“Adams County Heritage Center” is the theme for Adams County Historical Society’s annual voices from the past program.  Event will be held Saturday, May 19th from 1:00 to 3:00 pm in the recently acquired former home of the Adams County Land & Title Office, 309 Main Street, Friendship.  Community people will speak the words of people from the past who were associated with the building’s interesting history.

Saturday & Sunday, May 26-27, 2012 10:00 am to 4:00 pm,  309 Main Street, Friendship. Drop in and see the Adams County Historical Society’s newly acquired building.  Most recently the home of the Adams
County Land & Title Office, the building is becoming the Adams County Heritage Center.  The building is an Adams County history book in itself complete with what has been called some of the best preserved pressed tin walls and ceilings.  Historical society members are anxious  to show you and the whole community the building and the plans for the future.

Wednesday-Saturday, July 4-7, 2012 in the City of Adams, Wisconsin

At 6:00 am on December 11, 1911, the first scheduled train departed the “Friendship” station

See celebration daily schedule under “Events”

The Adams County Historical Society Board of Directors meets except as noted elsewhere at 7:00 pm on the second Wednesday of January, March, April, June, July, September, October and December at the McGowan House Museum, Main Street, Friendship, WI.  Meetings are open to the public

ACHS Membership Meetings are held at the same time and place as the Directors meetings on the second Wednesdays of February, August and November.

The ACHS Annual Meeting and election of officers is held at the same time and place as the Directors meeting on the second Wednesday of May.

The McGowan House is open for tours  May through September on Saturday afternoons and other times by appointment.  Family and group tours can be arranged in the off season.