Justin Atkinson’s documentary film Let’s All Go to the Lobby honors a piece of cinematic history. As a child, Justin Atkinson spent many cherished...
History
How and When Woodbury Gained Electricity
On June 13, 1918, at a meeting held in a granary, 16 farmers organized a company to bring electricity to Woodbury. They elected officers, and a...
Take a Historical Tour of Woodbury
Wayne Schilling and Tom Bielenberg share the history of farming in Woodbury. As most residents know, Woodbury served exclusively as a farming...
Vintage Wedding Photos
One would think that even in vintage wedding photos that the bride and groom would smile at one another while getting married. But in looking...
Christmas Eve Memories From 1955
It was a memorable Christmas Eve in 1955 for the little 5-year old blond-haired girl in the checked dress. My uncle Roy, his well-dressed wife,...
Woodbury Heritage Society Hosts Vintage Baseball Game
The Woodbury Heritage Society hosted its first Vintage Baseball Game in September at Lake Middle School. The authentic event featured the St. Croix...
Fruit Pie: A Taste of Home
There are times when I try to imagine what life was like for my sweet, hardworking German grandmother, Laura Schilling Stutzman, in the early 1900s...
How Your Family Can Preserve Woodbury History
Take care when cleaning out your loved ones home—some artifacts may be vital to your community’s heritage. Our lives are stories ever unfolding....
Discover the Heritage House’s Heirloom Garden
A perfect complement to Woodbury’s Heritage House is the garden just outside the front door. This was part of the European tradition the settlers...
Woodbury Magazine Celebrates its 20th Anniversary
In 2004, Woodbury Magazine launched as a small community lifestyle magazine—two decades later, we are proud to be deeply rooted in this wonderful...
Calling Cards: A Forgotten Art
In the early 1900s, the exchange of calling cards was essential in developing friendships. These cards were left at the home of each person the...
Is It Larger Than a Bread Box?
Do you remember playing certain games and asking one another, “Is it larger than a bread box?” Do you have a bread box in your home now? Bread boxes...
Meet One of Woodbury’s Early Settlers
What would Woodbury’s first European settlers think of us now? I think they would be proud of what they started. For example, let’s take one boy’s...
Appearances Count
Farmers want their farms to look good to others … up to a point! Farmers are known to be practical, conservative and frugal. They tend to save every...
Breaking Bread
One of the stories that my father, Warren Stutzman, used to love to tell was about growing up on the family farm in Woodbury during the 1920s and...
History in Your Backyard
The Woodbury Heritage Society celebrated its 40th anniversary in August, and hosted the History in Your Backyard event on August 13 to commemorate...
A Farmer’s Hands
A farmer’s hands are like no other. Large, gnarled, scarred, calloused, rough with soft palms like a well-worn leather baseball mitt. I had the...
Early Memories
There are so many wonderful memories I have of visiting my grandparent’s farm in Woodbury during my growing up years in the 1950s and 1960s. The...
Watermelon and Warm Summer Days
One of my best memories of growing up in the 1950s were the two weeks my sister and I spent in the summer visiting our grandparent’s farm in...
Woodbury History Tour Is Back This August
Back by popular demand, the Woodbury Heritage Society is again providing the public a chance to take a trip through Woodbury’s past. On August 13...
