Tour the Pioneer Village Museum
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We hope you will enjoy your tour of the Pioneer Village Museum!

	Main Street: We will start the tour with some of the scenes that you will see at the Pioneer Village Museum.
	Farmstead: The log house, barn, "nine-sided" crib silo, windmill, treadmill, and Hennigan stump puller illustrate lifestyle of the early rural settlers.
	Soo Line "Whistle Stop Depot:" Complete with the usual pot bellied stove, telegraph operator's desk and a few of the necessary supplies and forms the station agent needed, this early RR depot was a hub of activity regardless of its size. You will also notice the large control handles for the semaphore signal. This is just outside the depot alongside the railroad maintenance motor car.
	Display Building 13: On display in this structure are hundreds of early 1900 items, plus a horse drawn Phaeton and sleigh owned and used by Henry Ingram, an early lumber company owner.
	Hedin Home: Built in 1890 by pioneer A.P. Hedin. The furnishings are arranged as when occupied by the Hedin family consisting of a mother, father, grandmother and eight children. The upstairs housed four bunks plus a loom.
	Dentist Office: Furnishings include a foot operated dental drill, an 1883 dental chair and numerous dental supply cabinets and instruments.
	General Store: Contained within the walls of this building are hundreds upon hundreds of items found in old time General Store found throughout America in the pioneer days. Take time to browse and view items that will stir your memory and warm your heart. There are also items for sale that will bring back the "Good Old Days!"
	Post Office: The Post Office was built in 1937 using the saddle and notch construction method and moved to the museum in December 1973. The equipment came from various area offices as they were updated through the years. The individual patron boxes in the lobby came from the Barron office.
	Doctor's Office: Contained in this building are instruments and equipment used by early Physicians residing in this area.
	Library: There are several furnishings in the library that were used in some of Barron's early businesses.
	Town Hall: This building was the original school built in the now non-existent community of Ulysses. It was later used as a town hall for many years.
	Ebenezer Church: The Ebenezer Lutheran Church was built in 1908 in rural Barron County. The congregation constructed the frame building including the altar, alter rail, pulpit and pews. Many weddings are held here annually.
	The Meeting House: This 17' x 25' log house was built in 1877. The log construction is known as chamfer and notch. Prior to building a church, the clergy would travel to the community holding religious meetings in designated homes such as this log house.
	Gazette Newspaper Office: A functional newspaper office that includes a Kluge Platen press.
	Blacksmith Shop: This operational shop contains a forge bellows, gasoline engine power, line shafts, and numerous antique hand tools. During Heritage Days this shop is a beehive of activity.
	Saloon: The Saloon building arrived at the museum in July 2004. It had been the office of the Northern Granite Co. which dated from 1908 and was located on 5th Street in Barron. The saloon features an 1896 back bar from an early saloon in Prairie Farm, which is the oldest village in our county, along with a section of bar from The Coach Bar in Poskin, which dates back to the 1930's or earlier. Featured also are numerous smaller items found in a saloon. Inside the saloon you may read the history of the Northern Granite Works in our county.
	Gas Station: This building was constructed in 1931 and was operated continuously by the original owner for 42 years. The hand operated gas pumps are restored as well as the building. The interior exhibits the merchandise and tools found in such stations in years past.
	Dallas Jail: This jail was constructed of native sandstone in 1903 during the laying of the Soo Line "Blueberry" tracks from Barron to Dallas. The jail was built initially to handle the few railroad "Ruffians" that might cause problems during the construction of this line. The jail was dismantled stone by stone in 1973 and rebuilt as originally planned at the Museum .
	Barron Jail: This Jail Cell came from the old brick City Hall/Fire Department building in Barron. It was constructed in 1907 on 4th Street at the site if the new Department building. The Council Chambers were located upstairs while the fire equipment was on the lower level.
	Barbershop: A barber chair from the early days in this county plus the usual shaving mugs, straight razors and a bathtub found in a few shops can be viewed here. The vintage 1880 red and white striped barber pole is displayed on the outside near the entrance.
	Joliet School: Built in 1905, this one room rural school contains single and double desks for grades one through eight, a crockery water bubbler, jacketed heating stove, and the usual up front recitation desk.
	Display Building 25: On display are many early household articles and appliances. Included are washing machines, sewing machines and radios. While here you can watch hand loomed rugs being made on looms that date back to the turn of the century.
	Display Building 26: This building exhibits an apothecary (early drug store), an early 1900's law office, woodworking shop, and numerous other miscellaneous items.
	Machinery Building: Built to display machinery from the past, this 60' x 200' metal building houses early manual and horse drawn farm equipment along with many tractors and early industrial machines.
	Ebner Display Building: This structure was built in 1933/1994, funded by a gift from Jim and Bob Ebner of Cameron, WI. It houses machinery used to make boxes through the wood veneering process, as produced by the Ebner Box Co. for many years. It also houses cheese factory and dairy equipment.
	Pavilion: Constructed with 16 sides and 45 feet in diameter, the pavilion will seat approximately 100 people. Ten sides of this structure are open but can be closed by lowering nylon polyethylene curtains if wind or rain should occur and make it necessary to do so. The remaining six sides are enclosed to house a stage.
	Jerome Hall: This 50' x 100' exhibition hall houses 40 large humidity controlled showcases designed to preserve cloth, paper, parchment, and leather. Hundreds of artifacts from the past are displayed here.
	Cook Line Shack: The cook line shack was designed to be a portable kitchen used to prepare food and furnish shelter for construction crews.
	Marine Building: Houses the boat that was built for Frank Stout, one of the Lumber "barons" at the turn of the century. It was christened "Calista" and used as a launch to ferry to and fro between Stout Island and Mainland near County Road V. It also houses a large collection of Marine motors.
	The Pea Viner: During the 1920's the vegetable food companies such as J.B. Inderrieden and Stokely's were established is this area to raise peas and subsequently built viners and canning factories.

Pioneer Village Museum PO Box 242 Cameron, WI 54822
715-458-2080 (museum) or 715-642-1327 (cell) or 715-418-3718 (cell)
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Tour the Pioneer Village Museum Please click on each picture to explore

Tour the Pioneer Village Museum
Please click on each picture to explore