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A farm in Marquette County. Agriculture is a significant sector in Wisconsin's economy, producing nearly $104 billion in revenue annually. [1] The significance of the state's agricultural production is exemplified by the depiction of a Holstein cow, an ear of corn, and a wheel of cheese on Wisconsin's state quarter design. [2]
The Fromm Brothers Fur and Ginseng Farm is a farm complex in the Town of Hamburg, Marathon County, Wisconsin where four brothers pioneered ginseng farming starting in 1904, and used the profits to develop silver fox farming. By 1929 they were the world's largest producer of both products.
The Honey Creek Swiss Rural Historic District is a national historic district in rural Sauk County, Wisconsin.The district encompasses 46 farms over 12 square miles (31 km 2) which were settled by Swiss Americans in the 1840s and 1850s.
Fountain Lake Farm, also known as the Wisconsin Farm Home of John Muir, is a historic farm and National Historic Landmark in rural Montello, Wisconsin, United States. The landmark covers part of the farm that was the home of pioneering conservationist John Muir from 1849 to 1856 and 1860 to 1862. Covering 80 acres (32 ha), the landmarked area ...
The Christian Turck House is a log farmhouse from the late 1830s which currently serves as a museum called the Schottler House at Old World Wisconsin in Eagle, Wisconsin, United States. [2] [3] It was originally built by a German immigrant near Germantown, Wisconsin. [4] In 1973 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. [3]
In 1915 the Soils Annex wing was added on, designed by Arthur Peabody advised by Laird and Cret, three stories with walls of cream brick and half-timbering. [5] 2013, digitally brightened. In 1985 King Hall was added to the NRHP for statewide contributions made to science and agriculture and for its association with Franklin Hiram King. [5]
The book, “Strangers No Longer: Latino Belonging and Faith in Twentieth-Century Wisconsin,” is González's attempt to place the Latino community's extensive history on Wisconsin's center stage ...
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.