MONTICELLO - Kim Tschudy, a life-long resident of Green County, avid historian and published author will be the featured speaker for the April meeting of the Monticello Historical Society at 7 p.m. Thursday in the lounge at Zwingli U.C.C, in Monticello. Tschudy's presentation will follow the meeting at about 7:20 p.m.
The topic will be a PowerPoint presentation of "Ghost Towns of Southern Wisconsin," showing communities that flourished and withered, such as Gratiot's Grove, Oil City, Voree, Turtleville, Seelyberg and Uleo. He also will talk about some communities that were never built, such as Cheyenne Valley, Pleasant Ridge and Frenchtown. The public is encouraged to attend, and admission is free. Questions and comments will follow the presentation.
Tschudy has published six books on historical topics: Three on railroads and three on Green County ("Green County," "Swiss of New Glarus" and "New Glarus").
He says that he gets the most comments from one chapter out of his book "Green County" - the chapter entitled "Ghost Towns of Green County."
The topic will be a PowerPoint presentation of "Ghost Towns of Southern Wisconsin," showing communities that flourished and withered, such as Gratiot's Grove, Oil City, Voree, Turtleville, Seelyberg and Uleo. He also will talk about some communities that were never built, such as Cheyenne Valley, Pleasant Ridge and Frenchtown. The public is encouraged to attend, and admission is free. Questions and comments will follow the presentation.
Tschudy has published six books on historical topics: Three on railroads and three on Green County ("Green County," "Swiss of New Glarus" and "New Glarus").
He says that he gets the most comments from one chapter out of his book "Green County" - the chapter entitled "Ghost Towns of Green County."