Opening Day Celebration at Indian Agency House

Agency House to Host “Silver Man” Book Launch
For the second time in as many years, the Wisconsin Historical Society Press has released a book about Portage’s Historic Indian Agency House. To celebrate the achievement, the Agency House will host an official book launch party on the opening day of their 2016 season – Sunday, May 15 – from 10am until 4pm. 
 
Author Pete Shrake of Baraboo will speak at 1pm, and a book signing will follow. Free cake and lemonade will be available.  “The Silver Man” discusses the life and times of Indian Agent John Kinzie from the War of 1812 and the monopoly of the American Fur Company, to the Black Hawk War and the focused removal of thousands of Ho-Chunk people from their native lands. His life story “gives us a front-row seat to a pivotal time in the history of the American Midwest.” The book comes on the heels of “Juliette Kinzie – Frontier Storyteller,” a Badger Biographies ​Series publication which focused on Mrs. Kinzie.
 
The book was made possible with support from the National Society of The Colonial Dames of America (NSCDA) in the State of Wisconsin, the non-profit organization that owns and operates the Historic Indian Agency House. The NSCDA has been a leader in the field of historic preservation, restoration and the interpretation of historic sites since 1897. 
 
IF YOU GO:
 “Silver Man” Book Launch Party
 ​Date: ​ Sunday, May 15, 2016
 ​Time: ​ 10am – 4pm. Talk by author Pete Shrake at 1pm, followed by cake and lemonade, book signing. Museum and Museum Shop open 10am – 4pm, Agency House tours 10:30am – 3pm.
 ​Cost: ​ Presentation (including refreshments) and museum entrance are free. Agency House tours $7.50 adults, $6 seniors, $3 students​, $18 families​. Ages five and under, veterans, and active duty military and their families tour free. 
 ​Location: ​Historic Indian Agency House at Fort Winnebago. 1490 Agency House Road, Portage. 
 
​More Info: ​
historicindianagencyhouse@gmail.com.
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