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Pottawatomie Lighthouse, also known as the Rock Island Light, is a lighthouse in Rock Island State Park, on Rock Island in Door County, Wisconsin. Lit in 1836, it is the oldest light station in Wisconsin and on Lake Michigan. It was served by civilian light keepers from 1836 to 1946, at which point it was automated. [8]
Location of Door County in Wisconsin. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Door County, Wisconsin. It is intended to provide a comprehensive listing of entries in the National Register of Historic Places that are located in Door County, Wisconsin. The locations of National Register properties for which the ...
Eagle Bluff Light ; Location: Ephraim, Wisconsin: Coordinates: 1]: Tower; Constructed: 1868: Foundation: Concrete: Construction: Cream City brick: Automated: 1926: Height: 43 feet (13 m): Shape: Square [2]: Heritage: National Register of Historic Places listed place : Light; First lit: 1868: Focal height: 23 m (75 ft) : Lens: Third and 1/2 order Fresnel lens: Range: 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8. ...
2,030.65 acres (8.2177 km 2) This park commemorates the bravery and sacrifice of those who participated in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Park units include the Asan and Agat Invasion Beaches where U.S. troops landed in 1944 after Japanese occupation, the Piti Guns and other Japanese defensive sites, and memorials. [172] Weir Farm ...
The park consisted of 760 square miles (2,000 km 2) in northern Wisconsin (most of present-day Vilas County). [2] The state owned 50,631 acres (205 km 2), which was less than 10% of the total area. [2] There were few residents in the area. Lumber barons were powerful in the area, and they purchased 2/3 of the state's land at $8 per acre. [2]
Two women who worked for disgraced ex-NYPD honcho Jeffrey Maddrey are ensnared in the federal probe of a sex-for-overtime scandal involving another female employee, The Post has learned.
Newport State Park is a 2,373-acre (960 ha) Wisconsin state park at the tip of Door Peninsula near Europe Lake. Protecting 11 miles (18 km) of shoreline on Lake Michigan, Newport is Wisconsin's only wilderness-designated state park. The park is open year-round [2] and can be accessed via WIS 42.
The remains of eight successive prehistoric Native American villages [2] are on the National Register of Historic Places as Whitefish Dunes-Bay View Site. Cave Point County Park is an enclave inside the state park, [3] allowing visitors free foot access to the state park by the shoreline trail connecting the parks.