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The following Featured News items and images will give you the information and images that you will need to become informed about our Lake Winnebago, WI, Circle Tours, Volumes One through Seven. Mouse over the tabs to go inside and learn more.
Volumes #1, #6 and #5 will be completed first in order to complete the circle tour, with supplementary Volumes 2, 3 and 4 following shortly thereafter in order to give an even more in-depth tour experience.
Volume #7, Additional Activities and Plays, will offer original historical plays written by Barbara Smits (and possibly others), as well as readings that can be presented by you and your friends, or by historical groups, nursing home residents, students, or family groups, for the public or just for your own fun, satisfaction, and enjoyment. Be a character in a play and try your acting skills -- go ahead -- it can be great fun and a great way to learn! If you really feel good about how the play turns out, put on a public performance in one of the many parks or schools for all to enjoy! Additional fun activities will also be offered in this volume.
Volume #1 - East Shore Lake Winnebago Communities - Completed
We explore the east shore of Lake Winnebago and its rich Native American history, including mounds, Menominee villages, the arrival of the Stockbridge and Brothertown Indians; woolly mammoths; iimestone quarries and brick-making along the Niagara Escarpment; voyaguers, the Military Road; water-wheel mills; maple syrup and wild rice gathering; early mail carriers and Rural Free Delivery; and many fun activities.
Image Caption: Inlet to Pipe Creek, Columbia Park, Pipe, WI - site of Po-e-go-nah's Menominee Indian Village. Barbara Smits photo, copyright 2015.
Volume #1 - East Shore
Volume #6 - West Shore
Volume #5 - Fond du Lac
Volume #2 - Lake Winnebago, Glacier, and Niagara Escarpment
We will explore Lake Winnebago, the Glacier, and the Niagara Escarpment in depth, and there is much to cover. Herman Bender is a geologist and knows as much as there is to know (AND MUCH MORE!) about the Niagara Escarpment and the creation of Lake Winnebago. You will learn things you never knew and have fun doing it!”
Image Caption: A grand view of the Niagara Escarpment at Ledgeview Nature Center, Chilton. Barbara Smits photo, copyright 2015.
Volume #2 - Glacier LW NE
Volume #3 - NA & Mounds
Volume #4 - Military Road
Volume #7 - Additional activities and plays.
We will offer many extra activities in this volume, including plays for you to act out, songs, poems, art, games, and whatever else we can think of to embellish the tour -- have fun!
Friends traveling or just getting together, private groups, schools, nursing home residents, historical societies, theatrical groups, or anyone with a theatrical flare may all be interested in being a character in or offering these plays -- for the public, or just for fun!
Bon Voyage, mes amis -- Good trip, my friends!
More Tours and Videos To Come!
Horicon Marsh Circle Tour
Black Hawk War Route
Old Military Road route
We get new ideas every day for new adventures and how to make them come alive for you. Keep watching our site for upcoming details.
Copyright 2015 by Old Northwest Frontier Tours - all rights reserved.
Contact: bsmits@onwfrontiertours.com or write to: Old Northwest Frontier Tours, 525 North Adams St., De Pere, WI 54115 (920) 336-9667