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Scheduled Events

RECREATING 1908
SEPTEMBER 20, 2008 EVENT SCHEDULE


ALL FREE (EXCEPT FOOD, HIGH TEA (9/20/08) & TOUR OF HOMES (10/4/08)!!!!

ON THE COURTHOUSE SQUARE

ON-GOING:  9 AM - 4 PM:

  • Guides and visitors in period dress
  • Guided walking tours of historic Courthouse area homes
  • Guided tours of the 1908 Oneida County Courthouse-begins at the front entrance
  • Model T Ford display on Oneida Ave
  • Food booths-on the south lawn   Come hungry!
    Hot beefs, brats, sloppy joes, cheese curds, popcorn, root beer floats, pie and ice cream sold by Kiwanis, Rotary,  Northwoods Lions, Rhinelander Lions, M & I Bank and Senior Center volunteers
  • Meet an historic character contest
  • Tour historic 'Dean home' built in 1889/Health and Wellness Center, 13 N Oneida Ave
  • Vintage shortwave radio display and hands on demonstrations
  • Memorabilia for sale, including: night photos of the Courthouse dome by Northwoods Media, bottles of Courthouse Centennial wine by Three Lakes Winery, wooden coasters and plaques made of wood from Rhinelander's first church by Storywood Productions and pieces of authentic Tiffany style glass from the Courthouse dome salvaged during the dome repair

HOURLY: 9 AM – 3 PM:

  • Horse-drawn wagon rides on the Courthouse Square and to City Hall and Pioneer Park Logging Museum

9:30, 11:30 AM & 3 PM:  Caskey reenactments in period dress 'Hans and Kristiana'

ON-GOING: 10 AM -3 PM:  Live period music—on the southwest lawn (near War Memorial)

  • 10-11:30 – Rhinelander Community Band
  • 12:30-1:30– Jim Pekol Polka Band
  • 1:30-3:00 – Face the Music Barbershop Quartet

10 AM - 2 PM:  Vintage horse and buggy driving on the Courthouse Square

11 AM - 2 PM:  1908 vintage clothing contest and judging by the public

NOON - 1 PM:  1908 vintage horse and buggy picnic displays with judging of the picnic displays by the public—on the north lawn

1:30 PM:  Announcement of Horse and Buggy/Picnic winner—on Courthouse lawn

2:05 PM:  Announcement of vintage clothing contest winners—on Courthouse lawn

LOGGING MUSEUM/PIONEER PARK EVENTS

ON-GOING: 9 AM-4 PM:

  • Staff and visitors in period dress
  • All museums and gift shop open
  • Red Marquardt Sawmill Museum (under construction)

HOURLY: 

9:30 AM - 3:30 PM:  Horse-drawn wagon rides to the Courthouse Square and City Hall

10 AM - 3 PM:  Working, wood-fired 1913 Advance Steam Engine demonstrations

10:30 AM & 1:30 PM:  Readers Theatre presentations by The Recurring Theatre Company (in the Logging Museum)

  • 10:30 -11:00 - 'A Meeting of the Rhinelander Women's Club in 1908'
  • 1:30 – 2:00 - 'The Gift Shop'

11 AM – 1 PM:  Loggers Stew and Sawdust Pie Dinner

11:15 AM – 3 PM:  Live period music

  • 11:15 – 12:00 – Bill Kaul Band
  • 12:15 – 1:00 – Timberline String Band
  • 1:15 – 2:00 – Bill Kaul Band
  • 2:15 – 3:00 – Timberline String Band

4:00 PM:  Vintage Base ball Game with 1908 rules and dress -

  • visiting St Croix Base Ball Club vs. local Bucketheads team

OTHER LOCATIONS

ON-GOING:

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM:  Display of over 100 vintage and modern quilts.

  • Karen's Quilt Corner, 51A North Brown Street
  • Peggy's Emporium, 44 South Brown Street

CONTINUOUSLY:  Centennial window display at the corner of Brown and Davenport Streets

HOURLY:

9:30 AM - 3:30 PM:  Guided tours of the 1908 Rhinelander City Hall by Mayor Johns 135 South Stevens Street—view historic photos & centennial mural

10 AM - 4 PM:  Guided tours of the Rhinelander Historical Society Museum/Home built in 1894-9 South Pelham Street

10 AM – 2 PM:  Hot sandwiches on the Masonic Lodge lawn, 23 E Davenport Street

11 AM – on:  Courthouse Centennial Reserve Microbrew on tap at Brown Street Brewery, 16 North Brown Street

2 PM & 3:30 PM:  Historical High Tea by the Rhinelander Women’s Club in an historic home at 106 North Pelham Street
      (Obtain $15 tickets at Brown Street Books, 25 South Brown Street)

BEYOND SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2008

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 – SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18: Historical Art Work Display

The Art Gallery, Learning Resource Center, Nicolet College on Cty Hwy G

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM:  Centennial Tour of 10 Rhinelander Homes of Historical and Architectural Interest. 

(Obtain $20 advance tickets at Trigs, Latitudes, Crimson Cup, Coffee Beans, or Briar House)

  • Take advantage of a great opportunity to view the inside of some of the most beautiful, historic homes in the Oneida County courthouse area.  Tickets are $20.00 in advance and $25.00 at the door.  All proceeds benefit the Rhinelander Historical Society.

Mark your calendars!  More information about to follow!

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM:  Courthouse Rededication

ON-GOING:

  • "This Week in 1908" spot in the Rhinelander Daily News - weekly
  • Self-guided walking tour of Courthouse area homes present in 1908 (Get tour guides at the Courthouse, Chamber of Commerce, DRI, Hildebrand  Russ Funeral Home, North Star Title, Prei Chiropractic and many other banks and stores)
  • 'Signature Redwork Centennial Quilt' on display at Karen’s Quilt Corner, 51A North Brown Street
  • Centennial window display at the corner of Brown and Davenport Streets 
  • Centennial Quilt drawing registration at 24 different locations in the county
  • Centennial wine (Three Lakes Winery) and microbrew (Brown Street Brewery) available
  • Courthouse memorabilia available at Rhinelander Chamber of Commerce
  • Historic geo-caching – County-wide  Go to : www.northwoodsgeocaching.com 
  • Rhinelander Forest Home Cemetery on Coon Street self-guided points of interest tour

(Get tour guides at the Courthouse, City Hall, Chamber of Commerce, DRI, or at the cemetery tool shed)

Courthouse reenactment

  • Pancake breakfast at Masonic Lodge - 8 – 10 a.m.
  • Laying of the cornerstone – 11 a.m.
  • Birthday cake – served at noon
  • Poetry (dome poems) reading/awards – 1 p.m.

  • Historical art and historical essay awards – 1:15 p.m.

  • Quilt raffle drawing – 1:30 p.m.
  • Guided courthouse tours – ongoing 10 – 11 a.m. and noon – 3 p.m.

  • Live music in the courthouse rotunda – ongoing 10 – 11 a.m. and noon - 3 p.m.

(Times Subjet to Change)


 Centennial Celebration
One Oneida Ave.
Rhinelander, WI  54501
Attn: County Clerk
Phone: (715) 369-6144
centennial@co.oneida.wi.us

 

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