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Community Events APRIL 2013 19: The Big River Radio Wave, Mabel Tainter 19: UW-Stout Relay for Life 20: Jazz Concert: Claudia Schmidt and Dean Magraw, Mabel Tainter 20-21: AAU Midwest Elite 26-27: Menomonie Theater Guild presents Our Town, Mabel Tainter 27: Dunn Cty Relay for Life 27: Age Strong Live Long 5K run/walk MAY 2013 3-5: Menomonie Theater Guild presents Our Town, Mabel Tainter 8: GMACC Golf Outing 11: Taiko Drum Ensemble: Mu Daiko, Mabel Tainter 11: UW-Stout Commencement 12-13: Rummage Sale: Veterans Center, Dunn County Humane Society 18: Get It Dunn Run, 5K and Half Marathon 18-19: Twin City Power Boat Races, Wakanda Park 25-28: AAU Memorial Day Tournament May-September (Sat.): Thunder Hill Speedway Races May-October Wed, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Sat, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m.: Menomonie Farmers’ Market, Dunn County Fairgrounds. JUNE 2013 June-Aug (Tue, 8 p.m.): Ludington Guard Band – Wilson Park, Menomonie 1: Dunn County Historical Society Vintage Baseball Tournament 1: National Trails Day, Depot Visitors Center, Red Cedar State Trail 8-15: Annual Chippewa Valley Parade of Homes 14: Flag Day Ceremony – Main Street, Menomonie 14-15: SummerDaze 15: Nature Valley Bicycle Festival, Road Race, Menomonie 28: Golf Scramble: Menomonie Golf & Country Club, Dunn County Humane Society 21: Comedy: C. Wili Myles, Mabel Tainter 21-22: Menomonie AirFest and Auto Show 22: Singer/Songwriter: Vicky Emerson, CD Release Concert, Mabel Tainter 29-30: AAU Summer Tournament JULY 2013 4: FreedomFest – Wakanda Park, Menomonie 11: MainStreet Menomonie Ladies Night Out 13: Dunn County Historical Society Vintage Baseball Tournament 24-28: Dunn County Fair 27-28: Wisconsin Renaissance Faire, Glenwood City, WI 27: NTPA Truck & Tractor Pull, Dunn County Rec. Park AUGUST 2013 9-11: An Evening With Gershwin, Mabel Tainter 10: Dunn County Historical Society Vintage Baseball 16-18: Cucumber Fest, Boyceville, WI 24: Downsville Day, Downsville, WI 29 - Sept 1: Otter Creek Classic Hunter Jumper Show 31: Dog Swim: Wakanda Park, Dunn County Humane Society SEPTEMBER 2013 7: Humane Society Walk for Paws, Wakanda Park, Dunn County Humane Society 12: Great Community Cook-Out, MainStreet Menomonie 14-15: Pleasant Valley Tree Farm Country Store Sneak Peek (weekends) 28 - through last weekend in October: Govin’s Meats & Berries, Corn Maze and fall activities Sept 21 - Oct 27: Fall Harvest Open Weekends, Pleasant Valley Tree Farm OCTOBER 2013 Last 2 weekends in Oct: Govin’s Meat & Berries, Haunted activities 24: Witches Night Out, MainStreet Menomonie 27: Fall-O-Ween, MainStreet Menomonie NOVEMBER 2013 23-24: 2013 Mabel Tainter Fine Arts & Crafts Faire – Mabel Tainter 29-30: Santa and Mrs. Claus, Living Nativity at Pleasant Valley Tree Farms DECEMBER 2013 1: TubaChristmas 2013, Alliance Church, Menomonie 1, 7-8 Santa and Mrs. Claus, Living Nativity, Pleasant Valley Tree Farm 13: Annual WinterDaze Parade, Menomonie 22: Holiday Concert: The Memories, Mabel Tainter JANUARY 2014 4: Wisconsin Team Circuit Ice Fishing Event 25: Straight Line Snowmobile Races, Lake Menomin 31: Candlelight Ski Event, Red Cedar State Trail FEBRUARY 2014 5: Chamber of Commerce Annual Awards Banquet 17: Menomonie Wedding Fair, VisionQuest Entertainment Center 21-23: NAIFC Ice Fishing Qualifier Event MARCH 2014 14: Red Cedar Watershed Conference, UW-Stout Govins Meat & Berries, Lambing on the Farm Dates subject to change without notice. For more events, visit menomoniechamber.org and click on our community calendar for the most complete and current information or call 1-888-595-4223. For a complete schedule of events, gallery showings and performances, visit www.mabeltainter.com or call 715-235-0001. 4 • Web: www.menomoniechamber.org • Phone: (888) 595-4223 • Facebook: My Menomonie
