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The Cheese Country Trail is a 47-mile (76 km) multi-use rail trail in south central Wisconsin. The trail stretches from Monroe to Mineral Point, connecting Browntown, South Wayne, Gratiot, Darlington, and Calamine. The trail is used with ATVs, bicycles, horses, snowmobiles, and hikers.
The Mineral Point Zinc Company was founded in 1882, and by 1891 it was operating the largest zinc oxide works in the United States at Mineral Point. [15] Zinc mining and processing continued on a large scale until the 1920s. In 1897 Robert M. La Follette gave his "The danger threatening representative government" speech in Mineral Point. [16]
Historic part of the early lead-mining community and Wisconsin's 3rd oldest city, including limestone cottages on Shake Rag Street built by Cornish lead miners in the 1830s and 40s, [42] the 1838 Greek Revival Odd Fellows Hall, [43] the 1839 Greek Revival Moses Strong house, [44] the 1845 Gothic Revival Trinity Episcopal church, [45] the 1849 ...
The Mineral Point Railroad's original main line ran 32.29 miles (51.97 km) north–south from Warren, Illinois, to Mineral Point, Wisconsin. [10] The Milwaukee Road's branch to Shullsburg, Wisconsin, completed in 1881, [11] bisected the line at Gratiot, Wisconsin, and the connection to the Illinois Central at Warren gradually lessened in importance.
US 151 in Mineral Point; US 18 in Dodgeville; US 14 / WIS 60 in Spring Green; I-90 / I-94 in Lake Delton; US 12 / WIS 13 / WIS 16 in Wisconsin Dells; I-39 / US 51 in Moundville; I-39 / US 51 / WIS 82 in Oxford; I-41 / US 41 in Fond du Lac; US 45 in Fond du Lac; I-43 in Sheboygan; East end: WIS 28 / WIS 42 in Sheboygan: Location; Country: United ...
U.S. Highway 12 (US 12 or Highway 12) in the U.S. state of Wisconsin runs east–west across the western to southeast portions of the state. It enters from Minnesota running concurrently with Interstate 94 (I-94) at Hudson, parallels the Interstate to Wisconsin Dells, and provides local access to cities such as Menomonie, Eau Claire, Black River Falls, Tomah, and Mauston.
Hill Valley Dairy will serve up cheese, wine and cocktails in the former Clock Shadow Creamery space in Walker's Point.
The Flag of Wisconsin. Wisconsin (/ w ɪ ˈ s k ɒ n s ɪ n / ⓘ wiss-KON-sin) is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north.