Thanks to the generosity of the people of Grafton, as well as people outside the village, the Grafton Historical Society has been able to grow its important collection of historical materials. In December, Brook Brown of Cedarburg attended our monthly meeting. He told...
Archives
Collected Items from “The Dig”
Back in August, we told you about "The Dig at the Riverbank". All of the items have been cleaned, organized, and cataloged. We thought that this would be a great time to share the collection with you. Our thanks go out to Jessica Wolff for taking pictures of all of...
Ozaukee Historical Co-op Meeting
Vicki and Nick Schanen and John Enright attended this meeting last Saturday morning at the Mequon-Thiensville Historical Society on Green Bay Road in Thiensville. This meeting brings together all of the local historical societies. The next meeting will be on April...
Archive Donation
The Grafton Area Historical Society collects documents, photographs, business records, objects, maps, audio and video recordings, rare and vintage books and publications that are relevant to Grafton area history. All potential donations are reviewed by the Archive...
Thank You, Grafton Area Chamber of Commerce
The Grafton Historical Society would like to give a big thank you to Pam King and The Grafton Area Chamber of Commerce for their recent donations. We took some pictures of the items as we process them for archiving, which you can view here. Please contact us at...
The Archive is Growing
We have already entered 224 items in the Archive Collection Log for the Grafton Historical Society. The very first is an announcement in the News Graphic titled, “And the Rest is History”, which tells of the formation of the first-ever Grafton Historical Society. The...
New additions to the Archive!
I was contacted by Bob Blazich, President of the Mequon-Thiensville Historical Society recently. Bob informed me that they are receiving a gift of a complete flat file cabinets and asked if we could make use of their existing cabinet. I was very appreciative of the...
In the Beginning
The newly formed Grafton Historical Society is arising out of the ashes of the past. Capturing the past (and present) history of Grafton Wisconsin is our ambition. With this goal, we hope to be a resource for residents, scholars, journalists and other historians so...
Thank You Sarah Smith!
Thanks to Sarah Elizabeth Smith of the Port Washington Historical Society for informing the Grafton Historical Society of the opportunity to dig up historical objects at the Grafton Riverwalk project in Veteran’s Park. Sarah earned both a bachelor of arts degree in...
The Dig at the Riverbank
On Tuesday August 16th, at the site of the new Grafton riverwalk project, there was a discovery of historic artifacts discarded there as early as 1870. The Grafton Parks department called in anthropologist, Sarah Smith of the Port Washington Historical Society to take...
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Grafton, Wisconsin 53024