SEYMOUR HISTORY BULLETIN FALL/WINTER 2025
November 10th, 2025
The Seymour Community Historical Society Celebrates 50 Years of Incorporation as a State Non-Profit Educational Corporation on December 3rd, 2025.
As I remember the early years by Bill Collar
In the spring of 1975 local history buff and long time Seymour resident, Tom Duffey, approached me and said, "The nation has a Bicentennial coming up in 1976 and we should do something to celebrate and preserve Seymour area history." I was in my third year of teaching U.S. History at the high school and interested in finding out more about Seymour's past. The community celebrated a centennial in 1968 and I had read the Centennial Review Book and found it fascinating.
Tom mentioned that the Green Bay and Western was closing down the depot and figured the city could acquire it a a low price and it would make a great museum. Rita Gosse, another local history advocate was interested as were a number of people mentioned in the following article. This issue of the Seymour History Bulletin is dedicated to everyone who contributed to making the society what it is today. Past newspaper articles are used to tell the story.
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