My wife and I had a humorous experience at a historical society museum a couple of years ago. It is in Milton, Wisconsin where my Mother grew up. I knew the history of the town quite well and wrote a song about it. Milton is a fascinating little place... was a well documented stop on the underground railroad, has the first concrete building constructed in the United States, which is hexagonal, was founded by a teetotaler and member of the Cold Water Society and was originally named Paradise Found, in honer of Milton's Paradise Lost.
At the beginning of a tour of the Museum, they had an opening film giving a history of the town and while the screen was still black, someone was playing guitar and singing. Ruth said, "That sounds just like you!" And it was. I had sent them a tape of the song probably 20 years earlier and had never received any acknowledgment that they had received it. When I mentioned to the Curator that I was the one singing on the film she was very excited. They'd found the tape in a drawer with no indication of who the singer was, and just used it on the sondtrack.

For a town of just a few 100 people, Milton had a fascinating history. You'd never realize it, driving through the town. I wonder how many other towns have amazing stories to tell that are now forgotten..

Jerry