Photo Credit: Courtesy of the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections website
If it wasn’t for the area Boy Scouts, I might never have discovered that the Eureka Boat Landing in the Winnebago County Parks Department in Wisconsin was the site of a cabin where a movie was filmed that described the true story of a family that once lived there.
All Mine to Give (British title: The Day They Gave Babies Away) is a 1957 Technicolor melodrama starring Glynis Johns, Cameron Mitchell, and Rex Thompson. A historical marker designates the site, but there isn’t much in the way of information. In my quest to learn more, I discovered a sad tale of orphans left alone at Christmas time.
While undertaking a mission to supply information for kiosk signs created by area Boy Scouts for their Eagle Scout projects, I discovered this marker as well as a treasure trove of fascinating information relating to the park properties. After all, those kiosk signs are huge, and I wanted to provide more info than just the standard rules and regulations, path maps, etc., that usually dominate information kiosks. Plus, I needed to take up some room!