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On November 29, 1824, a meeting was held in Abbott's Corners at the home of early settler Seth Abbott. At a vote of those present, agreement was reached to form a library with the sum of $102. [6] By 1850, the town was reduced by the formation of the towns of East Hamburgh and West Seneca. [5] Around 1852, the Erie Railroad was built through ...
The Main Street Historic District is a cluster of historic buildings around the intersection of Main Street and Appleton Avenue in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [2] Menomonee Falls was established in 1836 near a series of rapids of the Menomonee River. The river was dammed to power ...
Spring Brook is a town in Dunn County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,320 at the 2000 census. The population was 1,320 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Falls City is located in the town.
In the economic boom of the 1960s area factories in Niagara Falls were welcoming newcomers at a rate of 11,000. The Frontier House rented its rooms to sleep three for each eight-hour shift because of the growing demand for housing. In June 1964, Mr. and Mrs. James Russell of Buffalo renovated the hotel into a museum and restaurant.
901 Main St. Niagara Falls: Castellated armory building constructed in 1895; part of the Multiple Property Submission for Army National Guard Armories in New York State. 19: Niagara Falls City Hall: Niagara Falls City Hall
Major highway routes in the area include: Interstate 41/U.S. Route 41, which connects the Fox Cities with Green Bay and Milwaukee; Wisconsin Highway 441, known locally as the Tri-County Expressway, which is an auxiliary highway of Interstate 41 that serves as a beltway around Appleton; and U.S. Route 10 which travels east–west, connecting the ...
Price County was created on March 3, 1879, when Wisconsin Governor William E. Smith signed legislation creating the county. The county was later organized in 1882. [3] William T. Price (1824–1886), for whom Price County was named, [4] was President of the Wisconsin Senate and an early logger in Price County; he later was elected to the U.S ...
William Irvine's career touches on many aspects of the logging boom that built Chippewa Falls. In 1866 at age 14 he started working with his brother-in-law [7] as a raftsman for Pound, Halbert & Company - i.e. guiding rafts of sawed logs from the sawmill that stood where Duncan Creek meets the Chippewa River downstream to places like Reads Landing, where the Chippewa joins the Mississippi.