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She hauled hay, wood and wheat around the Great Lakes. In November 1864, hauling wheat from Chicago to Buffalo, she sank in a storm off Sheboygan, with five men lost. [81] [82] 33: Montgomery shipwreck (schooner) September 13, 2019 : In Lake Michigan, O.45 miles east of Whistling Straights Golf Course
Location of Kenosha County in Wisconsin. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Kenosha County, Wisconsin. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided ...
For many years, wearing glasses while playing the sport was an embarrassment. [1] Baseball talent scouts routinely rejected spectacled prospects on sight. [2] The stigma had diminished by the early 1960s and by one estimate 20 percent of major league players wore glasses by the end of the 1970s.
In the United Kingdom, wearing glasses was characterized in the nineteenth century as "a sure sign of the weakling and the mollycoddle", according to Neville Cardus, writing in 1928. [76] "Tim" Killick was the first professional cricketer to play while wearing glasses "continuously", after his vision deteriorated in 1897. "With their aid he ...
] Waukesha County, Wisconsin was a big resort area and vacation spot for people living in Chicago. [1] Among the people who visited Oconomowoc's for a little rest and relaxation were Chicago's most notorious gangsters, such as Baby Face Nelson, Bugs Moran, John Dillinger and Al Capone. [2]
A leader in the dairy industry, Kasper attended the UW dairy school in 1894, switched early to pay for milk based on butterfat rather than volume, helped organize the Wisconsin Cheesemakers' Association, and supposedly won more prizes than any other cheesemaker. [20] 14: Lake Street Historic District: Lake Street Historic District: May 30, 2002
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, emerged as a resort town in the 1870s, popularized by images of its side-wheeler steamboats. The lakeshore at Broad Street became the main water transportation hub with the construction of the Whiting House Hotel; the train station was located approximately .5 miles due north on Broad St.
Later that year they began work on three buildings: the Bath and Clubhouse (a.k.a. today's lodge), the caretaker's dwelling, and a garage. The project was a collaboration of the Forest Service, CCC men from away, and local men employed by the WPA; for example in February 1938 the project involved 108 WPA men and 30 CCCs.