"On The Farm, 1900-1940" - Michael Goc
Schedule
Wed Apr 08 2026 at 06:30 pm to 07:45 pm
UTC-05:00Location
7560 US Hwy. 12, North Freedom, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53951 | North Freedom, WI
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Join us in person at our Museum or on Zoom to learn about history and conservation at the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant. Michael Goc will discuss new insights with his talk, "On The Farm, 1900-1940."In the four decades prior to the arrival of Badger Ordnance, prairie farmers coped with and adapted to a world war, economic ups and downs, new crops and equipment, demographic and cultural change. Our newsletter editor and author will talk about what happened “down on the farm” from 1900 to 1942.
Michael Goc is the author or editor of more than 90 books on Wisconsin historical subjects, including the award-winning Powder, People and Place: Badger Ordnance Works and the Sauk Prairie. His articles on history, nature and environmental issues have appeared in numerous popular and scholarly publications. He has also worked as a Wisconsin history commentator for Wisconsin Public Radio and was a consultant for the first 17 years of the Hometown Wisconsin historical series for PBS-Wisconsin. He served on the BHG Board for 10 years, founded and still edits the Badger Ordnance News newsletter. He is also the proud president of the Adams County Historical Society.
Image: Photo of a 1919 Rumley oil pull, an example of the new tech farmers adapted pre-1940.
The Badger History Group is a member-based organization founded in 1998, that "collects, preserves and shares the histories of the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant and the Sauk prairie (Badger Lands). We help each other learn from the past, engage with the present, and guide our shared future."
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