History of the Area Looking back, seeing the future Menomonie derives its name from the native word for “wild rice people.” Tradition says the name was proposed to honor the area’s first people by Captain William Wilson, the community’s first mayor and a principal in the lumber company around which the city grew. The city was built along a marshy area ideal for growing wild rice – today’s Lake Menomin. The earliest residents were Paleo-Indians and later Indians of the Middle to Late Woodland Periods whose burial mounds still exist near the Red Cedar River; Santee Dakota and the Ojibwe followed. The arrival of European explorers, fur traders and settlers changed the Indians’ lives forever. In 1785, fur trader Jean Baptiste Perrault established the first trading post along the Red Cedar River. In 1822, Hardin Perkins built a dam and mill on a stream today known as Wilson Creek. Menomonie became a major trading site. At its height, the company employed more than 2,000 men locally and had become the largest lumber and milling operation in the world. These lumber barons left lasting marks on the area. The names Wilson, Tainter, Knapp, and Stout are today associated with many of Menomonie’s buildings, streets, and institutions. While these men reaped fortunes from the forests, they greatly contributed to the welfare of the area. They established the first schools in Dunn and Barron counties. Wilson and Knapp contributed heavily to churches. Tainter built a civic center as a memorial to his daughter Mabel. James Huff Stout, Henry’s son, funded a variety of civic projects. His best-known endeavor, the Stout Manual Training School, opened in Menomonie in 1891 and integrated manual training and domestic science into the public school curriculum from kindergarten through high school. Demand for teachers of these disciplines grew and teacher training soon became the institution’s main focus. After Stout’s death, the state assumed responsibility for what today is UW-Stout, Wisconsin’s Polytechnic University. The beautiful UW- Stout Campus In the mid-1890s, genius Harry Miller worked in a local machine shop. Among his spare-time inventions were a fourcylinder gasoline outboard motor and a bicycle on which he mounted a onecylinder engine – an early motorcycle. By the turn of the century, Miller was in Los Angeles designing engines for inboard racing boats and airplanes, but he made his reputation designing race cars. A Miller engine powered the 1922 winner of the Indianapolis 500, creating a demand for his cars through the 1920s. Miller cars won 73 of the 92 major U.S. races from 1922 - 1929. So strong were the engines that 27 of 33 starting positions in the 1929 Indy 500 were Miller-powered. Success continued through the 1930s, and today Miller is considered the greatest creative figure in the history of the American race car. Russell J. Rassbach Heritage Museum Located in Wakanda Park in North Menomonie. Headquarters of the Dunn County Historical Society, the museum interprets area history through extensive exhibits. It is home to the Dunn County Genealogical Society. It features a gift shop and auditorium. Hours: visit www. dunnhistory.org or call (715) 232-8685. Russel J. Rassbach Heritage Museum Empire in Pine Museum The Empire in Pine Museum presents the rich logging and sandstone quarry history of the Red Cedar Valley. Hours: visit www.dunnhistory.org, call (715) 232-8685 or e-mail dchs@dunnhistory.org. Located six miles south of Menomonie on Hwy 25 in the town of Downsville. Caddie Woodlawn Historical Park Caroline Augusta Woodhouse inspired “Caddie Woodlawn” in a book written by her granddaughter, Carol Ryrie Brink. The book won the 1935 Newbery Medal for children’s literature. In 1970, the Dunn County Historical Society organized and created the Caddie Woodlawn Historical Park. The family’s actual house has been moved to the park from a nearby farm. The wayside includes a covered picnic area, fresh water, and restrooms. Hours: open during daylight hours spring through fall. The park and wayside is located nine miles south of Menomonie on Hwy 25. Caddie Woodlawn Historical Park 2013-2014 Destination & Living Guide • 5
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