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Historian Cory Ritterbusch knows Shullsburg’s history, and will share stories with us in his program. Refreshments will be served afterwards and the Museum and Archives will be open to enjoy. Shullsburg is preparing to celebrate 200 years of exciting history as one of Wisconsin’s oldest cities, and as the County Historical and Genealogy Society we…

The Darlington Depot and Caboose, Historical Preservation and Restoration 82 page spiral bound book with full color photos details the history of the railroad in Darlington, the Depot, and the Caboose and it’s restoration. Get your copy for $15 each, or get more than one for $12 each!

The Octagon is Completed! The third and final phase of restoration was completed this week with the able and generous donation of carpentry skills and time by Bruce Geissbuhler and Joe Pickett. And financial help from DAR in the form of 50% grant funding. The cedar shake roof is installed with a new flag pole…

We had a glitch in our online shop that made the online payment link stop working. We are sorry for the inconvenience but it is all straightened out now. Apparently there was a software error in an automatic update that our IT guy was able to fix. Shop at will 🙂

Order and pay for your brick online in the “Donations” section of our SHOP

The well known book about Argyle’s history has been updated! The new edition of “Second to None,” adds 34 years of history to the original that was published in 1994. It brings the documentation up to the present day. However it doesn’t include the genealogy chapters of the original. Historians will be happy with the…

We have been able to add two Kammerude things to the Museum Shop – available at the Museum in person, or in the online shop: Prints of the Kammerude painting: Western Appaloosa Horses (in large size only) and the hardcover book about Kammerude’s farm paintings, “Threshing Days.” Both are available in limited quantities. We’re not…

We’ve been busy at the Depot with Santa visiting twice! Santa visited with the kiddos after the Darlington Christmas Parade on December 7, and at an after school party on Friday December 13 for the Rosie Redbird kids from Darlington. Both events included the special model Christmas Train in the model railroad, climbing to the…

Bruce Geissbuhler and his team of carpenters have re-created the arched openings on the building and LCHGS volunteers have painted it. The roof will get new cedar shake shingles in fall or early spring 2025.

We will give the caboose a Rust Converter treatment, then use epoxy primer followed by urethane epoxy top coat in Milwaukee Road Colors. Step one (Rust Converter) will be done May 30 starting at 9 am. If you want to be part of this special addition to Darlington – come and join us!