with the Ephraim Historical Foundation

Ephraim Foundation is established to preserve the Pioneer Schoolhouse

Foundation helps fund the purchase and repair of the Anderson Dock together with the Village of Ephraim

Foundation is given a long-term lease for Anderson Store by the Village

Adlai Hardin carves a new memorial pole in the Anderson Store for Peninsula State Park

The Olga Dana Green and Goodletson Cabin are donated to the Foundation

“A Village of Values” is published outlining the preservation focus of Ephraim’s community

Foundation and Village hire Researcher Claudette Steger to perform an historical survey

Historic properties are entered on the National Register

Foundation acquires the Smith property, later sold to the Village for Information Center

Foundation is awarded the State Historical Society of Wisconsin Achievement Award

Foundation acquires the historic 1880s Anderson Barn

Anderson Barn Museum restoration is completed and opens to the public

Foundation publishes Wiley’s Did the Eagle Get You, Dr. Moss?

“Bring Your Own Chair” (later, “History Speaks”) lecture series is established

Walking Tours of the village are initiated

The first annual Gibraltar 3rd Graders Tour

Sally Jacobson is hired as Foundation’s first curator/archivist

First Summer Social is launched to fund the newly established Heritage Endowment Fund

Sunday SingAlongs are reintroduced by George and Armella Norton

The Door County Letters of Anna and Anders Petterson, and Horseshoe Island, The Folda Years are published

Foundation develops annual children’s event “Children’s Day”

Historic Svalhus is donated to the Foundation and is reconstructed on Anderson Barn museum grounds with the help of donors

Foundation initiates Door County Historical Resource Association to include all Door County historical societies

Foudation initiates the Partnership Committee, which includes the Village Administrator and the non-profits of Ephraim, as a means to encourage collaboration and communication

Foundation acquires & endows the Anderson Store with funds from an anonymous donor

Foundation spearheads the celebration of Ephraim’s Sesquicentennial and publishes Half a Century with the Ephraim Foundation

Amazing Grazing cookbook is published

Name is changed to The Ephraim Historical Foundation, Inc. to reflect its mission and focus

Historic Iverson House is acquired and restored through a major fundraising effort

Foundation collaborates to publish Ephraim, one of the Images of America book series

ARC (Archival Resource Center) is completed and opened to the public with donated funding

Child’s Play program is launched

Foundation’s first tram is purchased with donated funds and tram tours are initiated

Foundation signs easement agreement to protect Bethany Lutheran Church historic properties

Foundation becomes the depository for the safe keeping of Bethany Church, EYC, and Peninsula State Park records

The Foundation is involved with the review of the Door County Historical Resource Association and the organization is re-launched as the Heritage Alliance of Door County

Foundation reprints Ephraim’s Founding Father and The Door County Letters of Anna and Anders Petterson

The EHF Teaching Trunk programs are launched with Gibraltar Schools

Foundation introduces new children’s program, Children’s Encounter with History

New tram purchased

Iverson House and Pioneer Schoolhouse windows

Stone stairs installed on the Pioneer Schoolhouse and Iverson House grounds