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GIFTS
1871 Birds' Eye View of Oconto $10.00
8 1/2" x 11" copy of the 1871 Birds' Eye View of Oconto suitable for framing. Accompanied with a legend identifying some of the prominent structures in the city at this time period. The OCHS has found this view to be very accurate.
Mug $5.00
Totebag $5.00
BOOKS OFFERED IN OUR GIFT SHOP
To buy any of the following publications, make checks out to the Oconto County Historical Society and send to the address at the left of this page).
Carrie and the Apple Pie By Nelda Johnson Liebig
In this sequel to Carrie and the Crazy Quilt, Carrie and her little brother Fritz have been taken to nearby Oconto. There, the two are given shelter by the wealthy Omar Bentz and his reclusive wife, Erna, who is suffering her own losses by fire. $10.00
Carrie and the Boarding House By Nelda Johnson Liebig
Continues the adventures of nearly fourteen-year-old Carrie Heidenworth and her little brother Fritz, one-year survivors of the Great Peshtigo Fire of 1871 in northeastern Wisconsin, where their mother is now attempting to run a boarding house. $10.00
Carrie and the Crazy Quilt By Nelda Johnson Liebig
In pioneer Wisconsin in 1871, thirteen-year-old Carrie Heidenworth, daughter of a German immigrant family, is proud of her new American citizenship but is worried about her unfamiliar surrounding. Bear tracks near the barn send her running to her sleeping loft to hide. Soon new fears emerge as a great fire begins to eat its way through the pine forests. As the blaze strikes, Carrie races with little brother Fritz to the banks of the Peshtigo River, where she will face the greatest challenge of her life. $10.00
Chase *To the People! *For the People! *By the People!
A compilation of information about Chase families, buildings, and activities.
Cheese: The Making of a Wisconsin Tradition By Jerry Apps
“This is a story of farmers, milk cows, dairy barns, and green pastures. It is the story of cheese makers who work their magic and turn milk into cheese.” $13.00
From McCauslin to Jab Switch: A History of Logging in Oconto County By Della Rucker
“The forests from the McCauslin in the north to Jab Switch (another name of Oconto) on the bay have shaped this county’s landscape, its people, and its heritage. This book details that story and thus fills a void in the county’s written history.” $25.00
From the Great Depression to the New Millenium…and Beyond
(Memoirs with a historical perspective)
By Commander James C. Loberger United States Navy (Retired)
He was just a hayseed from Wisconsin, raised on beer, cheese, and country music. … This is the story of one man’s colorful and adventurous life, interwoven with our nation’s history, and extending over a large part of the 20th Century. $17.00
A History of Oconto Falls 1839-1900 By Diane Nichols
“This early history from 1839 to 1900 has been compiled using area newspapers, county board proceedings, atlases, various maps, county plat books, other histories, the autobiography of Almira Volk, and an unpublished journal of Almira’s daughter, Maria. It strives to give as complete a history as possible using primary source material.” $29.00
The History of the Joseph Leigh Family 1851-1997 Compiled by Pat Leigh Degeneffe
“My intent for this book is to provide an easy-to-read narration and picture book of the Leigh family. It is a continuation of my “I Remember Book” printed in 1974.” $25.00
Humor From the Country By Jerry Apps
“In Humor From the country, master storyteller Jerry Apps gives us insights into the lighter side of country life. Through stories based upon childhood memories, Apps shows us that country folk knew how to have fun, too.” $16.00
Humorous Fishing Stories From the U.P. Vol. 2 By Robert Hruska
This collection of Humorous Fishing stories brings back to life, experiences from the author’s background of adventures in the U. P. and some Canadian Fly-in fishing trips. $10.00
Humorous Stories From the U.P. Hunting Camps By Robert Hruska
Each story is a bonafide true experience written in the humorous way of the Yooper!!
The “Stories from the U.P. Deer Camps” are true in the image of the U.P. hunter. They all took place in different locations in the U.P., particularly in Menominee County, Michigan. $10.00
John & Almira Volk: Early Pioneers of Northwest Wisconsin Ed. by Diane Nichols $8.00
Local History: Spruce Graded School, District No. 3 Class ‘20 $6.00
More Humorous Hunting Camp Stories: A U.P. Sequel Vol. #3 By Robert Hruska
“From the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to northern Wisconsin, here are stories of hunting camp humor, adventure, and local characters. a few fishing adventures are included to add an “off season” bonus.” $10.00
Morgan: A small Wisconsin township during the late 1800’s and early 1900’s
By Dawn Hessil-Thom
This book is being written to preserve Morgan and a way of living that produced strong, resilient human beings. $16.95
The Oconto River Sackers Co. F & the 12th Wisconsin Regiment in the Civil War & From a Civil War Private’s Packet Ed. by Diane Nichols
“This volume contains all the original material which was printed in the Oconto Pioneer by editor George Ginty regarding the Oconto River Sackers. This group was organized in October of 1861 as the second company out of Oconto County. At Camp Randall in Madison it became Co. F of the 12th Wisconsin Regiment. The company proceeded to the western front in Kansas, to Vicksburg for that city’s siege and surrender, and then east to join Sherman’s march to the sea. It was mustered out in July of 1865.
