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Location of Sauk County in Wisconsin. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Sauk County, Wisconsin. It is intended to provide a comprehensive listing of entries in the National Register of Historic Places that are located in Sauk County, Wisconsin. The locations of National Register properties for which the ...
Forest and Wisconsin Sts. Eau Claire: Company formed in 1861 to build and repair sawmill machinery. Moved to Forest and Wisconsin in 1874 and made bandsaws [76] and the Phoenix steam hauler, a sort of locomotive on bulldozer tracks for pulling loads of logs through the woods. [77] Now redeveloped as Phoenix Park.
Amphibious DUKW vehicles called "ducks" began offering duck tours to tourists in Wisconsin Dells in 1946. The tours visit wilderness trails and enter nearby Lake Delton and the Wisconsin River. One company, Original Wisconsin Ducks, has more than 90 vehicles and is the largest operator of duck tours in the United States.
The first "duck tour" company was started in 1946 by Mel Flath and Bob Unger in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. Flath's company has changed ownership since, but it is still in operation under the name Original Wisconsin Ducks. His family continues to operate a duck company called the Dells Army Ducks in the Wisconsin Dells Area. [2]
The Dells were made famous in 1886 by the photographer H. H. Bennett, who took the first stop-action photo of his son jumping onto Stand Rock. [5] The Kilbourn Dam, completed in 1909, raised the water level of the Upper Dells by about 17 feet (5.2 m), flooding some of the caves and rock formations in Bennett's photographs. [6] [7]
Wollersheim Winery grew rapidly and garnered national media attention with the introduction of its Prairie Fumé wine in 1989. [1] In 1990, Wollersheim Winery bought Cedar Creek Winery, located in the Hilgen and Wittenberg Woolen Mill in Cedarburg, Wisconsin. The sister wineries share family ownership and a winemaker, but the two brands are ...
The Shirley Temple mocktail was first created about a century ago, but its history, ingredients and recipe are up for debate, a cocktail professional told Fox News Digital.
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 ...