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The abandoned base was turned over to the General Services Administration (GSA) in 1959. In the same year, the Wisconsin legislature created the Wisconsin Federal Surplus Property Development Commission, later known as the Bong Commission, to find a use for the affected area and guide disposal of the property.
Salvage yards also buy most of the wrecked, derelict, and abandoned vehicles that are sold at auction from police impound storage lots, and often buy vehicles from insurance tow yards as well. A salvage yard offering car removal services, allowing individuals to dispose of their old, non-functional vehicles responsibly, will usually tow the ...
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
From crumbling rock walls and abandoned cars to spring houses and quarry blast shelters, traces of the past remain in these natural areas. Hike past abandoned buildings, ruins, old cars and more ...
On March 23, 1879, the two-masted scow schooner was blown ashore near Two Creeks, Wisconsin, during a gale. Extensive salvage efforts failed to make her seaworthy, and in June 1881 she was declared a total loss. Set adrift and abandoned, she came to rest on the coast of Wisconsin south of Rawley Point. [1] [9
6950 WI Hwy. 78: Mazomanie: Rustic log cabin built by a family of Prussian immigrants in 1863 on their homestead near the Wisconsin River. 47: Kohl's Food Store: Kohl's Food Store: September 16, 2022 : 4207 Monona Dr.
Scope and content: Original caption: Abandoned general store at Oneva, Wis. (ghost sawmill community) on Wisconsin State Highway 32, about 15 miles south of Laona, Wis. Depicted place Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest (Wis.) ( 46°17′55″N 89°55′23″W / 46.29856°N 89.9231°W / 46.29856; -89.9231 ; NARA geographical record
Neighborhood of houses and churches near the industrial area along the Rock River, including the 1848 Lathrop-Munn cobblestone house, [22] the late-1840s Selvy-Blodgett house, [20] the 1858 Italianate-style Parker house, [23] the 1877 Gothic Revival-styled Norwegian Lutheran Church, [24] the 1889 Queen Anne/Stick-style Anderson house (pictured ...