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EVENTS!
June 15—17 2012 Frederic Family Days with Strawberry Shortcake at the Depot from 10AM until it's gone!
August 18, 2012 Pie Social at the Depot from 10AM until it's gone!
MEMEBERSHIP
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The display of Cooper Tools in the depot/museum represents a part of the estate of Mrs. Leona Babcock of Siren, Wisconsin. The tools were donated to the museum by Raymond Giles of Loomis, California. The tools originally belonged to Ira Van Guilder (Mrs. Babcock’s father) who had worked as a cooper in Cannon Falls, Minnesota in the late 1880s. A heading factory in Frederic, from 1905 to the end of World War I, used tools similar to those displayed to manufacture the ends (headers) of casks and barrels, which were then shipped by train to barrel manufacturers.
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HOURS
The depot/museum is open on weekends and holidays from 11am to 4pm. The season begins Memorial Day weekend and continues through leaf season in October. Tour guides are on duty. If you would a special tour, call 715-327-4271 (Carol) or 715-327-4892 (Roxanne) for arrangements.
HAVE A PIECE OF HISTORY?
We continue to seek railroad memorabilia and items as well as items and photos, newspapers and newspaper clippings from Frederic's past.