Clark House News

Staying Safe — and Up to Date…

Due to the current Covid-19 situation, Jonathan Clark House museum activities are currently suspended. We hope they will resume soon. Meanwhile, JCH director Nina Look is sending regular updates and announcements, and I’d like to pass them along to you, here.

As you’ll see from the flyer (below), we’re sorry to announce that the annual Pie on the Patio fundraiser auction has been cancelled.

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I know I’ll miss seeing my Clark House friends, enjoying tasty local pie, and supporting the Clark House. But all is not lost…

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Happy (Blog) New Year!

Clark House Museum sign, night, Version 2-cropped

Jonathan Clark House sign, Mequon. Photo by Reed Perkins.

Even if the New Year is already 1/12th done – and we’re still two months away from the blog’s fourth (!) anniversary – Greetings and Best Wishes for a fine 2020 to all of you.

As always, I continue to be busy researching a large number of Clark House related subjects, and I look forward to sharing my findings with you in the coming year and beyond.

The new year is also a fine time for making changes, and I decided it was time to make a big one here at the Clark House Historian blog — no more ads! I don’t know about you, but I was getting pretty tired of reading posts and looking at historic documents while surrounded by images of nasty foot conditions and ambulance-chasing lawyers. So I finally took the plunge and shifted from a free but ad-filled blog to a paid plan with, finally, no ads! I hope you enjoy the more reader-friendly experience.

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