Essential Stories - Old World Wisconsin Foundation

Understand why Old World Wisconsin is called a "living history museum" through the stories that are told by the interpreters. Sample these inspiring true stories of early Wisconsin residents. These stories and many more come to life at Old World Wisconsin.

Hear about the Greene family who escaped the slave trade down south; Knud Fossebrekke who immigrated 3,000 miles to live in Wisconsin; Mary Hafford, a new immigrant who couldn't read or write and needed to work very hard due to the death of her husband and the needs of her children; the Sanford family who saw their son join the Union Army to fight in the Civil War.

Hear these stories and more at Old World Wisconsin in Eagle, Wisconsin.

For info contact 262-594-2922 or visit www.friendsoww.org.

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