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The Wisconsin Pavilion is a modernist-style building at 1201 East Division Street in Neillsville, Wisconsin, United States. Designed by John Steinmann , it was erected for the 1964 New York World's Fair at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens , New York, serving as the rotunda for the fair's Wisconsin exhibit.
The ballroom was originally owned by brothers Al, Paul, Walter and Herb Keller. It was designed in the Modern Movement architecture style and built from 1929 to 1933. The German patent for the unique arch style roof was purchased for a $1,000 royalty fee.
Location of Clark County in Wisconsin. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Clark County, Wisconsin. It is intended to provide a comprehensive listing of entries in the National Register of Historic Places that are located in Clark County, Wisconsin. The locations of National Register properties for which the ...
The Neillsville Bank at 538 Hewett was built in 1887 as a red brick general store with a corner entrance, and was known as the Gates Block. In 1909 the bank remodeled the exterior to Commercial Prairie Style, covering it with tan brick and limestone trim and moving the entrance to the middle of the east side. [2] [12]
Through the years the NILE Stock Show has always been a show with some of the purest and most influential genetics in the world. The NILE is host to several national cattle breed shows and sales. Additionally, the NILE Gold Buckle Select Horse Sales features a weanling/yearling sale, performance horse sale, as well as six different futurities.
By the early 1800s, the land and streams that are now Clark County were the hunting grounds of Chippewa, Dakota, Ho-Chunk and possibly Menominee peoples. In 1836 these Indians were joined by a party of French-Canadian fur traders who started a temporary post for the American Fur Company on the Black River's East Fork.
In 1854, O’Neill's Mill, as Neillsville was originally called, was selected as the county seat of Clark County. [8] Neillsville was platted on April 14, 1855, and incorporated in April 1882. [9] A Winnebago Indian boarding school was operated by the Evangelical and Reformed Church on the west side of Neillsville from 1921 to 1957. [10] [11]
Bronc riding: Bareback & saddle bronc riding is an event in which the cowboy rides a horse as it bucks, as if being broke out for the first time. Based on the skills of a working cowboy, breaking a horse, the event is now a highly stylized competition that utilizes horses that often are specially bred for strength, agility, and bucking ability.