(From a press release) Walworth County Historical Society (WCHS) is reaching out to the elementary school students and teachers of Walworth County who may not be able to visit the Webster House Museum or the Blooming Prairie One-Room School at the fairgrounds on their usual field trips this school year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The project consists of two elements.

WCHS has initiated a “newsletter” for kids called “The Legacy for Kids.” This newsletter will be published in four initial issues over the upcoming school year and cover much of the history of Walworth County in a style and format suitable for third and fourth grade students. Each issue will cover important eras in the history of the county. Issue Number One deals with early history, Native Americans, the geography of Walworth County and more. Issues two, three and four will deal with different eras of county history. Each newsletter will include important articles and photographs of the history of the county for a given era. All four issues will be available on the society’s website at www.walcohistory.org for all to view at any time as the school year goes on.

The second part of the outreach project involves membership in the newly created “WCHS History Club for Kids”. Kids are invited to join the club free of charge and will be sent a membership kit which includes a Brief HistoryHHHiH of Walworth County Booklet, a membership card and a membership certificate. Future history booklets will follow over the upcoming year. Students who sign up during this calendar year will become Charter Members of the Club. Membership is free and only requires that a student email the Walworth County Historical Society with his/her name and address at walcohistory@tds.net or send his/her name and address requesting membership to the Walworth County Historical Society, P.O. Box 273, Elkhorn, WI 53121.