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In 1946 Donald contracted polio, yet continued to operate the pheasant farm. The pheasant farm in the 1930s was on the outskirts of Janesville, but as the City of Janesville grew, it found itself within the city limits by the 1950s. In 1953 the farm was moved to its present location (about 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles south of its original location). Also ...
Blain's Farm & Fleet location in Verona, Wisconsin Interior of a recently opened Blain's location in Traverse City, Michigan. The company was founded in Janesville, Wisconsin, in 1955 by brothers W. C. "Claude" Blain and N. A. "Bert" Blain. [2] Similarly-named Mills Fleet Farm was also founded in 1955 by Blain family friends. The two families ...
The American robin is the state bird of Wisconsin. This list of birds of Wisconsin includes species documented in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and accepted by the Records Committee of the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology (WSORC). As of July 2022 there were 441 species and a species pair included in the official list. Of them, 96 are classed as accidental, 34 are classed as casual, 53 are ...
Started in 1858 as a Greek Revival farmhouse built by gentleman farmer Christopher Arnold on his 60 acre farm. William Payne, president of Janesville Woolen Mills, added the Italianate-style front block around 1869. Later owned by Joseph Craig, the head of Janesville Machine Co. as it became GM's Chevrolet division in 1923.
John's son, Willard, later joined his father and in 1921 they built an indoor location on the original produce stand corner. The company continued to grow throughout the middle of the 20th century and in 1956 opened a second Janesville location. The original two stores eventually closed and were replaced by one larger store in 1973. [5]
Following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Ducks Unlimited became involved with multiple clean-up efforts in Gulf states. The organization worked with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service to protect approximately 79,000 acres of waterfowl and other waterbird habitats. [19]
James Harris started manufacturing farm equipment in 1859. Mill-owners and workers built their homes nearby. Around the Civil War prominent businessmen built stylish homes on the north end of the district, close to their businesses downtown. Harris's factory evolved into the larger Janesville Machine, and that later led to the GM assembly plant.
Alden was an early mill owner. [3] [1] The Doty-Baldwin house at 209-211 S. Atwood is a 2-story Italianate-style house with cream brick walls, paired brackets supporting wide eaves, and a low-pitched hip roof. The house was built about 1860 for grocer D.S. Treat, and later owned by Hendry A. Doty, head of the H.A. Doty Box Company.