Submitted by Julie Huebel, Secretary/Treasurer, Rock Elm Old Settlers
ROCK ELM, WI – We have two big events to announce, one is a new historical walking tour of the Poplar Hill Cemetery on Saturday, October 28th at 10am. This is a fundraiser with proceeds going to the maintenance of the graves of Rock Elm’s early pioneers. Our guide will walk the group through the cemetery, sharing details of early settlers, including stories of the Ingalls family, pioneer stories in their own words, some tragedy, and a bit of local mayhem. Tour admission is $20 per person and tickets can be purchased from our website store, at our Bay City office, or RSVP via email, mail, or phone to save your spot and pay with cash at the event.
The second event is the Rock Elm Old Settlers’ Annual Meeting to be held on Thursday, November 2nd with lunch being served at noon for a small charge with the meeting and special speaker to follow at the Rock Elm Methodist Church. This meeting is open to everyone, so if you are a local history lover, or have Rock Elm Township roots, we hope to see you at this year’s meeting. If you can’t make it this year, mark your calendar for next year, it’s always the first Thursday of November.
Our speaker will be Mary Beeler, co-author of the new Pierce County history book, “Log Buildings and Logging in Early Pierce County, Wisconsin”. She and her late co-author, Dorothy Ahlgren, have been working on this book since the 1990’s. The book highlights log cabins and their history all throughout the county. We will have books there available for purchase for those interested, the cost is $35. Proceeds go into a fund to help cover printing costs of future books on our area’s history.
The meeting of the Rock Elm Old Settlers is a tradition dating back to 1886. They have met every year since then except for 4 years (1918, 1934, 2020, and 2021). We are very proud to carry on this long-standing tradition. We hope you will help us keep this tradition going, by attending the event, joining to be a member, or by making donations to the group. We would love if you could RSVP to ensure there will be enough food, however, it is not required.
Contact details: (phone) 715-594-3118, (email) info@piercecountyhistorical.org, (mailing address) PCHA, PO Box 148, Ellsworth, WI 54011, (website) piercecountyhistorical.org
