Living Wax Museum
The Third Graders at Marathon Area Elementary have spent the last twelve weeks studying a notable individual from the past and then recorded a short video to show what they learned about them. And these videos were compiled to create a virtual "wax museum."
Click the links below to see the google pages for each of the classes with the videos they created!
The First Decade of the Parks
A quick overview of the creation of the Marathon County Park Commission and its first decade creating parks for the County.
The Master Horseshoers Convention of 1915
The Convention of the Master Horseshoers
White School
It took a few years for the first settlers to the area started thinking about schools. Afterall, it was not until 1846 (only seven years after George Stevens became the first person to survey the area) that Mrs. James l. Moore gave birth to the first child born in Wausau.
Transportation Celebration Coin, 1940
A special coin to commemorate a Transporation Celebration in 1940 tells the story of a big change public transporation in Marathon County.