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Malone Area Heritage Museum
The Malone Area Heritage Museum is a historical museum in Malone, Wisconsin, United States. The museum documents the history of immigrants into the Holyland region of Wisconsin. The museum is affiliated with the Wisconsin Historical Society. It has been in existence since 2005. It is open to the public on Thursday afternoons between 2:00 and 4:00 pm and on the second Sunday of each month. Displays The museum consists of two buildings. Both were purchased from Malone's co-op. One is the original train depot for Malone, which was moved across the street to its present location in early 2005. Had the building not been moved, it would have been dismantled because it was in the way of large trucks. It documents the development and usage of the Sheboygan and Fond du Lac Railroad. There is a piece of the original railroad that was dug up in a local field. The building is the final remaining depot from that line. The other building is a more recently purchased agricultural shop which is be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garnet, Wisconsin
Garnet, Wisconsin is an unincorporated community in Fond du Lac County, in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The community is on the north boundary of the county, just south of Calumet County. It is located at the intersection of County Highway HHH and Town Hall Road just east of Calumet County C, in the town of Calumet Calumet may refer to: Places United States *Calumet Region, in northern Illinois and Indiana **Calumet River **Calumet Trail, Indiana ** Calumet (East Chicago) * Calumet, Colorado *Calumet, Iowa * Calumet, Michigan *Calumet, Minnesota * Calumet .... Garnet is located east of Calumetville. History The community was settled in around 1880. It is nicknamed "Cream City." Images File:GarnetWisconsinEast.jpg, Looking east at Garnet File:GarnetWisconwinWest.jpg, Looking west at Garnet on HHH Notes Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin Unincorporated communities in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin {{FondduLacCountyWI-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Museums In Wisconsin
History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the History of writing#Inventions of writing, invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of these events. Historians seek knowledge of the past using historical sources such as written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers. History is not complete and still has debatable mysteries. History is also an Discipline (academia), academic discipline which uses narrative to describe, examine, question, and analyze past events, and investigate their patterns of cause and effect. Historians often debate which narrative best explains an event, as well as the significance of different causes and effects. Historians also debate the historiography, nature of history as an end in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museums In Fond Du Lac County, Wisconsin
A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that Preservation (library and archival science), cares for and displays a collection (artwork), collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, culture, cultural, history, historical, or science, scientific importance. Many public museums make these items available for public viewing through display case, exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. The largest museums are located in major cities throughout the world, while thousands of local museums exist in smaller cities, towns, and rural areas. Museums have varying aims, ranging from the conservation and documentation of their collection, serving researchers and specialists, to catering to the general public. The goal of serving researchers is not only scientific, but intended to serve the general public. There are many types of museums, including art museums, natural history museums, science museums, war museums, and children's museums. Ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silica, Wisconsin
Silica, Wisconsin is an unincorporated community in the Town of Taycheedah in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. It is located at the intersection of County Highway QQ and Silica Road, approximately north of St. Peter. History A post office called Silica was in operation from 1898 until 1904. The community was so named on account of the sandy soil, Silica Silicon dioxide, also known as silica, is an oxide of silicon with the chemical formula , most commonly found in nature as quartz and in various living organisms. In many parts of the world, silica is the major constituent of sand. Silica is ... being the Latin word meaning "sand". Prior to being named Silica it was named Summit Notes Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin Unincorporated communities in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin {{FondduLacCountyWI-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnsburg, Wisconsin
Johnsburg, Wisconsin is an unincorporated community in the Town of Calumet in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. The community is located on County Roads Q and W, approximately east of Lake Winnebago, southeast of Pipe and northwest of Malone. Johnsburg is part of the Holyland region in northeastern Fond du Lac county. Church / history St. John the Baptist Catholic Church is a prominent building in Johnsburg. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as number 80000137. The congregation was founded by six families in 1841. When built in 1842, the church was the first in the approximately 100 miles (160 kilometers) between Milwaukee and Green Bay. Named after the church, ''St. Johannes Gemeinde'' (St. John's congregation), the community was known as Hinesburg. Father Deisenrieder had a post office established and the town received its original name to honor his birthplace in Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taycheedah (community), Wisconsin
