The McFarland Historical Society's Annual meetings are always lively with good speakers and interesting reports. This year, local historian Lorraine Hawkinson presented the story of a Norwegian immigrant who came to Dane County and created an invention that became very popular in our area. His name...
The Strawberry Shortcake Social will be held in 2017 on the lawn of the Larson House Museum at 6003 Exchange Street in McFarland, Wisconsin, on Sunday, June 18 from 1 to 4 PM. Treat your father/son/spouse and entire family to McFarland's best strawberry shortcake where...
Our Chocolate Fest event has really gained in popularity. Thanks to our many bakers, our featured baker, our musicians, the businesses and individuals who made donations for the silent auction, the high school ambassadors, the gentlemen who poured beverages, the ladies on the Chocolate Fest Committee,...
We invite you to join us in an exciting new project for the McFarland, Wisconsin, area community. This project, an addition to the McFarland Historical Society Museum on Main Street, will provide a place to restore a hundred year-old double-pointed rowboat used on Lake Waubesa...
Board members Dale Marsden, Dick Kohl, Don Peterson, Bob Kolek and Wes Licht planned and constructed a new 1920's kitchen in the Museum on Main Street. New wall board and "wainscot" half way up the walls make the room so much nicer and more realistic....
Thanks to all who decorated the Larson House Museum, to those who hosted and gave tours, played the piano, prepared good things to eat and visited during the month of December. We had over 300 visitors, gave many tours, and sold local history books and...
Thanks to Eagle Scouts for building our herb garden, pergola and brick floor for the pergola. Thanks to the Larson House Garden Committee for the beautiful flower gardens surrounding the house and in the backyard. Come visit the grounds as well as tour inside. Consider...
From Wisconsin Historical Society’s Columns magazine, 2012, March-April edition, page 6. I N 1 9 4 2 the Wisconsin Magazine of History wrote: “Museum curators and antique collectors have figuratively gone mad over the treasures that Albert Skare has housed in his ‘Hidden Farm’ log cabin...
Letter to the McFarland Thistle Editor By Meg Neilsen Thank you so much for the excellent coverage you gave to the McFarland Historical Society’s first Chocolate Fest. Your willingness to provide articles and photographs about our Featured Baker, the Silent Auction, and the event itself helped to...