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In 1932 the second-story auditorium became the home to the Janesville Little Theatre. A stage with classical proscenium was added and the first production was Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, in December of 1932. [6] The library moved to new quarters in 1968. It has since been used as an auditorium and a senior center.
Allen's Creek was dammed in 1847 to create Lake Leota and power Evansville's mills. Leonard Park above it was started in 1883 - the town's first park. The park was expanded and as make-work programs during the Great Depression landscaped [155] and equipped with the Rustic-style limestone bell tower, [156] shelter house, [157] firepalces, etc ...
Allen Perry Lovejoy was born in Maine in 1825 and trained as a carpenter. He came west to settle in Janesville in 1850 and started a retail lumberyard. By 1868 he had several yards and a wholesale lumber business, supplied by pine stands that he bought in northern Wisconsin, Michigan, and as far west as Oregon and California.
The Gazette was established on August 14, 1845, by Levi Alden and E. A. Stoddard. It was initially a Whig partisan newspaper and published only a weekly edition. Alden owned it for the first decade in partnership with a number of different prominent Rock County Whigs until selling his remaining ownership to his last partner, Charles Holt, in 1855.
Legacy.com is a United States–based website founded in 1998, [2] the world's largest commercial provider of online memorials. [3] The Web site hosts obituaries and memorials for more than 70 percent of all U.S. deaths. [4] Legacy.com hosts obituaries for more than three-quarters of the 100 largest newspapers in the U.S., by circulation. [5]
Janesville is known as "Wisconsin's Park Place". Its 2,590-acre (10.5 km 2 ) park system includes 64 improved parks, as well as boat launches, golf courses, and nature trails. [ 53 ] This is one of the highest acreages per capita in Wisconsin.
Janesville: Adams Publishing Group [3] Janesville Messenger: Janesville Adams Publishing Group [3] Times Villager: Kaukauna: News Publishing Co. Kenosha News: Kenosha: Lee Enterprises [4] Kewaskum Statesman: Kewaskum: Gannett The Kewaunee Enterprise: Kewaunee: Gannett Tri-County News: Kiel: O'Rourke Media Group La Crosse Tribune: La Crosse: Lee ...
Petland is a privately owned operator and franchisor of pet stores based in Chillicothe, Ohio. [1] Ed Kunzelman founded the company in 1967. Petland currently operates 131 stores in the United States, and at least 63 in foreign markets including Canada, Japan, China, Mexico, Brazil and El Salvador.