New Sunday Dinner Event Focuses on Supporting Local Agriculture and Stemming...
Fresh food produced by local families and prepared by professional chefs will highlight the new Rock County Historical Society (RCHS) Sunday Dinner event, set for September 18 from 4-7 p.m. at the RCHS...
View ArticleStrange Incorporated to Premier in Conjunction with Spirits in the Night
An unaired TV series, Strange Incorporated, will have its premier showing on October 15, 2016 in partnership with the Rock County Historical Society, according to Mike Reuter, Executive Director. “We...
View ArticleRock County Historical Society’s New “A Tallman Christmas” to Offer Events,...
A host of holiday happenings, with a new twist and more events, are designed to allow families, community members and businesses to interact with each other and the Society at the Lincoln-Tallman House...
View ArticleRock County Historical Society to Host Toys for Tots Collection Bin
This holiday season, the Rock County Historical Society is teaming up with the Salvation Army to support Toys for Tots. A collection bin will be located in the Helen Jeffris Wood Museum Center on the...
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Story Squad: Who We Are & What We Do
“I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.” Do you know who said these few words? We’ll give you three hints: He once stayed as a guest at the Tallman house in Janesville, camped out nearby...
View ArticleHistorical Society Launches its History in Focus theme and aims at Sharing...
History in Focus: Sharing Stories. Supporting Community isn’t just an annual theme for the Rock County Historical Society (RCHS) in 2017, as was proven last night at its annual kick-off event held at...
View ArticleRock County Historical Society Calls For Artists to Show at 60th Tallman Arts...
Rock County Historical Society is excited to accept applications for artists to show at the 60th Tallman Arts Festival. The festival will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 6 on the...
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Focus In Friday: Sundown Towns in Rock County
What do the towns Clinton, Milton, and Plymouth, as well as the cities of Evansville and Janesville have in common with one another (beyond all being a part of Rock County)? The answer- All of the...
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Focus In Fridays – Deb Perry
Beloit Historical Society this season is putting on a string of four events called Putting Down Roots. Each of these four events will highlight a different group that make up Beloit’s History. First...
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Focus In Friday: Fairbanks Flats
What Rock County city was once known as “Jim Crow Town” and is home to only one of two company built segregated housing complexes in all of the United States? If you guessed the city of Beloit, you...
View ArticleRock County Historical Society Seeks Volunteers For Campus Crew
The Rock County Historical Society is seeking volunteers for its newly founded Campus Crew. The Campus Crew will be helping our Campus Caretaker, Dave Thompson, with various projects regarding the...
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Focus In Friday: Black Youth Challenges in Rock County
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all...
View ArticleFocus In Friday: John Scott
“There have been instances that people have told me you can’t do this, or you can’t do that, and that’s part of the reason I think I’ve succeeded. Because of people telling me I can’t do something. My...
View ArticleFocus In Friday: Eric Beck
“Eric knows everybody, and that’s only a slight exaggeration.” -Rita Beck. Meet Eric B. Beck, a man who knows everyone in the Janesville (and most of the Rock County) community. 66 years old and...
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Focus In Friday: Fairbanks Morse Women in the Workplace
As part of this month’s Focus In theme of Women & Finance, we wanted to provide a brief history of Rock County women in the workplace! Rock County’s heavy ties with industrial goods and...
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Focus In Friday: Female Incarceration Rates on the Rise
The United States has the highest documented incarceration in the entire world, a title that has been held since 2002. Since the late 1970s the U.S. has seen a decline in its crime rates. Yet the...
View ArticleDam Stories Wanted for Rock County Historical Society’s “Dam Day”
Janesville, WI – Now that the vote is in to remove Janesville’s Monterey Dam, the Rock County Historical Society is hosting “Dam Day,” set for Tuesday, April 18 from 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. at the Society’s...
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“To support the war effort some two thirds of the force women were women. Many of these performed jobs that up until that time had been held predominately by men. Approximately 4,500 people were...
View ArticleFocus In Friday: Al Hulick, Milton City Administrator
Memories of Life in Rock County I lived in a house on “the edge of town”. It was along the Greenbelt and the creek ran close by. So much of my youth was spent playing at the creek, much like stories of...
View ArticleRock County Historical Society’s History Makers Event to Honor Local Achievers
The Rock County Historical Society is hosting the USO-themed History Makers on April 29, 2017 at The Armory, 10 S. High St., Janesville. The event is the Society’s largest fundraiser, while focusing on...
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