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A gristmill was built on Whitewater creek, the resulting pond now called Cravath Lake. The town grew quickly when the first railroad line in Wisconsin passed through in 1853, but struggled when the two largest employers left town. [7] Whitewater was originally founded entirely by settlers who arrived there from New England.
Whitewater is a town in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,433 at the 2020 census. The population was 1,433 at the 2020 census. [ 1 ]
Cravath Lake was created in the mid-1850s at the intersection point of Whitewater Creek and Spring Brook to power a gristmill that was built upon the creek. It is named after Prosper Cravath, one of Whitewater's first settlers. Over time the lake's use for industry gave way to recreation, and it currently hosts Cravath Lakefront Park and ...
Whitewater Hotel: January 21, 2010 : 226 W. Whitewater St. Whitewater: 2-story hotel built near Whitewater's depots in 1894. [88] 49: Whitewater Passenger Depot: Whitewater Passenger Depot: June 12, 2013 : 301 W. Whitewater St.
This image displays some of the park's thick native oaks. The Potawatomi people, after being displaced from their native lands further east, most likely in the mid-17th century during the Beaver Wars, settled in the area now known as Indian Mounds Park and near the Whitewater River, now Whitewater Creek. The area was given this name because of ...
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The district is made up of a prestigious residential neighborhood between the central downtown and the UW, including the c.1847 Gothic Revival O'Connor house, [2] the 1856 Italian Villa-style Smith-Allen house, [3] the 1851/1878 Second Empire Kinney-Cox house, [4] the 1882 Romanesque Revival First Congregational Church, [5] the 1895 Queen Anne Engebretsen-Dorr house, [6] the 1903 Birge ...
Image title Brilliant clouds colored by the sunset cross the sky above Perkins Stadium at UW-Whitewater on Wednesday, December 9, 2015 during football practice. (UW-Whitewater photo/Craig Schreiner)