For Immediate Release

Contact: Kara O’Keeffe

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July 26, 2019

Make Jam and Jelly at Wade House Historic Site

Greenbush, Wis. – On Saturday, August 10 and Sunday, August 11, from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm, in the Wade House kitchen, costumed interpreters will produce and can flavorful jams and jellies. 

“Visitors will get to experience the canning process by watching and listening to staff as they follow recipes dating back to 1858,” said Alli Karrels, Wade House site director for the Wisconsin Historical Society. “Early to mid-August is exactly the time of year that the Wade family would have been busy preserving fruits that were ripening.”

Staff will use raspberries picked on the Wade House grounds to make the jam and jelly and then will seal canning jars with brandy-soaked paper rounds and five layers of tissue paper.  Interpreters will also explain the differences between jams and jellies.

The Jams & Jellies event will take place at the Wade House Historic Site in Greenbush, WI. Visitors will begin the special experience at the new Wade House Visitor Center and Wesley W. Jung Carriage Museum located at W7965 State Highway 23. 

Admission is:  adults - $15.00; children (5-12) $7.50; students and senior citizens (65 and over) $13.00; children four years of age and younger are free.  Admission includes a tour of the Wesley W. Jung Carriage Museum, a horse-drawn vehicle ride to the historic area, a guided tour of the stately, 27-room stagecoach hotel, a trip to the Herrling Sawmill to see and feel the rumble of an up-and-down, water-powered saw, and a journey to the blacksmith’s shop.   

For more information visit wadehouse.org. 

About Wade House
The Wade House historic site is one of 12 Wisconsin Historical Society historic sites and museums and is a 1850s stagecoach inn built to serve traffic along the plank road that connected Fond du Lac and Sheboygan, tells the story of frontier entrepreneur Sylvanus Wade and his family during the Civil War years. In addition to the inn, the historic site includes the recently reconstructed Herrling sawmill, one of the few working, water-powered sawmills of its kind in the nation. Wade House is also home to the Wesley Jung Carriage Museum, which houses the state's largest collection of antique carriages and working wagons. For more information, please call 920-526-3271 or visit www.wadehouse.org.

About Wisconsin Historical Society
The Wisconsin Historical Society, founded in 1846, ranks as one of the largest, most active and most diversified state historical societies in the nation. As both a state agency and a private membership organization, its mission is to help people connect to the past by collecting, preserving and sharing stories. The Wisconsin Historical Society serves millions of people every year through a wide range of sites, programs and services. For more information, visitwww.wisconsinhistory.org.

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