Wisconsin -- Mile-by-Mile

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=47 BGCOLOR="#FFFF33" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Wisconsin -- Mile-by-Mile</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=165 BGCOLOR="#FFFF33" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Yellowstone Trail"><B>Home</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Yellowstone TrailState by State"><B>The YT, state-by-state</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id195.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Yellowstone TrailWisconsin"><B>Return to </B></A><A HREF="id195.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Yellowstone TrailWisconsin"><B>Wisconsin</B></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=433 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="06100c00egerdp.jpg"> <div> This is a list of towns along the Yellowstone Trail in Wisconsin.  They are arranged from west to east.  Mileages are from Minneapolis as recorded in the 1920's and are listed here as an approximate indication of modern distances.  Added to this list will be information about historic buildings, bridges, and sites. [The Mile-by-Mile pages are just being developed (Spring 2005) and will contain minimal information for some time.]</div> <bR> <bR> <div> MINNEAPOLIS STATE LINE</div> <div> 28     Hudson, Wis</div> <div>                Octagon House<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> St. Croix Co. National Register properties are listed at <A HREF="http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WI/St%2E+Croix/state.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.">http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WI/St%2E+Croix/state.html</A></div> <div> <U>Koerner Note </U><U>(2005) </U><U>about changes the last 10 years:</U>-The Carmichael Rd extension in the Hudson area;</div> <div>   </div> <div>          Roberts</div> <div> 44     Hammond </div> <div> 48      Baldwin  </div> <div> 58      Wilson</div> <div> 63      Knapp </div> <div> 74     Menomenie</div> <div> Dunn Co. National Register properties are listed at <A HREF="http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WI/Dunn/state.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.">http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WI/Dunn/state.html</A></div> <div> 98      Eau Claire</div> <div> <U>Koerner Note (2005) about changes.  T</U>he 22nd/23rd/Abby routing of the YT is being severed by the new US 53 freeway </div> <div> Eau Claire Co. National Register properties are listed at <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WI/Eau+Claire/state.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.">http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WI/Eau+Claire/state.html</A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> 110     Chippewa Falls</div> <div>  Chippewa Co. National Register properties are listed at <A HREF="http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WI/Chippewa/state.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.">http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WI/Chippewa/state.html</A></div> <div> 123     Cadott</div> <div> Boyd (½ mile north)</div> <div> 135      Stanley </div> <div> 142     Thorp</div> <div> 152      Withee</div> <div> 154     Owen </div> <div> 160      Curtiss</div> <div> <U>Koerner Note (2005)  </U>At least in Wisconsin, the only parts of the original trail that are gravel surfaced are between Stevens Point and Owen plus one short section between Boyd and Cadott.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Koerner Note (2005) about changes the last 10 years:</U>-The WI 29 upgrades in the Abbotsford-Curtiss area;</div> <bR> <div> 166     Abbotsford</div> <div> There are no properties listed on the National Register along the YT in Clark Co.</div> <div> 168      Colby</div> <div> The Rural Arts Museum in Colby is a local attraction. The Log Home was used for almost a century before it was moved to the museum<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><IMG SRC="2696e520.png" border=0 width="110" height="82" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></FONT></div> <bR> <div> 172      Unity</div> <div> There are no properties listed on the National Register along the YT in Marathon Co.</div> <div> 179      Spencer</div> <div> 189     Marshfield</div> <div> Just north of town and a short distance from the YT (Hwy 13) and south east of Spencer is Foxfire, a delightful garden with flowing water, greenery, and sculptures.</div> <div> <U>Koerner Note </U><U>(2005) </U><U>about changes the last 10 years:</U>-WI 13/Veterans Parkway in Marshfield;</div> <div> Wood Co. National Register properties are listed at <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WI/Wood/state.