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Pages in category "1841 establishments in Wisconsin Territory" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
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 ...
Farm complex begun in the 1840s by Vermonter, pioneer and civic leader Milo Jones. When son Milo C. Jones developed arthritis in 1889 he tried making and selling sausage, which has grown into a successful meat-processing business. 30: Knapp-Calkins Farmstead: Knapp-Calkins Farmstead: October 29, 2018 : W1420 WI 59
Structures from German immigrant Peter Kehl's pioneer vineyard overlooking the Wisconsin River: 1857 barrel-vaulted wine cellar, [36] 1858 house with fine stonework, [37] and 1859 Italianate-styled brewery. [38] Frost killed all Kehl's vines in 1899. Wollersheims restarted the winery in 1972. [39] 46: John and Margarethe Kemp Cabin: John and ...
Trimborn Farm is a Victorian era estate located in Greendale, Wisconsin, United States, and owned by Milwaukee County. Spanning 7.5 acres (18.5 hectares) and nine buildings, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The farm is also a State Historic Site and designated Milwaukee County Landmark.
A settlement located across the Wisconsin River, in what is today Sauk City, was the impetus for the next development in Roxbury. In 1840, Agoston Haraszthy, a colorful [8] [9] nobleman and political refugee from Hungary, arrived in the United States. By 1841, he had purchased a large parcel of land where Sauk City now stands.
December 20, 1841: The Treaty for the Suppression of the African Slave Trade was signed in London by representatives of Austria, Britain, France, Prussia, and Russia. February 11, 1842: After a heated argument on the floor of the Council over the appointment of Enos S. Baker as Sheriff of Grant County, Councillor James Russell Vineyard shot and ...
The first wine grapes were planted in Wisconsin by Agoston Haraszthy in the mid-19th century. Before he migrated to California and helped to found the wine industry there, he established a vineyard, winery and wine cellars overlooking the Wisconsin River at what is today the Wollersheim Winery near Prairie du Sac. Although Haraszthy found the ...