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EVENTS!
June 21, 2008 Frederic Family Days with Strawberry Shortcake at the Depot from 10 a.m to 2 p.m.
August 16, 2008 Pie & Ice Cream Social at the Depot from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
August 30, 2008 Hot Dish Competition & White Elephant Sale at Depot from 9 a.m. to 3.p.m.
The historic beauty shop display was originally set up as Danielson’s Beauty Shop in River Falls, Wisconsin in 1938. The display presents a history of beauty shop equipment during the years from 1930s to the 1970s. The Beauty Shop was started by Gladys Evelyn (Danielson) Smith, a 1932 graduate of Frederic High School. After receiving beauty shop training, she opened and operated the beauty shop in River Falls. When she married a man from Baldwin, Wisconsin she moved her shop to her new home and managed her shop there until 1973. The display represents the 35 years of Mrs. Smith’s beauty shop operations. Mrs. Smith moved back to River Falls, in 1973 and passed away there in 2003. The display is currently managed by Marlene Friberg and is on loan to the museum by the family.
Polk County Historical Society
The Gandy Dancer Trail
Polk County Museum
Grantsburg Historical Society
The depot/museum is open on weekends, Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. The season begins Memorial Day Weekend and continues through the final weekend in September. Tour guides are on duty at that time or if you would like to make arrangements for a private tour, call 715-327-4271 and Carol can make those arrangements for you.