Travel Reference
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Paper Discovery Center
Where else should the
Paper Industry Hall of Fame
(425 W. Water St., 920/749-3040,
www.paperdiscoverycenter.org
,
10am-4pm Mon.-Sat., $5) be located but the Fox River
Valley,ofwhichAppletonisthequeen?Inarenovatedpapermill,experienceeveryfacetof
paper, from start to finish, with lots of activities for the kids. It's amazing how much paper
touches our lives.
Hearthstone Historic House
Hearthstone Historic House
(625 W. Prospect Ave., 920/730-8204,
www.focol.org/
hearthstone
,
10am-3:30pm Thurs.-Fri., 11am-3:30pm Sat., 1pm-3:30pm Sun., $7 adults) is
a massive 1882 Victorian. Within Appleton's city limits, the old Fox drops almost 40 feet,
much of it in angry rapids. In the late 1880s the Hearthstone, the city's major architectural
draw, was the first home to be lighted by a self-contained hydroelectric plant (the United
States' first mostly electric streetcar line went up simultaneously). The rich original ap-
pointmentshavebeenpreserved,downtoperiodelectroliersandlightswitchesdesignedby
Thomas Edison.Hands-ondisplays teach visitors aboutelectricity andallow youtooperate
the controls of a power plant.
JOSEPH MCCARTHY
I have in my hands a list of 205 names that were made known to the Sec-
retary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who never-
theless are still working and shaping policy in the State Department.
UtteredbySenatorJosephMcCarthy(aFoxCitiesnative)inWheeling,WestVirgin-
ia, these words—in what became known as the 205 Speech—thrust him into the na-
tional political spotlight. Before he shot himself in the foot politically, he dominated
U.S.politics,electrifiedthenation,aidedTrickyDick,andinspiredanewword.Wis-
consinites still wonder how they feel about one of their most infamous native sons.
TAIL GUNNER JOE
After a lifelong struggle with education, McCarthy graduated from Marquette Law
and astonished everyone by winning a judgeship in 1938 through sheer grassroots,
flesh-pressing toil.
