Driftless Historium & Mount Horeb Area Historical Society

06/14/2026

𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗙𝗹𝗮𝗴 𝗗𝗮𝘆!❤️🤍💙
On June 14, 1777, the Second Continental Congress voted to adopt the Stars and Stripes as the official flag of the United States, but it didn't become a national holiday for many years.

Did you know that the establishment of Flag Day as a national holiday has ties to Wisconsin? In 1885, Wisconsin schoolteacher Bernard J. Cigrand asked his students to celebrate the flag’s birthday by writing essays about what it meant to them. Cigrand later became a dentist, but he devoted the rest of his life to advocating for a national holiday honoring the flag. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson established June 14 as Flag Day nationwide, and in 1949, President Harry S. Truman made it a National Holiday.
𝙈𝙃𝘼𝙃𝙎 𝙄𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙚 2𝙭4.928 𝙍𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙮 𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡, 1916
Students and their teacher (far right) stand at the flagpole at the front of Riley School. This schoolhouse is now a private home at the corner of County Highways J and PD.

06/03/2026

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗯 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲!🎓🎓❤️🤍🎉👏

Can there be a class picture as cool as this one? Enjoy this fun flashback photograph of the class of 1978 from the inside front cover of the 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘬. Do you recognize anyone?

05/14/2026

𝗠𝗛𝗔𝗛𝗦 “𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗱𝘀” 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗶𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗿!👏👏👏
As part of its year-long 50th anniversary celebration, the Mount Horeb Area Historical Society hosted its final Legacy Volunteer Reception in honor of museum co-founder Brian Bigler. For 51 years (and counting!), Brian has helped shape, grow, and strengthen this organization serving as president, board member, exhibit designer, curator, fundraiser, and tour guide. His most enduring legacy is the diverse and comprehensive collection he helped build over the course of five decades. In recognition of his dedication to collecting, MHAHS has named its Folk & Outsider Art Collection in his honor. Thank you to everyone who joined the celebration, especially those who wore plaid in tribute to Brian’s signature style!

05/01/2026

🚨𝘽𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙆𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙉𝙀𝙒𝙎🚨

Your 2026 Driftless Historium Ice Cream Lineup is:

⭐𝙒𝙄𝙉𝙉𝙀𝙍⭐ 𝑨𝒔 𝑨𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝑨𝒔 𝑷𝑩&𝑱 (smooth peanut butter and tart grape jelly swirled in a creamy vanilla base)

⭐𝙍𝙐𝙉𝙉𝙀𝙍-𝙐𝙋⭐ 𝑩𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍 (blackberry ice cream, with vanilla sandwich cookie pieces and white chocolate flakes)

Our partners at UW-Platteville's Dairy Science Program have been notified, and production for retail sale will begin imminently. We hope to have these flavors in the Driftless Historium ice cream case by June 01, 2026.

NOTE: These ice creams are the will of the people, chosen by selfless community heroes at the 8th Annual Taste Testing on April 21st. 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐊 𝐘𝐎𝐔 to all who shared their taste buds for this important community endeavor!

04/29/2026

𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀?🏠📷📋🦺

Don’t be alarmed if you see John and Alex walking around your neighborhood this week taking pictures. They are part of the Urbana Preservation team in town to identify and document historic resources in our community for a new Village-wide Historic Resources Survey Report. Visit the project launch website for more information:
https://www.mthorebhistory.org/2026survey.html

04/23/2026

𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗜𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗧𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴! 🍦🍧🍨
Our 8th Annual Ice Cream Tasting drew a large crowd with folks lined up out the door! We appreciate all our tasters who enjoyed the special “America the Beautiful” themed flavors in honor of our nation’s 250th anniversary. A special thank you to Dr. Tera Montgomery and the students in the UW-Platteville Dairy Sciences Program who created the unique flavors available for tasting. Stay tuned for the announcement of the winning flavor on 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟭, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲!

04/14/2026

Tonight's stormy forecast = rescheduled fun times! 🥸🌩️
Please join us Tuesday, April 28 at Driftless Social for History Hedbanz -- win prizes, enjoy good drinks, mingle with awesome people. See you soon?

More info here: https://www.facebook.com/share/1CdBTaj4To/

04/09/2026

𝗧𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸!🌕🚀
As the Artemis II astronauts share new lunar images, we were excited to find this early 20th century stereograph of the moon among the Dalby family items recently donated to the museum. The images used on this stereograph were taken at the Yerkes Observatory and it was part of a donation that also included a stereoscope and several additional stereoviews featuring famous landmarks, natural wonders, images from Norway, and local scenes including several taken by well-known Wisconsin photographer Andreas (Andrew) Larsen Dahl (1844-1923).

𝙎𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙤𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙩 𝙎𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝘿𝙖𝙮𝙨, copyright 1910 by Yerkes Observatory; photographers Mr. F. Ellerman and Mr. R. J. Wallace; published by the Keystone View Company

04/06/2026

Thank you, WMTV 15 News for shining a spotlight on our newest exhibits!
"Star, Strips & Stories" and "Patriots of the American Revolution" are showing now, and are free during museum hours (Friday-Tuesday, 10am-4pm).

Happy Birthday, USA! 🇺🇸🎈

Mount Horeb’s Driftless Historium opens new exhibit for America’s 250th

LEARN MORE: https://www.wmtv15news.com/2026/04/06/mount-horebs-driftless-historium-opens-new-exhibit-americas-250th/