In addition, several items from the pocket packet of a private in the Civil war are included…” $15.00
Oconto’s Park Avenue Circus 1947-1957: History and Memories Ed. by Rosemary Rice
“…it is our hope that the information contained here will give the reader a glimpse of this time in Oconto’s history commemorating the 50th anniversary, in 2007, of the last performance of Oconto’s Park Avenue Circus.” $8.00
One-Room Country Schools: History and Recollections By Jerry Apps
“From 1791, when the first school was established in what is now Wisconsin, to the 1960s, when consolidation was finally complete, the one-room school’s history has been one of growth and change.
In One-Room Country Schools, this history along with unique memories and shared recollections from the people who learned and taught in the one-room schools of Wisconsin tell the story of these institutes of learning.” $18.00
Peek At The Past By Junice Peek
“The writings of Junice Peek and a glimpse at the early years of Lakewood, Wisconsin”
“The stories of the pioneers live on through their children.” $16.00
The People Came First: A History of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension By Jerry Apps
The Cooperative Extension story is about people—those who teach and those who learn, country people and urban folks. It is a story that goes back more than a hundred years. The story is about County Extension offices located throughout the state, the staff who work in these offices, and the Extension specialists on University of Wisconsin campuses. The story is about public and private partners that assist Extension in improving the lives of people and making Wisconsin a better place to live.” $18.00
Platbook of Oconto County 1903 $3.00
Solid Roots: A Collection of Poetry By Kathy Schroeder $5.00
Soliloquy: A Collection of Poetry By Kathy Schroeder $5.00
Spruce School Cookbook July 2000
Built in 1889, the Spruce School of the Oconto Falls School District has gone from a one-room school with up to 60 students, to a state graded school, to a state charter school in 1998. “Many of the students passing through the Spruce School, grades 1 through 5 in 1999-2000 school year, are second, third and fourth generation students of the school. And just as parents were the primary motivators for founding the school, so now parents and the community, who are very active on behalf of the school, keep Spruce School thriving.” $8.00
Stormy By Jerry Apps
“Jerry looked forward to the day when he would have his very own calf. Finally, the day comes, and things don’t turn out quite as Jerry had planned.
Experience the love and the pain that a boy goes through as he raises his calf.” $16.00
Symbols: Viewing a Rural Past By Jerry Apps
“Symbols—they are all around us and we take them for granted. … These symbols are reminders of early home life in the country, work on the farm, how rural people kept in touch, the importance of community, and how farm folks relaxed and had fun.” $16.00
The Truth About Townsend: Volume I By Kathleen Marsh
The Truth About Townsend traces the history of a rough and tough North Central Wisconsin logging community from the Civil War to the opening days of World War II. It is a carefully-crafted historical account of loggers, farmers, hunters, bootleggers, merchants, resort owners, and clergymen who somehow managed to scratch out a living in the wild and woolly Wisconsin Northwoods. $18.95
A Union Soldier Remembers: The Story of James S. Anderson By Christopher Goetz
“Through the diaries of one of these men [Company A of the 5th Wisconsin Volunteer Regiment from Manitowoc], James S. Anderson, we will see the war through his eyes. Al the 105 men who left Manitowoc that bright summer day in 1861, less than 30 would survive the war and return home. Experience what it was truly like to fight in the Civil War by watching A Union Soldier Remembers!” 58 minute video with 19 minutes of director-cut bonus scenes. $25.00
When Chores Were Done: boyhood stories By Jerry Apps
“Resonating with poignancy and humor, When Chores Were Done contains stories you’ll want to read over and over again.”
“Within each story we see just how warm, loving, and supremely educational growing up on a farm could be, for it is here that a young boy learns not only how to take the head off a chicken and drive a tractor like a grown-up, but to deal with illness, disability, and death.” $12.00
Whistle Stop: Recalling the People and Places of Little Suamico, Wisconsin in the 20th Century By Don Stiller $10.00
A Wisconsin Farm Woman: The Journal of Maria Volk Temple 1892-1900
Ed. by Diane Nichols
The daughter of the founders of Oconto Falls, John and Almira Volk, Maria’s journal was rescued from a dumpster and landed in the hands of Diane Nichols.
“Most farm women never thought to record their thoughts; Maria did and though her story is not one of happiness, it gives us much insight into the life of many others like her.” $12.00