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Eagle River Historical Society

The Eagle River Historical Society is a local affiliate of the Wisconsin Historical Society. It operates two museums:

The Eagle River Historical Museum, formerly located on the grounds of Trees for Tomorrow, but now in a new building south of Eagle River on Highway 45. The Trees for Tomorrow building was the first museum of the society, opening in 1998. Before that they had displayed historical items in display cases in the Vilas Village Mall (which holds the supermarket north of town). The present building (2018) contains, per the Wisconsin Historical Society website: Logging artifacts; family histories; [high school] class pictures 1935-1974, memorabilia of schools, boat racing, Snowmobie Derby; and Early plat maps.

Eagle River Historical Society Depot Museum contains, per the Wisconsin Historical Society website (2009): Chicago & Northwestern Rail Road Memorabilia and artifacts; trapping artifacts; Indian artifacts-wood sculpture; photos circa 1880's-1930's; gambling memorabilia; displays of early resorts & camps; plat maps of early Eagle River streets; and an ice castle display. Today (2018) the emphasis is on railroad related items.

Charles P. Forbes
December 29, 2009

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Major References

****. Eagle River Historical Society. [Local Historical Society Highlights, Columns, Vol. 41, #2, May-August, 2020] Madison, 2020. View Full Entry
****. Historical Society Receives Large Grant for Heritage Center. [Vilas County News-Review, August 10, 2022, pp. 1A & 6A.] Eagle River, 2022. View Full Entry
Carter, Frank. Early History of Eagle River, 1955. [State Historical Society of Wisconsin Archives, Call # SC 2408] Eagle River, 1955. View Full Entry
Drew, Anthony. Eagle River Historical Society Nets Roughy $20,000 at Sunset Point Event. [Vilas County News-Review, Aug. 7, 2013, p. 3B.] Eagle River, 2013. View Full Entry
Eagle River Historical Society. Depot Museum. [Brochure] Eagle River, 2008. View Full Entry
Eagle River Historical Society. Eagle River Historial Museum. [Brochure] Eagle River, 2009. View Full Entry (Full text available)
Moore, et al.. Eagle River. [Images of America Series] Charleston, SC, 2013. View Full Entry
Vilas County News-Review Staff. Eagle River Historical Society Builds Programming Thanks to New Museum. [Progress, 2015, p. 45.] Eagle River, 2015. View Full Entry
Wilkinson, Susan, compiler. Stories Among the Stones. Eagle River, 2009. View Full Entry

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