1906 Hitching Park
This is the Hitching Park as it was in 1906 when the hitching park was established and the posts in front of the stores removed.
This is the Hitching Park as it was in 1906 when the hitching park was established and the posts in front of the stores removed.
This building is part of the Charlie’s on Main restaurant. The photo was published in an Oregon Observer Supplement on April 18, 1895.
In the early years, communities along a railway line occasionally witnessed a train wreck or derailment, and the Oregon area was no exception.
You may want to read Wheel Fever by Jesse Gant, and Nicholas J. Hoffman. Wheel Fever: How Wisconsin Became a Great Bicycling State was published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press in 2013.
This pleasant little village of about 500 inhabitants is situated in the midst of a fertile agricultural region, in the southern part of the county, ten miles from the capital city, and is the second station on the Madison division of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad.
“The History of the Town of Oregon” and “The Village of Oregon” articles were in the The History of Dane County, Wisconsin written by C.W. Butterfield and published in Chicago in 1880. The Oregon Area Historical Society owns a copy of the book that can be viewed during museum hours
The Oregon Area Historical Society & Museum is funded by membership dues, donations, and sales from the General Store. We are a registered 501(c)(3) and all donations are tax deductible.
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Thursday, August 13 From 4-6pm
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Tuesday, August 4 from 5-8pm
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