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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 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.
Polk County Historical Society
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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.