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What's New?
7/23/08 New publication offered about the Jewish population of Stevens Point.

7/8/08 Beth Israel Synagogue page updated

5/10/08 Upcoming Events page updated

3/2/08 Portage County Plat Book 1895 added.

10/21/07 New section on Annual Meetings added.

10/21/07 "About the Society" page updated.

9/1/07 Civil War Video's Added

8/27/07 Updated Civil War Encampment page.

8/18/07 Added new section on Albums and Videos.

History of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Polonia.

Outside The Lines section has been added.

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The first addition to our Military History Section. A World War II Multimedia Interactive Time Line.

Plover Portage Rendezvous is scheduled for July 21-22, 2007.

The Second Annual Civil War Encampment will be Aug. 25-26, 2007 at Heritage Park.

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Publications
The Jewish Community of Stevens Point
   Stevens Point once had a large and vibrant Jewish population. Published to coincide with the dedication of the Beth Israel Synagogue, this book covers the arrival and eventual decline of this community centered around the Synagogue.
Land and lumber Land and Lumber
   The history of any place is the story of people, ideas and resources. It tells how the people of a community used the resources present to realize their ideas. In Portage County the key resources were--and still are--water, land and lumber. They were used by native people to build a culture, much of which is lost today, but whose remnants give evidence of a people of spirit and Imagination.
Native Realm Native Realm
   Portage County, Wisconsin, is the home of one of the oldest Polish-American communities in the United States. Polish immigrants settled here, built solid farming communities and contributed mightily to the growth of the city of Stevens Point. In the course of nearly a century and a half, they created a unique community -- American as any other, but also well aware of and proud of its Polish heritage.
Portage County Shadows Portage County Shadows
   In this colorful collection of true stories, seven well known local historians and writers remember the notorious side of Portage County, Wisconsin's, past. Wendell Nelson writes of Stevens Point's turn-of the-century "Madame Extraordinaire." George Rogers tells the story of a conniving wheeler-dealer who now has local street named after him, and Justin Isherwood reflects on the intense relationship between the river and the river pilot.
Out of the Shadows Out of the Shadows
   In 1990, a collection of true stories reflecting the notorious side of Portage County, Wisconsin's past was published. Portage County Shadows brought to life some fascinating characters and events on the darker side of our county's history Out of the Shadows illuminates some of our nobler citizens, including Albert Ellis and Mandana Hale Bliss, pioneers in their respective fields of journalism and education.
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