Taycheedah, Wisconsin is an unincorporated census-designated place in the Town of Taycheedah in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. The community is located adjacent to the city of Fond du Lac and Lake Winnebago. As of the 2010 census, its population is 704. Taycheedah calls itself the " Sheepshead Fishing Center of the World". U.S. Route 151 ran through the community until a bypass around Fond du Lac was built in the 2000s. Taycheedah Correctional Institution Taycheedah Correctional Institution is a prison in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin near the Town of Taycheedah. Established in 1921, it was known as Wisconsin Home for Women until 1975. The facility houses maximum-security and medium-security adult female ... is located in the town of Taycheedah several miles east of the community. History The first white settlement at Taycheedah was made in 1839. A post office called Taycheedah was established in 1841, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1986. The name Taychee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marytown, Wisconsin
Marytown, Wisconsin is an unincorporated community in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, in the town of Calumet. Marytown is located at the intersection of Fond du Lac County highways G and HH. Wisconsin Highway 149 ran north to south through the community before it was decommissioned in 2006. Holyland Marytown is in an area of eastern Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin known as " The Holyland", so called because of the large number of communities built around churches, including St. Anna, St. Peter, St. Cloud, Mount Calvary, Johnsburg, Calvary, Brothertown and Jericho. A recognizable feature in Marytown is St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, which is located at the peak of the largest hill in the area. The church is lit at night, and can be seen from several miles away. History A post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dotyville, Wisconsin
Dotyville is an unincorporated community located in the town of Forest, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States. The community was named for James Duane Doty, the first person to represent Wisconsin's third congressional district after statehood and Governor of the Utah Territory The Territory of Utah was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from September 9, 1850, until January 4, 1896, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Utah, the 45th state. ... during the American Civil War. Notes Unincorporated communities in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin {{FondduLacCountyWI-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malone, Wisconsin
__NOTOC__ Malone is an unincorporated community located in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin near the Sheboygan River and Mt. Calvary, in the towns of Marshfield, and Taycheedah. Malone is located in The Holyland region of Wisconsin. It is home to a post office. History Malone was a stop on the Sheboygan & Fond du Lac Railroad. Originally named St. John, it was renamed Malone after the railroad official H. T. Malone. A post office called Malone has been in operation since 1877. The Malone Area Heritage Museum provides an in-depth look at Malone's culturally diverse history as a railroad town throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. In 2005, the museum moved the original train depot across the street and began restoring it. Notable people *John Durham - Medal of Honor The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration and is awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardians and coast guardsmen who have disting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlesburg, Wisconsin
Charlesburg (also Charlesburgh) is an unincorporated community in the town of Brothertown in Calumet County, Wisconsin, United States. History Charlesburg was settled in 1855. The first settler was probably Anton Reinl, an immigrant from Bohemia which was then part of Austrian Empire. Other early settlers were Raymond Lodes, Joseph Nadler, and Joseph Fisher. They spoke a dialect of German. One of the landmarks in the community is its Catholic Church, called St. Charles Church. It opened in 1866 and closed in 2005. Location Charlesburg is located on St. Charles Road at its intersection with Washington Road. It is considered part of the Holyland region in southern Calumet County. Notable residents *Aloysius Leitner Aloysius Leitner (1893 – June 12, 1918) served in the United States Marine Corps during World War I. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross and Distinguished Service Cross. His Navy Cross citation reads: His Distinguished Service Cross ..., military * Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calvary, Wisconsin
Calvary, Wisconsin is an unincorporated community located in the town of Marshfield, in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. The community was originally known locally as Calvary Station since the community was built around the railroad depot for Mount Calvary. The depot for the Sheboygan-Fond du Lac Railroad needed to be built about 1 mile (2 km) north of the community because of the grade needed for trains to climb the Niagara Escarpment. It is located at the intersection of County Highways WW and WH (which was named Wisconsin Highway 149 before the highway was decommissioned in the 2000s).1973 Wisconsin Department of Transportation Official Highway Map It is located in the heart of the Blue Sky Green Field Wind Farm in Wisconsin's Holyland Region. Images File:CalvaryWisconsinPanorama.jpg, Looking north at Calvary with the Blue Sky Green Field Wind Farm Blue Sky Green Field Wind Energy Center is a wind farm in northeast Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. The facility is loca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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