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] Waukesha County, Wisconsin was a big resort area and vacation spot for people living in Chicago. [1] Among the people who visited Oconomowoc's for a little rest and relaxation were Chicago's most notorious gangsters, such as Baby Face Nelson, Bugs Moran, John Dillinger and Al Capone. [2]
Grand View Health Resort: Grand View Health Resort: January 31, 1984 : 500 Riverview Ave. Waukesha: Neoclassical-styled resort built about 1911, late in Waukesha's "curative springs" era. Claiming its mud had therapeutic powers, this resort grew from 30 guestrooms to 200.
Another Oneota village site on shore of Lake Koshkonong. Later, Ho-Chunk people lived there during historic times. [11] 13: Enterprise Building: Enterprise Building: June 5, 1975 : 125 W. Main St. Palmyra
[15] [16] The owner fought neighbors and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources after flooding on the Beaver Dam River caused a redesign of downtown Beaver Dam [17] but he eventually lost and the building was razed. [18] The site was empty in July 2015. 7: Fox Lake Railroad Depot: Fox Lake Railroad Depot: May 22, 1978
Her husband Gordon Peck was also convicted and served time. The resort was reopened circa 1950 as the Wandawega Lake Resort. The property was purchased by a Latvian order of Catholic priests in 1961. The Latvian Marian Fathers used the property as a Latvian Catholic cultural retreat center, including an informal kid's camp in the 1970s. The ...
There are over 15,000 lakes in Wisconsin. Of these, about 40 percent have been named. Excluding Lake Michigan and Lake Superior, Lake Winnebago is the largest lake by area, largest by volume and the lake with the longest shoreline. The deepest lake is Wazee Lake, at 350 feet (107 meters). The deepest natural lake is Green Lake, at
In 1874, when Wilder was seven years old, the family left their home near Pepin for the second time, and settled just outside Walnut Grove, Minnesota.Walnut Grove may be the most recognized name of all the towns Wilder wrote about in her books (although it is the only town she did not mention by name) because Michael Landon's television series Little House on the Prairie of the 1970s and 1980s ...
Patrick Joseph Lucey, Governor of Wisconsin, U.S. diplomat; Paul Lundsten, Wisconsin court of appeals judge; Jane Magnus-Stinson, federal judge; Paul Marcotte, businessman and Kentucky State Representative; Thomas Morris, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin [2] Gary K. Nelson, Attorney General of Arizona; Mike O'Callaghan, Governor of Nevada