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Wisconsin Death Trip is a 1973 historical nonfiction book by Michael Lesy, originally published by Pantheon Books. It charts numerous sordid, tragic, and bizarre incidents that took place in and around Jackson County, Wisconsin between 1885 and 1900, primarily in the town of Black River Falls .
Wisconsin Death Trip is a 1999 docudrama film written for the screen and directed by James Marsh, based on the 1973 historical nonfiction book of the same name by Michael Lesy. The film dramatizes a series of macabre incidents that took place in and around Black River Falls, Wisconsin in the late-19th century.
The Dr. Fisk Holbrook Day House, also known as Sunnyhill Home, is a historic house at 8000 West Milwaukee Avenue in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.Built in 1874, it was the home of Doctor Fisk Holbrook Day (1826-1903), a prominent local physician and amateur geologist.
Memorial Day has become synonymous these days with barbecues and great sales. But all the distractions can make it harder for many Americans to remember the reason for the 3-day weekend: to honor ...
Chicago Tribune Ghost Towns Haunt Wisconsin As Lumbering Ends; Wisconsin Public Television - Lost Towns of Southern Wisconsin "Guide to the Ghost Towns of Wisconsin". website. Rootsweb. August 7, 2010 "Kenosha Co. WI Placenames". website. Rootsweb
Forest and Wisconsin Sts. Eau Claire: Company formed in 1861 to build and repair sawmill machinery. Moved to Forest and Wisconsin in 1874 and made bandsaws [76] and the Phoenix steam hauler, a sort of locomotive on bulldozer tracks for pulling loads of logs through the woods. [77] Now redeveloped as Phoenix Park.
The Haunted Farm: Every Friday and Saturday in October, the Haunted Farm in Pleasantville will have tours beginning at 7:30 p.m. with the last tour departing at 11 p.m. – each 30 minutes long ...
November 21, 1978 (10 S. High St. Janesville: 1930 armory designed by Lt. Colonel Henry C. Hengles in Spanish Revival style, with walls of colored brick and tile roof. . Originally housed the 32nd Tank Company of the Wisconsin National Guard, which helped defend Bataan in 1941-42 and endured the Bataan De