Talk:Menomonie, Wisconsin

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Wisconsin, a WikiProject related to the U.S. state of Wisconsin. For more information, or to get involved, visit the project page. If you give this article a rating or change a previous rating, please leave a short summary in the comments to explain the rating and/or identify the strengths and weaknesses of the article.
Start	This article has been rated as start-Class on the quality scale.
Mid	This article has been rated as mid-importance on the importance scale.

	This article is supported by WikiProject Cities, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to cities, towns, and various other settlements on Wikipedia. For more information, or to get involved, visit the project page.
Start	This article has been rated as start-Class on the Project's quality scale. (If you rated the article please give a short summary at comments to explain the ratings and/or to identify the strengths and weaknesses.)
Low	This article has been rated as low-importance on the priority scale.

[edit] Caddie Woodlawn described as "fictional"

To quote the Dictionary of Wisconsin History entry for Caddie Woodlawn (Historic Marker Erected 1970):

Caddie Woodlawn Park, Hwy 25, 3.5 mi. S of Downsville On this site during the Civil War Caroline Augusta Woodhouse, known throughout the world as "Caddie Woodlawn," experienced the excitement of growing up in pioneer Wisconsin. Her Tomboy adventures with her two red-headed brothers, and her fearless trust in the Indians who lived nearby, were faithfully recorded by her grand-daughter, Carol Ryrie Brink in her book, Caddie Woodlawn, and in its sequel, Magical Melons. In 1935 Caddie Woodlawn received the coveted Newbery Award Medal as "The most distinguished children's book of the year." It has since become a classic, read by thousands of children throughout the nation, and trans­lated into more than ten foreign languages. Somewhere within the present park area, Mary, one of the eight children of the John V. Woodhouse family, is buried in an unmarked grave. Nearby stands the Woodhouse home, which was moved in 1970 from the original site about 300 yards to the east. In January, 1940, "Caddie" died in Idaho at the age of 86.

[Source: McBride, Sarah Davis. History Just Ahead (Madison:WHS, 1999).][1] While her name was not technically "Caddie Woodlawn", she definitely did exist, and her family's homestead is still there. I am, therefore, rewording this bit about her. Tomer^talk 03:22, 12 October 2007 (UTC)