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The oldest Precambrian rocks in Wisconsin are late Archean quartzofeldspathic gneiss, migmatite and amphibolite up to three billion years old and igneous rock such as the granite of the Puritan Quartz Monzonite. Mafic and intermediate metavolcanic rocks together with metasedimentary rocks are found in the Ramsey Formation in Iron County and ...
Large neighborhood NE of the downtown on a rise east of the Rock River, including the 1847 Italianate-style Lawrence house, [223] the 1860 gabled-ell house at 445 Cornelia St, [224] the 1870 Gothic Revival Nowlan house, [225] the 1893 Queen Anne-style Palmer house, [226] the 1901 High Victorian Gothic St. Mary's Catholic Church, [227] the 1916 ...
This is a list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin. There are over 2,500 listed sites in Wisconsin . Each of the state's 72 counties has at least one listing on the National Register .
An outcrop of late Cambrian and early Ordovician rocks in a road-cut at Miller's Curve, just to the west of Madison, Wisconsin. The Jordan sandstone is the light grey rock in the lower third of this outcrop, the Oneota (dolomitic carbonate) is the orange grey rock in the upper two thirds of the road-cut.
Baraboo Range in winter Looking east down the range on Wisconsin Highway 78. The Baraboo Range is a mountain range in Columbia County and Sauk County, Wisconsin. Geologically, it is a syncline fold consisting of highly eroded Precambrian metamorphic rock. It is about 25 miles (40 km) long and varies from 5 to 10 miles (16 km) in width.
The old downtown, including the 1848 Italianate Hill woolen shawl mill, [30] the 1877 frame Queen Anne Martha Whipple Music Store, [31] the 1878 block of Osthelder Saloon, [32] Sully's Dry Goods, [33] Thiemann Grocery and Bryant Drug Store, [34] the 1880 Brickner Woolen Mills, [35] the 1880 Victorian Smith Meat Market and Post Office, [36] the ...
Early Wisconsin airport, opened in 1922 by the four Larson brothers, with the original sod landing field and a hangar constructed with barn-building techniques. The Larsons were the first agency in Wisconsin to sell government-approved planes. [69] 42: Lasley's Point Site: Lasley's Point Site: September 6, 1979 : 5900 Lasley Point Road [70] [71
WI 60, 1,500 ft (460 m). SW of Cty Hwy 00: Orion: Well-preserved group of mounds built by ancient Native Americans near the Wisconsin River: 3 bird effigies, 2 lizards, 1 bear, eight linear mounds and