Event Details

Name: Grant County Dairy Breakfast
Start: 2023-06-11
End: 2023-06-11
Location: Stonefield

Sunday, June 11, 2023

7 AM - 11:30 AM

Cost: Admission to Stonefield is free. The cost to attend the breakfast is TBD.

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Stonefield

Stonefield, 12195 County Hwy VV

Cassville, WI 53806

stonefield@wisconsinhistory.org

For more information, please contact the box office at 608-264-4848 or boxoffice@wisconsinhistory.org.

Accessibility

Wheelchair access is available to the Visitor Center, State Agriculture Museum, and most other buildings. Due to the scale used in historic buildings, access to the Farmstead and the Nelson Dewey Home is limited. Reasonable accommodations can be made for individuals requiring mobility assistance.

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Celebrate Dairy Month with the whole family during this timeless Wisconsin tradition dating back over 50 years! Enjoy delicious, home-cooked food made with fresh Wisconsin dairy products while spending time with family and friends.

Discover the history of the dairy industry in the Badger State and explore how generations of dedicated families continue to keep this culture and industry alive and thriving. Explore the State Agricultural Museum, Stonefield village, the 1901 Farm House and the Dewey Barn. Watch historic tradespeople in action, including a blacksmith and milliner.

Meet Wisconsin Historical Society Press authors Susan Apps-Bodilly and Peggy Marxen! Susan Apps-Bodilly is the author of One Room Schools and co-author of Old Farm Country Cookbook. Her newest book, Seeds in Soil, is a hands-on gardening guide for kids and their grownups! Peggy Marxen is the author of The Farm on Badger Creek, a memoir of her 1950s girlhood on a small dairy farm in northwestern Wisconsin.

Stay and explore Stonefield the rest of the day, including a talk by UW-Platteville archivist James Hibbard on the 175th anniversary of statehood and Wisconsin's first governor Nelson Dewey. Hibbard will speak at noon in the State Agricultural Museum.

Stonefield Admission Cost: Free.

Dairy Breakfast Cost:
Ages 9 and older - $8.
Ages 8 and under - Free.
Onsite cash/check payment only.

About the Location

Located on the former estate of Nelson Dewey, Wisconsin’s first governor, Stonefield explores Wisconsin at the beginning of the 20th century when innovative ideas and advances in technology helped the state transform into “America’s Dairyland” and an agricultural superpower. The site includes Dewey’s home site, the Stonefield Village, the State Agricultural Museum, and a 1901 Progressive Farmhouse. Together, these buildings help tell the story of the history of how Wisconsin transitioned from a society powered by manual labor and horses into one powered by machines.