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A community grew there, called "Rome Corners." A post office was added in 1848, and a frame hotel called the Oregon Exchange in 1849. [2] In 1857 Charles Waterman had a village platted and called "Oregon." In 1864 the Beloit and Madison Railroad reached town, making Oregon a shipping point for the surrounding country. In 1883 the village ...
Now it is named Presque Isle, Wisconsin; Goodman, Wisconsin, built by Goodman Lumber Co. Kohler, Wisconsin, built by the Kohler Company; Laona, Wisconsin, built by the William D. Connor's Connor Company; Winegar, Wisconsin, Fosterville renamed by William S. Winegar of the Vilas County Lumber Company in 1910.
All of the factory's owners used the building to produce canned vegetables and particularly canned peas, one of Wisconsin's major crops. During World War II, German prisoners of war at Camp McCoy were brought to work at the factory, as the war had caused an agricultural labor shortage despite large pea and corn harvests. The factory continued ...
John Brooks Fuqua [a] (pronounced / ˈ f j uː k w ə /, born John Brooks Elam Jr., June 26, 1918 – April 2, 2006) [b] was an American businessman, philanthropist, and chairman of The Fuqua Companies and Fuqua Enterprises.
David Ricks, chair and CEO of Eli Lilly, fields a question during an announcement of the company's $3 billion expansion in Wisconsin, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in Kenosha, Wis. (Sean Krajacic/The ...
Business lobby appeals to block DNR's ability to permit factory farms in Wisconsin. Gannett. Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. March 8, 2024 at 1:36 PM.
Oregon is served primarily by U.S. Highway 14 (US 14) and Wisconsin Highway 138 (WIS 138) and the two highways meet at the village's southeast corner. US-14 previously ran through the village, traveling down North Main Street and then arcing along Janesville Street, but a bypass was constructed from 1976 to 1978 along the northern and eastern ...
1953 Sales offices are opened in Portland, Oregon and Mobile, Alabama. Introduces Suction Roll Silencing. 1954 Beloit builds the Inverform former; 1955 Beloit acquires E.D. Jones of Pittsfield, MA, Downingtown Manufacturing Co. of Downingtown, PA and a factory in Pinerolo, Italy. Beloit introduces the Suction Pickup. 1956 The Twinver press is ...