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Join archivist Ben Clark as he explains the history of the health institutions of Marathon County. From the early Ticket Hospitals to the creation of 20th Century hospitals that merged to become Wausau Hospital Center, to the County-run Poor Farm, Asylum, Sanitarium, Home and Hospital

For the first few weeks of our History Chats program, Librarian Gary Gisselman took us on a week-by-week trip through the school history of Marathon County.

May is Historic Preservation Month, and the project that resonates most strongly with me is the Liberty Trail, a joint effort between the South Carolina Battleground Preservation Trust and the American Battlefield Trust. The 400-mile trail will highlight 70 sites from the South Carolina mountains to the coast, tied together by an app that will link lodging and restaurants.

A quick overview of the creation of the Marathon County Park Commission and its first decade creating parks for the County.

The Convention of the Master Horseshoers

It took a few years for the first settlers to the area started thinking about schools. Afterall, it was not until 1846 (only seven years after George Stevens became the first person to survey the area) that Mrs. James l. Moore gave birth to the first child born in Wausau.