Eagle River Historical Society

06/04/2026

06/03/2026

Yesterday, 134 years ago...

Fred Hall, a notable Tailor in Eagle River in the 1890s ran an ad giving some fashion advice for men looking to meet women and how they should be aware of their appearance.

June 2nd, 1892. Eagle River Review pg5

05/29/2026

WE HAVE SOME GROUND BREAKING NEWS TO SHARE!

On June 5th at 2:00pm we will be having our Ground Breaking Ceremony for our New Heritage Center at our Main Museum on Hwy 45 S! The moment has finally come in our Capital Campaign where we can now start to build an addition on our Museum that will serve the Eagle River Area for Generations. The new Center will include and allow us to...

- Be open all year to host programs, classes, and events
- Winterizing the existing exhibition gallery
- Research Library with Computers, Scanners, Light Table, and projectors.
- 70+ Person Conference Room
- Donor Wall & Welcoming Lobby
- Proper Temperature controls to protect our Collection of Artifacts
- More space to store local treasures that tell out history!

We want to say THANK YOU to our local community for making this dream possible through your support, generosity, and foresight to saving our local heritage and history!

In the past few years we have been quickly growing into the largest historical authority in the area! But, we are only $38,000 away from our funding goal for the addition to our Main Museum, so any support from the community to help us reach this milestone!

This is your moment to make a huge impact on preserving Eagle River History! DONATE TODAY!
https://square.link/u/rc1UPLwa

05/28/2026

On July 19th we will be hosting our Grape Stomp Festival & Annual Chair-ity Auction ANNUAL FUNDRAISER at Bortolotti's Cin Cin! This is our annual fundraiser that pays for our additional programming and projects. Your generosity here helps pay for our scanning projects, new exhibits, school tours for the 4th grade, and paying for our staff.

Your ticket will include a Sunday Afternoon of free wine tasting, food, raffles, live music, and a chance to Stomp some Grapes! Please visit out site for more details!

SEE MORE DETAILS HERE:
https://www.eagleriverhistory.org/seasonal-events

GET TICKETS HERE!
https://book.peek.com/s/68cd7cb2-7e8f-4127-9f8f-b02acd5a9729/LRJPm

05/28/2026

05/26/2026

Remember when you could go to "Zimps" in the summer or after a highschool football game for a soda or malt? Today it is Tremblays Sweet Shop Eagle River WI today, and many of the original features can be seen inside!

"Scheribel & Zimpelmann Saloon" c.1900-1909 (ERHS_01370)

Want to see more historic pictures? Check out our Historic Photographs Collection here:
https://content.mpl.org/digital/collection/ERHSDigiArch/search

Recognize your building or business? Get a Business Membership on our website today and we will tag you in our posts!

05/25/2026

Thank you to all of our Proud Men and Women who have protected our country since it's founding and often having paid the ultimate price. Without their hard work and conviction, we would not have the country we do today.

The Eagle River Historical Society wants to specifically thank the generations of locals who have lived, worked, and been a part of the Eagle River community who have lost brothers, sons, and fathers. Thank you for your sacrifice as well. We in Eagle River have a long tradition of standing in the gap when the time calls for it.

Enjoy your Memorial Day weekend this year, but do not forget why we have it in the first place!

05/22/2026

REMEMBER!

To stop by and see us tomorrow on Memorial Day Weekend on May 23rd from 11:00am to 3:00pm for an open house at our C.+N.W. Depot Museum Open House with Free Rootbeer Floats and a special showing of our new Ice Castle Exhibit at our Museum!

This will be the Summer Kick off for all of our events this summer and we have a whole line up that we hope to see you at throughout the season!
See our events page for more details, we cant wait to see you on Memorial Day Weekend!

05/21/2026

Want to learn more about Eagle River's History but dont know where to start?

Well, this summer you can join the Eagle River Historical Society on some historical tours about Eagle River and learn about some of your favorite stores, lunch spots, and how we became the town we are today!

WALKING TOURS - will take you through the history of every building on Wall Street, covering bank robberies, explosions, bar fights, and the personalities and businesses that developed Eagle River over the past 140+ years! Tours are about an hour long and we bring along over 100+ Historic Pictures!
- GET TICKETS HERE! https://www.eagleriverhistory.org/historic-walking-tours

PEDAL TOURS - go all the way to beautiful Silver Lake and back where we explore how the little settlement of Eagle River grew. We will visit the homes of early movers and shakers, schools, churches, natures schools, and where the ice for Ice Castles are harvested! Tours are less than an hour and also include of 90+ Historic Images!
- GET TICKETS HERE! https://www.eagleriverhistory.org/historic-pedal-tours

Come Join us this summer and explore some Northern Wisconsin History in Eagle River! All of the proceeds from tours go to helping out two Historical Museums, we cant wait to see you!

05/21/2026

On Saturday, May 23rd we will be hosting our Annual Rummage Sale again this year, but because our Museum will be under construction it is being hosted at the home behind the Eagle River Post Office!

We have everything from Child's toys, to golf clubs, fine china, and other great items. All of the proceeds go to help the Eagle River Historical Society!