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Rountree was born in Kentucky, came to Wisconsin in 1827 prospecting for lead, opened the first store and lead-smelting furnace in 1828, served in the Black Hawk War, platted Platteville, and did much to develop the area. Now owned by UW-Platteville. [12] [69] 34: St. John Mine: St. John Mine: June 4, 1979 : WI 133
Anthony Joseph Maskell (April 13, 1939 – May 7, 2001) was an American Catholic priest who was removed from the ministry in 1994 because of sexual abuse toward students in many schools within the Baltimore Archdiocese including Archbishop Keough High School between 1969 and 1975.
Founded in 2006 as merger of St. John and St. Clare Parishes [172] St. Theresa of Avila 136 W. Waukesha Rd, Eagle [173] St. Theresa 102 Church St, Theresa: Founded in 1849. Now merged with St. Mary and St. Andrew Parishes [174] St. Thomas Aquinas 94 N. Lincoln St, Elkhart Lake: Formed in 2001 with the merger of St. Fridolin and St. George ...
Lancaster is located in the unglaciated "Driftless Area" of southwest Wisconsin whose topography is strikingly different from that of the rest of the state. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 3.01 square miles (7.80 km 2 ), all of it land.
Grant County is the most southwestern county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 51,938. [2] Its county seat is Lancaster and its largest city is Platteville. [3] The county is named after the Grant River, in turn named after a fur trader who lived in the area when Wisconsin was a territory. [4]
The community that built St. Anne's was chiefly German and German-Bohemian, mainly people who immigrated from around the border between Bohemia and Bavaria from 1881 to 1883. [2] Clergy first came to St. Anne's community by horseback or rail for services in homes. [3] In 1884 the Wisconsin Central Railroad donated a
In 1846, Catholic residents of Beloit, Wisconsin, founded St. Thomas the Apostle Parish, the first parish in that city. [13] Wisconsin achieved statehood in 1848. That same year, the first Catholic church in Madison, St. Raphael, was founded. [14] Pope Pius IX established the Diocese of Lacrosse and the Diocese of Green Bay in 1868. [15]
The Lancaster Municipal Building is a multi-purpose public building in Lancaster, Wisconsin. It houses the city hall and the Grantland Theatre, a single screen movie theatre and community performance venue.