Yesterday House, Liberty School & Machine Shed

Yesterday House is a log house built in 1886 and currently furnished for a 1905 modest family of ordinary folks.  It also holds family history display posters. The Liberty School, built in 1919, remodel process is 99% complete. Interpretive materials explain how it looked when it was still a school and how everything from the furnace to the non-existent plumbing for the indoor toilets made it a very advanced building in 1919.  The Machine Shed currently holds displays and interpretive material for items used in farming, logging and daily living in the German Settlement from 1880-1950.  

The buildings are located in Spirit, east of Ogema on Hwy. 86, then south on 102, and east on YY to N894 German Settlement Road. They are overseen by German Settlement History, Inc.  A Barn Dance fundraiser is held the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend and an open house is held Sunday and Monday of Labor Day weekend.  Tours are available at other times by appointment.   The president of the organization lives on the property during the summer and can be reached at 715-564-3299.  At other times, call 715-564-3340.