Mrs. Olga Dana and Dr. George Moore, son of Ransom A. Moore, 4-H innovator, short course director, and plant breeder were present, along with 4-H members, for the dedication at Dana Farm on June 5, 1961, which would have been the 100^th birthday of Ransom  A. Moore.

The plaque located on the large rock at Dana Farm reads:

“In appreciation of the achievements of Ransom Asa Moore as superintendent of schools of this county and as agronomist and a builder of the short course in agriculture at the University of Wisconsin.

This tablet is placed near his birthplace and where in 1881, he first taught school.

Presented by the people of Kewaunee County 1929”

In 1895, “Daddy” Moore (Ransom Moore) was known to thousands of short course boys throughout the state, and joined the staff of the “farm school” at Wisconsin College of Agriculture in Madison.  After 40 years at the “U”, R. A. Moore retired June 8, 1935.  Ransom Moore, with limited schooling, had fought his way through volumes to pass a teaching exam at age 21.  He taught for 8 years before becoming Superintendent of Kewaunee County Schools.  At the “U” he became so interested in grains that the Department of Agronomy was established.

Dr. Dana P. Dana, a native of Carlton, was born March 13, 1887, to John B. and Augusta (Peters) Dishmaker.  He was their only son, and moved to Kewaunee in 1892.  He graduated from local high school in 1905.  After teaching a rural school one year, he entered the Northwestern University Medical School.  There, he received the degree of M.D. in 1910 and began the practice of medicine in Kewaunee the same year.

In October, 1917, he married Olga Bertha Haney, daughter of John L. and Laura (Grimmer) Haney.  Dr. Dana and Olga had three sons: John Haney Dana,  

D. Byron Dana, and David Michael Dana.

When the United States entered the World War in 1917, he enlisted as First Lieutenant in the Medical Reserve Corps of the Army.  He served at Fort Riley, Kansas; at Columbus Barracks, Ohio, at Corpus Christie, Texas; and at Camp Greenleaf, Georga.  At the close of the war he was discharged and returned to Kewaunee to resume the practice of medicine and surgery.  In 1925, in partnership with Dr. L. E. Dockry, he established a clinic and private hospital with facilities to handle any medical or surgical needs of the community.

Among his other activities, Dr. Dana was:   Vice-President of Kewaunee Manufacturing Co.;  Vice-President of Algoma Plywood and Veneer Co.;  director of the State Bank of Kewaunee;  member of the American Medical Association,

the Academy of Medicine, State Medical Society, American Legion, and the Masonic Lodge.  His religious affiliations were with community Congregational Church, where he was an officer.

Dr. Dana passed away in 1943.

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Olga Dana was very active and well known in the City of Kewaunee.  She was a patroness of the arts and humanities and a director of Kewaunee Engineering and Shipbuilding Company, now known as Kewaunee Engineering.

Olga gave the Dana Farm property, approximately 65 acres of farmland including the log cabin that was Ransom Moore’s birthplace, to the county for the purpose of agricultural education and recreation.

Olga lived on Rose Street until she left around 1953 when she lived in Ephraim in the summer and California in the winter.  She died Oct. 10, 1974 at the age of 83.