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The Fall Migration and Other Bird Watching
To hear the call prompts us to look skyward, to run to the nearest clearing where we might glimpse the v-shaped flock as it cuts a geometric line through the air. It’s our own signal to make ready for the spectacle of fall and the onset of winter. The Upper...
The Arrival of Fall Colors
A hickory nut plummets to earth and ricochets off a bed of crisp leaves and Riley jumps at the sound. This rustle of leaves usually portends a fruitless chase of squirrel or deer but Riley only stands perplexed.Signs of the impending gold rush of color are...
Driftless Wisconsin Artists
On September 18 and 19, the sixth-annual Driftless Area Art Festival celebrates that artistry at Soldiers Grove along the banks of the Kickapoo River, a setting seemingly plucked from the canvas of the landscapes on display. Eighty visual artists will exhibit – and...
A Vernon County Road Trip
There are no interstate highways in Driftless Wisconsin, which is to say the roads allow a leisurely pace with frequent stops along the way to admire the landscape; secluded valleys with richly forested hillsides and ridge-top vistas that beg for a photo.Highway 82...
A Kickapoo River Story
Rivers set the pace of river towns. I remember as a child waking up to the smell of bacon, the sound of the morning news on local radio, and the booming voice of Ruth Downing. Ruth remains to this day my story of Ontario, a small river town set like a chapter in a...
A Rural Experience in Crawford County
Crawford County is one of Wisconsin’s least populated counties, and for that reason, one of its most tranquil. The people of Crawford County live here in part for that reason, a place you can work the fields or spend an evening fishing on the river and not worry...
Celebrating Our Heritage in Vernon County
Their stoic faces and austere surroundings brought to mind the rugged character of frontier life. It’s not unlike the image brought to life at Skumsrud Heritage Farm in Coon Valley, the site of the Ice Cream Social & Chicken Q on Sunday, August 8 from 11 am to 5...
The Kickapoo Country Fair and Other Doings
More than a geographic region, the Kickapoo Valley is a community; a collection of people who call the valley their home and love to throw a party. This weekend, the people of the Kickapoo Valley invite you to celebrate their home and heritage at the 7th Annual...
Living History in Prairie du Chien
My childhood companions all lived on the south end of Prairie du Chien near Fort Crawford Medical Museum. We felt the mysterious lure of history as we walked past its front porch windows, through which the primitive instruments of 18th century medicine could be...
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