
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First Village Library on Exhibit
at Oregon Area Historical Society Museum
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The first library was established in Oregon in 1908 when Mrs. William Bennett started a lending library in a room above the Criddle Drug Store (now Señor Peppers). In 1914, the library moved to the second story of the McDermott building above where the Chocolate Caper is located today. The first official village library was established in 1910. In 2010 the library had a big 100th birthday party.
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Rural Schools Featured at Museum
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Emigrants from New York, Vermont, Pennsylvania, and Ireland started to settle in this area in the 1840's. After clearing the land and building shelters for their family and livestock, they then established the schools.
It was the custom of farmers to deed an acre of land to the school district. Schools were often named for the donor or the topography of the land.
The OAHS has placed markers where all the rural schools were located.
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Native Americans First To Settle In Area
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As the glaciers receded, leaving in their wake wet plains and large lakes, Paleo-Indians moved north hunting big game animals and fishing.
The big game animals of the time would have included mammoths, mastodons, giant beavers and musk oxen. About 4,000 years ago many of these animals became extinct or moved further north (following the tundra left by the receding glaciers).
The early nomadic groups of Indians were later to be replaced by bands of village dwelling Indians. The Native Indians in our area were the Woodland Indians, the Winnebago, who now use their original name, the Ho Chunk.
Early Oregon settlers encountered Indians camped along Badfish Creek and its tributaries.
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Help Celebrate Dane County's 175th Birthday
Activities and displays will display "Dane County's rich history while looking forward to a promising future," according to County Executive Kathleen Falk.
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OREGON AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM
159 W. Lincoln Street
MUSEUM OPEN
10am -4pm Every Tuesday
10am -4pm 1st Sat. of month
September through May
Note: We will be closed
January 1, 2011
Every Sat in summer (June-Aug)
and by appointment
Phone 835-8961
Visit your local museum!
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YEARBOOK PROJECT
The OAHS is trying to collect a complete set yearbooks. Can you help?
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Early Oregon Settlers
Learn about the area's history with these biographies.
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Early History of Oregon:
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