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Vernon County Courthouse: Vernon County Courthouse: January 8, 1980 : N. Dunlap Ave. Viroqua: 2-story limestone courthouse with a 3-story tower/belfry, designed in High Victorian Gothic style by Carl F. Struck and built in 1880. Murals inside include a scene of settlers arriving in wild Vernon County, painted by Leighton Oyen of LaCrosse.
Wisconsin Dells is a city in Adams, Columbia, Juneau, and Sauk counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. A popular Midwestern tourist destination, Wisconsin Dells is home to several water parks and tourist attractions. [7] The city had a population of 2,942 as of the 2020 census. [4]
Studio portrait of H.H. Bennett. [1][2] Henry Hamilton Bennett (January 15, 1843 – January 1, 1908) was an American photographer famous for his pictures of the Dells of the Wisconsin River and surrounding region taken between 1865 and 1908.
The Dells were made famous in 1886 by the photographer H. H. Bennett, who took the first stop-action photo of his son jumping onto Stand Rock. [5] The Kilbourn Dam, completed in 1909, raised the water level of the Upper Dells by about 17 feet (5.2 m), flooding some of the caves and rock formations in Bennett's photographs. [6] [7]
Webster Town Hall Location of Webster in Vernon County and the state of Wisconsin. Webster is a town in Vernon County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 676 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Avalanche is located in the town. The unincorporated community of Bloomingdale is also located partially within the town.
Vernon is a village in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 7,474 at the 2020 census. The population was 7,474 at the 2020 census. Former Communities
Of these births, 123 occurred at home, second only to Clark County which had 184 home births. [ 15 ] In 2010, the largest religious groups by reported number of adherents were ELCA Lutheran at 6,735 adherents, Catholic at 3,060 adherents, Amish at 2,786 adherents, United Methodist at 1,533 adherents, Wisconsin Synod Lutheran at 1,402 adherents ...
Forest Home Cemetery is home to 28 Milwaukee mayors, seven Wisconsin governors, noted industrialists and over 110,000 burials. [8] The Newhall House Monument is a mass grave for 64 people of the Newhall House fire of 1883, in which 71 individuals (43 unidentified) died. George A. Abert, member of the Wisconsin State Senate and Wisconsin State ...