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History—LIVE!
2019 Public Lecture Series
7pm on Thursdays at the Monroe County Local History Room & Museum
March 7: DNA and Genealogy: The Basics: Hannah
Scholze will explain how DNA testing can be used to
expand a person’s genealogy research. Learn how to
better understand and apply the results of DNA tests.
April 4: Cranberry Growing: Then & Now: explore the history and importance
of the cranberry, Wisconsin’s state fruit,
with Monroe County cranberry grower
Nodji Van Wychen.
May 2: More Fires, Floods, and Freaks of
Nature: Monroe County Disasters: learn
more about past county disasters, including:
the 1922 Ice Storm, the 1968 Sidney Hotel
Fire, and Tomah Flood of 1990. Presented by
Adam Balz.
Sidney Hotel Fire, Sparta, 1968
May 30 (rescheduled): What was the CCC? The History & Legacy of the Civilian
Conservation Corps by Bruce Thayer. Learn more about the federal work
program that employed hundreds of young men during the Great Depression.
*All Lectures will be held Thursdays at 7pm at the
Monroe County Local History Room & Museum
200 West Main St., Sparta, WI
For more info on these events call: 608-269-8680
Or visit: www.Facebook.com/MCLHR
A $1.00 per person admission donation is greatly appreciated to defray programming costs.