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On June 9, the group emerged at the edge of the prairie and with the sun shining for the first time in days, carved the words "Sun Prairie" into a tree. Charles Bird returned to the area two years later and became the first settler. [4] [5] The town of Sun Prairie was created on February 2, 1846. [6]
The city is served by two local newspapers: the Sun Prairie Star (formerly the Star Countryman), and the Hometown Advertiser. Also available is the Wisconsin State Journal, a Madison regional newspaper. Radio and television are available over the air and on cable/satellite from Madison.
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A limited passenger service was provided from 1886 for which a solitary carriage was provided. This became known as Kitto's Coach (being named after the mines' captain who had insisted upon its provision) and later simply the Foxdale Coach. This item of stock survives today and was restored to 1887 condition in 2013 by the railway.
The Sun Prairie Area School District was founded in 1842, making it legally older than the municipality of Sun Prairie itself (Sun Prairie being legally incorporated as a town in 1846). The system, which as of the 2018–19 school year has over 8,500 enrolled students and 648 teachers, [ 2 ] [ 1 ] consists of 9 elementary schools , 3 middle ...
The Sun Prairie Water Tower was built in 1899 in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. [2] It was added to the State Register of Historic Places in 1999 and to the National Register of Historic Places the following year. [3] The first non-native settlers arrived in Sun Prairie in 1839. In 1840 the road to Madison passed nearby.
Sun Prairie East High School (SPEHS) is a public high school in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, United States. It is one of two high schools in the Sun Prairie Area School District, the other being Sun Prairie West High School. During the 2022-2023 school year, there were 1,365 students at Sun Prairie East High School.
Star Prairie is a village in St. Croix County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 561 at the 2010 census . The village is located along the Apple River on the boundary between the Town of Star Prairie and the Town of Stanton .