History 21 The Podcast! - 4.13 Mary and the Woodbury House

Mary Woodbury lived in the same house on the Rum River in Anoka for 75 years! She moved there as a toddler in 1861 and was on the front lines watching the city grow and change. The Mad Hatter Restaurant, which now resides in her home, and ACHS have unveiled new house tour you can enjoy that covers the 167 year history of the home. In this episode, learn about the self-guided tour, and hear Mary’s own stories in excerpts from her diary and short memoir, “Reminiscences.”

Host Rebecca Desens, ACHS Director, and Sara Given, ACHS Volunteer Coordinator.

The Woodbury House Tour

Get ready for an extraordinary trip through time

Located on the crest of a hill, surrounded by nearly four acres of open grounds, and overlooking the confluence of the Rum and Mississippi Rivers, this house has intrigued passersby for over 150 years. Who lived here? When was it built? What stories can it tell?

You can enjoy this tour while you’re at the Woodbury House, experiencing the hospitality of the Mad Hatter Restaurant and Tea House, or from the comfort of your living room. Watch the videos, soak in the historic photos, and enjoy the stories preserved through the generations. That’s what local history is all about.

Library Minute

In keeping with this episode’s topic, let’s venture down, down, down the rabbit hole of all things Alice in Wonderland! The resources below cover a wide range of audience interest as well as genre, format, and topic. Some of the resources are retellings or stories set in the world of Lewis Carroll’s classic, while others are all about tea and tea parties.

Adult/Young Adult Fiction:

• Tea Shop Mystery series by Laura Childs (MYSTERY CHI)

• A Catered Tea Party: a mystery with recipes by Isis Crawford (MYSTERY CRA)

• Splintered series by A.G. Howard (YA FICTION HOW)

• Mad Hatters and March Hares: all-new stories from the world of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland edited by Ellen Datlow (FANTASY MAD)

• The Nightmare-Verse series by L.L. McKinney (YA FANTASY MCK)

• Heartless by Marissa Meyer (YA FANTASY MEY)

• White Rabbit Chronicles series by Gena Showalter (YA FICTION SHO)

• Wonderland: an anthology of works inspired by Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Marie O’Regan (FANTASY WON)

Adult Nonfiction:

• Alice in Wonderland: the official cookbook: more than 50 topsy-turvy recipes inspired by Alice, the Mad Hatter, and more! by Elena P. Craig (641.5 CRA)

• A Literary Tea Party: blends and treats for Alice, Bilbo, Dorothy, Jo, and book lovers everywhere by Alison Walsh (641.53 WAL)

• The Annotated Alice: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll (823.8 CAR)

• The Story of Alice: Lewis Carroll and the secret history of Wonderland by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst (828.8 DOU)

Children’s:

• Luli and the Language of Tea by Andrea Wang (E WAN)

• Teatime Around the World by Denyse Waissbluth (E641.3372 WAI)

Special Collections:

• Tea Party Cookie Cutter Set (Kitchen Collection) – 3 cookie cutters in the shapes of a tea cup, cupcake, and tea pot.

• Dinosaur Tea Party: a game of civilized deduction by Restoration Games (GAME DIN)