Rusk County Historical Society is having its annual Christmas Party Thursday, December 6th at 5 pm at The Worden Ave. Exchange. This is a Potluck event, please bring a dish to pass!! (utensils and plates and drinks will be provided) See you there! ... See more

On a bitterly cold Tuesday morning, the Flambeau Mine Building was moved from its spot outside the Museum grounds to its permanent new spot just beyond Ed's Plow Museum. It was interesting watching the workers jacking up the building and adding cribbing to the height that the trailer needed to slide underneath the building!!
They backed up the Mine Building all the way from its old location to well past the Senior Citizen building and then maneuvered it through the gate in front of the Plow Museum, past the Windmill and the 20's House. After all that, they jacked the building up again added the cribbing and pulled the trailer out from under and started lowering the building to its new concrete pad. ... See more

History takes many forms...Photographs, Advertising pieces, even handwritten receipts from a store. Here is one example. Christman Brothers General Store in Tony was built by Phil Christman Jr. and his brother Joe, with living quarters and apartments above, in 1906. Until the year 1968, people who lived in the Tony area still enjoyed the old-fashioned General Store that by then had changed ownership many years ago and was now Petersen's Store.
Some of its grocery items still displayed in barrels and its receipts handwritten. Often I think back to short bottles of Coca-Cola and lunch meat wrapped in pink wax paper tied with a string. I remember the slap of the screen door closing after you as you left...and the tinkle of the bell as you entered. There is nothing like a store with wooden floors and wooden walls..they make a person feel more at home than those of today that are built of concrete and steel.
On display at the Museum, you will find advertising pieces given as promotions to customers of many old stores and businesses. There are receipts showing balances brought forward and amounts credited. You can find Ladysmith News Advertisements for bargains to be found at Petersons Store...and old copies of the Tony Newspaper advertising a bargain price for Oatmeal by the pound at Christmans' . All these things bringing back the old days during the Logging Boom when most of our towns were much much larger. The history of many of the small towns in Rusk County is there waiting for you to find among the displays at the Museum. ... See more