MID-CONTINENT RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
EIN 39-1023326 · Historical Societies & Historic Preservation (A82)
What they do
OUR MISSION is to EDUCATE THE PUBLIC BY RECREATING AS ACCURATELY AS POSSIBLE THE GOLDEN YEARS of RAILROADS, FROM THE CIVIL WAR DAYS UNTIL AFTER WORLD WAR II, BY OPERATING A LIVING RAILROAD WITH VINTAGE EQUIPMENT FROM THOSE TIMES. WE WILL COLLECT, PRESERVE, RESTORE, and OPERATE ARTIFACTS FROM THOSE TIMES SO AS to INFORM THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT of RAILROADING FROM WOODEN EQUIPMENT to STEEL, and FROM STEAM POWER to INTERNAL COMBUSTION. WE WILL GIVE OUR VISITORS A FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE ON THIS EQUIPMENT. WE WILL DO OUR BEST to ACCURATELY PORTRAY THIS GOLDEN AGE.
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Leadership and board
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Board and leadership roster (10)
ADAM CLUSSMANDIRECTOR
ANDREW SPINELLIPRESIDENT
CHRIS SALMONSONDIRECTOR
COLIN OBRIENSECRETARY
DAVID BIERMANDIRECTOR
GARY BJORGEDIRECTOR
JEFFREY HUTTENBURGVICE-PRESIDENT
RICHARD COLBYDIRECTOR
ROBERT ANDERSONTREASURER
ROBERTA WAGNERDIRECTOR
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1961
- Location
- PO BOX 358, NORTH FREEDOM, WI 53951-0358
- County
- Sauk
- In care of
- ANDREW SPINELLI
- Primary officer
- ANDREW SPINELLI, PRESIDENT
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- November 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- WEGNER CPAS LLP
- NTEE classification
- Historical Societies & Historic Preservation (A82)
- IRS tax category
- Historical Societies & Historic Preservation