It was supposed to be an ordinary spring evening in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin — the kind where kids rode their bikes, neighbors waved from their porches, and the biggest worry was getting home before dark. Ten-year-old Lily Peters had done it countless times before: a short ride from her aunt’s house to her own. But when she didn’t return that night, everything changed. What began as mild concern quickly spiraled into panic. Families searched the streets with flashlights, police combed the woods

Before Silicon Valley, there was Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin—the birthplace of the Cray-1 supercomputer. 🐄 Seymour Cray, the mastermind behind this revolutionary machine, had his own way of doing things—some call it "The Cray Way." Learn more about Cray in our exhibition, Revolution: The First 2000 Years of Computing. 📸 Imagery credits: Control Data Corporation, Charles Babbage Institute, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Chippewa Falls Museum of INdustry and Technology, Cray Research, Inc., Engi

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