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The Aldo Leopold Shack and Farm is a historic farm on Levee Road in rural Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States.The property was acquired in the 1930s as a family summer retreat by the noted conservationist and writer Aldo Leopold and is the landscape that inspired his conservation ethic and the writing of his best-known work, A Sand County Almanac.
Sauk City: Firehouse built in 1889, with hose-drying tower added in 1894. Also served as village hall. [40] The volunteer fire department had organized in 1854, the first in the state. [68] 49: Sauk City High School: Sauk City High School
Mazo Beach is the colloquial name for Mazomanie Bottoms State Natural Area, [1] located in Sauk County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.Property along the river was acquired in parcels by the State of Wisconsin since the 1950s to provide a full range of nature based activities including hiking, wildlife viewing, hunting, fishing, and wildlife habitat.
Prairie du Sac named because the area was in the large Wisconsin River Valley where the Sauk Indians had a large settlement. [7] Although the name of the village dates from the early days of French fur traders, Prairie du Sac was established as a village by D.B. Crocker in 1840, largely as a Yankee-English village, [8] in contrast to its neighbor, Sauk City, which was settled largely by Germans.
Again, in 1986, the Sauk City Board rejected a proposal to submit the consolidation to a referendum. [3] An advisory referendum, in 1990, to merge the two communities was approved overwhelmingly by voters in both villages, but the binding referendum that followed was approved by only Prairie du Sac voters and was defeated by those in Sauk City.
Janisse Schoepp and Annie Lord November 30, 2023 at 9:23 AM South Florida’s housing crisis is one of the most significant social and economic challenges of our lifetime.
Sauk City is a village in Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States, located along the Wisconsin River. The population was 3,518 as of the 2020 census . The first incorporated village in the state, [ 6 ] the community was founded by Agoston Haraszthy and his business partner, Robert Bryant in the 1840s.
U.S. Highway 12 (US 12 or Highway 12) in the U.S. state of Wisconsin runs east–west across the western to southeast portions of the state. It enters from Minnesota running concurrently with Interstate 94 (I-94) at Hudson, parallels the Interstate to Wisconsin Dells, and provides local access to cities such as Menomonie, Eau Claire, Black River Falls, Tomah, and Mauston.