Julia Lapham

Guest Post by Lillian Pachner

Julia Alcott Lapham was a real historical figure. She was the daughter of Increase A. Lapham. Julia Lapham wrote extensively about her father's work with the weather. She wrote of the trials and tribulations her father went through to get people to get on board with his idea of a weather forecast. Julia also did a lot of work in local history and made a name for herself apart from her father. According to A Standard History of Sauk County, Wisconsin, Julia did work in women’s clubs. According to this same book, Julia, like her father did work preserving Native American burial mounds. She was even a chairwoman on the Landmarks Committee in Wisconsin. Interestingly she had a personal relationship with poet Ralph Waldo Emerson. Julia is also known for founding the Oconomowoc Library, and being its second Librarian. I will be using the twitter handle @JuliaAlcottLapham to tweet as her in the twitter re-enactment. Her relationship with the theme of the twitter re-enactment theme is that she was the daughter of the key figure, Increase Lapham, and was involved with his work.