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In 1884 the Town of New Glarus had 18 cheese factories. New Glarus offered $20,000 to the Milwaukee Road to build a track to town, but the railroad wanted a $40,000 contribution for that favor. [3] In 1886, the Chicago, Madison and Northern Railroad started building a competing line which missed New Glarus by four miles. Concerned about the ...
New Glarus: Richardsonian Romanesque-styled school built in 1896, designed by Conover & Porter of Madison. Expanded in 1914, 1915 and 1933, with an Art Deco-styled gym added in 1939. [41] [42] 23: New Glarus Town Hall: New Glarus Town Hall: April 11, 2008 : 206 2nd St. New Glarus
The Sugar River State Trail is a 24-mile (39 km) long, 265-acre (107 ha), recreation rail trail in Wisconsin. [1] This trail connects four communities: New Glarus, Monticello, Albany and Brodhead. The limestone-surfaced trail is on an abandoned railroad bed, and is used for bicycling, hiking, and snowmobiling.
Trainfest started in 1971 as a one-day show in a Milwaukee Veterans of Foreign Wars hall. [1] Today, Trainfest is a two-day event sponsored by the Wisconsin Southeastern (WISE) division of the National Model Railroad Association (NMRA) and takes over 200,000 square feet (19,000 m 2) of the Wisconsin Exposition Center during the second weekend of November. [2]
The MLS&W could trace its origin to the granting of a right-of-way to the Manitowoc and Mississippi Railroad in December 1853. [4] The MLS&W had its beginnings in 1872 with the reorganization of several predecessor roads. [3] Appleton and New London Railway - Chartered April 9, 1866, to build a railroad from Appleton, Wisconsin to New London ...
New Glarus is a village in Green County, Wisconsin, United States.The population was 2,266 at the 2020 census. [2] It was founded in 1845 by immigrants from the canton of Glarus in eastern Switzerland, from which the village takes its name. [6]
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Ahnapee and Western Railway logo. The Ahnapee and Western Railway (A&W) was a common carrier shortline railroad located in northeastern Wisconsin.. The railroad ran 34.5 miles (55.5 km) from a connection with the Kewaunee, Green Bay and Western Railroad at Casco Junction to the lakeshore terminals of Algoma in Kewaunee County and Sturgeon Bay in the "Door County thumb" of Wisconsin.