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Audubon Days is a culmination of Mayville's historic German roots, with festivities that include bed races, the "Taste of Mayville" food tent, duck races, a parade, kids games/crafts and live music. From July 29 to August 2, 2009, Mayville hosted the Wisconsin American Legion Baseball Class A state tournament at Fireman's Field in Mayville.
Hurley is located on the Montreal River, the border between Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The city is on U.S. Highway 2 (US 2), and is the northern terminus of US 51, and is about 18 miles (29 km) south of Lake Superior. Hurley had its origins in the iron mining and lumbering booms of the 1880s. [4]
The district is Mayville's old downtown. Buildings within it include the Beaumont Hotel, along with the 1866 Italianate Reible building, [3] the pre-1873 Commercial Vernacular Simonin-Wolff-Faust Building, [4] the 1891 Classical Revival Ruedebusch Department Store, [5] the 1897 Queen Anne Hamm building, [6] and the 1915 Modernist First National ...
As of the census [2] of 2000, there were 919 people, 295 households, and 243 families residing in the town. The population density was 28.4 people per square mile (11.0/km 2).
The finish line is located on Silver Street in Hurley, where the race finishers are served a traditional Finnish stew called Mojakka. The Paavo Nurmi was established in 1969 and is considered to be the oldest running marathon in Wisconsin. [1] [2] The 2020 and 2021 runnings of the Paavo Nurmi Marathon were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic ...
This list of city nicknames in Wisconsin compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that Wisconsin's cities and towns are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders or their tourism boards or chambers of commerce.
The Hollenstein Wagon and Carriage Factory is located in Mayville, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1] [2] [3] History
The Wisconsin Pavilion from the 1964 New York World's Fair was moved to Neillsville at the conclusion of the Fair. The building is now home to local radio station WCCN/WCCN-FM and a gift shop. Chatty-Belle is a large cow statue located on the ground of the Wisconsin Pavilion. She has the distinction of being the World's Largest Talking Cow. [22]