Grade-school students attended 'The Past Passed Here' event. | Chippewa County Historical Society/Facebook
Grade-school students attended 'The Past Passed Here' event. | Chippewa County Historical Society/Facebook
A family friendly, award-winning special event that highlights what it was like from the 1700s to early 1900s in Chippewa County seems to have been a hit with students who attended.
The event “The Past Passed Here,” coordinated by Chippewa County Historical Society, was presented at Marshall Park in Chippewa Falls.
The event featured re-enactors, fur trade camps and historic lumbering display, according to the event’s website. There were demonstrations of things such as blacksmithing. A cat and mouse game and archery were some of the activities.
Area fourth-graders such as Kiana visited before the event was open to the public, WQOW reported.
“I'm learning more about the culture,” Kiana told WQOW. “Learning more about how they lived and how interesting it is.”
As of May 14, a Facebook post by the Chippewa County Historical Society reported the success of the event.
“For the first time in three years more than 600 students from Chippewa and Eau Claire counties participated in this hands-on living history re-enactment field trip,” the post said. “This year we set a record. More than 10,000 grade school students who are studying Wisconsin history in school have enjoyed a day in our camps at the Past Passed Here.”
Funded by donations and staffed by volunteers, the Chippewa County Historical Society began in 1969, its website said. The society is in the Notre Dame Church’s original convent.
Alerts Sign-up