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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.
Black River Falls was founded to utilize the waterpower of the Black River. As the area was predominantly forest at the time, its primary use was in operating sawmills . Black River Falls is located at 44°17′50″N 90°50′57″W / 44.29722°N 90.84917°W / 44.29722; -90.84917 (44.297166, -90.849263
River Falls: July 10, 2012: 3: Father slit throats of his three daughters (ages 5, 8, and 11) the year after divorce from their mother [11] Steven Zelich: West Allis: 2012–2013: 2: Former police officer known as the "Wisconsin Suitcase Murderer" [12] Ashlee Martinson: Piehl: March 7, 2015: 2
White lynchings of black people also occurred in the Midwestern United States and the Border States, especially during the 20th-century Great Migration of black people out of the Southern United States. The purpose for many of the lynchings was to enforce white supremacy and intimidate black people through racial terrorism. [3]
Pages in category "People from Black River Falls, Wisconsin" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Byron Kilbourn, James Kneeland, and Erastus B. Wolcott were the commissioners tasked with constructing the new settlement, and they decided to locate it on a westward bend in the Milwaukee River—the present-day location of the City of West Bend—because of the river's potential as a power source for mills. [13]
Wisconsin Rapids is a city in and the county seat of Wood County, Wisconsin, United States, along the Wisconsin River. [6] The population was 18,877 at the 2020 census. [4] It is a principal city of the Marshfield–Wisconsin Rapids micropolitan statistical area, which includes all of Wood County and had a population of 74,207 in 2020.
Charter Oak Mills was located along what is now Wisconsin Highway 54 2.1 miles (3.4 km) south-southwest of Black River Falls. Notes This page was last edited on ...