Connecting Ephraim's Past With The Present!

The Ephraim Historical Foundation is fully immersing ourselves in the world of technology -- we now have our own blog!

For those of you who aren't quite sure what a blog is, a blog is a website where entries are written in chronological order and displayed in reverse chronological order. They provide commentary or news on a particular subject such as food, politics, travel, or in our case, our little village of Ephraim. A typical blog combines text, images, links to other blogs, and other forms of media that are relevant to the topic. The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is perhaps the most important part of many blogs.

In case you wonder about the popularity of blogs, the blog search engine Technorati was tracking more than 71 million of them as of May 2007. The use of blogs has become very mainstream as political candidates and news services began using them as tools for outreach and opinion forming.

The Ephraim Historical Foundation has many uses for a blog, both as a way to share some of Ephraim's history with interested parties as well as being a voice for some of the present happenings in the village (which, of course, will be history someday!). In the next few months, look for our blog to expand with Ephraim news, stories, photos, and other forms of media. Craving some news about who was the 43rd annual Fyr Bal Chieftain? Wondering about the new Bethany Lutheran Church exhibit at the Anderson Barn History Center? Have a hankering to see a perfect Ephraim sunset? We hope to have all that for you and much more.

If you have a comment to share about anything we've posted, we'll make it very easy for you to post that comment. Actually, it is the idea of sharing that prompted the creation of a blog in the first place -- it is the Foundation's hope that we won't be the only ones sharing stories and ancedotes about Ephraim!

As I'm writing this entry, it's a beautiful day in Ephraim. The Ephraim Village Museums are now open for the season, and we had a busy past weekend with Fyr Bal -- many people for the walking tours on both Friday and Saturday, and things are shaping up well for the week as well! The Bethany Lutheran Church 125th Anniversary Exhibit Reception was this past Friday, June 15th, and was very well attended by members of the Bethany Congregation and other visitors alike.

I encourage all of our members as well as Door County locals and vacationers to check out this blog frequently! We hope to have much more for you in the weeks to come.

Sincerely,

Melissa J. Ripp
Business & Marketing Director
Ephraim Historical Foundation