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.">http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WI/Wood/state.html</A></FONT></div> <div> <U>Koerner Note (2005) about Proposed changes: </U>Just over half of the existing US 10 between Auburndale and Marshfield will be obliterated by the new four-lane highway. The part from just west of County 'E' west of Auburndale and just east of WI 13 at the SE corner of Marshfield will be upgraded on the existing ROW with no direct connections between it and the remaining parts of existing two-lane US 10 that will be bypassed. This YT routing will be difficult and inconvenient to follow. Construction is expected in the 2012=2014 timeframe.</div> <div> 200      Auburndale</div> <div>             Blenker</div> <div> <U>Koerner Note (2005) about Proposed changes:</U>The north-south part of County 'F' just west of Blenker will be severed by the new US 10 (it will cross over old US 10 and the CN mainline immediately to the west). Blenker Rd, located one half section east of County 'F', will cross the new US 10 at an at-grade intersection and will be a usable alternate route there. Construction on this section is expected in the 2010-2012 timeframe.</div> <bR> <div> 209      Milladore</div> <div> 213     Junction City</div> <div> <U>Koerner Note (2005) about Proposed changes: </U>Oak Hill Rd in the area of WI 34 (north of US 10) will become impassable as a YT routing. The US 10 Stevens Point bypass freeway will run along the entire length of Oak Hill Rd, obliterating it in several places, including major reroutes at WI 34 to make room for an interchange. It's east end will also not connect with Marsh Rd to the south. Construction of this section will begin in late 2006 and run through 2008.</div> <div> <U>Koerner Note (2005) about Proposed changes:  </U>No other parts of any YT routings in that area will be affected by this project, except for a short section on existing US 10 at WI 34 (south of US 10) which will be built up on a fill to a new intersection with WI 34 (future WI 13) next to its new US 10 interchange. WI 34 (future WI 13) there will bridge over both the CN mainline and the new US 10 freeway there, traffic control will be STOP signs on old US 10 (the YT), which will remain intact and usable.</div> <bR> <div> 226     Stevens Point </div> <div> <U>Koerner Note (2005) about Proposed changes:  P</U>ending upgrades to US 10 between Stevens Point and Marshfield, WI. These highway upgrades will have major effects on 3 sections of the various YT routings in that area. Expected construction of this new four-lane highway, inlcuding a Stevens Point bypass freeway, will be from late 2006 through 014, working westward from I-39 over a new Wisconsin River Bridge.</div> <div> Portage Co. National Register properties are listed at <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WI/Portage/state.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.">http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WI/Portage/state.html</A></FONT></div> <div> 236      Stockton</div> <div> 244     Amherst Junction </div> <div> 246     Amherst</div> <div> 252      Sheridan</div> <div> 259     Waupaca</div> <div> Waupaca Co. National Register properties are listed at  <A HREF="http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WI/Waupaca/state.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.">http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WI/Waupaca/state.html</A></div> <div> 267     Weyauwega</div> <div> <U>Koerner Note (2005) about changes the last 10 years:</U>-The US 10 upgrades between Fremont and just west of Amherst Junction;</div> <bR> <div> 275     Fremont</div> <div> Local Museum in the old hotel Now Gone.   As is big museum – Burned recently.</div> <div> Note: Mileages are messy from Fremont to Oshkosh because of changes of original route.  See maps.</div> <div> 280     Readfield</div> <div> 284     Dale</div> <div> 286     Medina</div> <div> 298     Appleton</div> <div> 304     Menasha</div> <div> 305     Neenah</div> <div> 290     Winchester </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><U>Koerner Note (2005)  </U></FONT><B>March 15, 2005 </B>The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) district office at Green Bay is planning to expand US 45 to a four-lane divided expressway in Winnebago County from County G in the town of Winneconne to County II in the town of Winchester. This will upgrade current US 45 between County 'G' (just north of WI 116 near Winneconne, WI) and County 'II' at WInchester, WI from two lanes to four. US 45 here (previously WI 110) is built directly on the 1926-1930 YT grade. Due to recent highway upgrades, that routing of the YT is very difficult to follow, especially from here southeastward to Oshkosh. The current project (to begin construction in about 2007) will upgrade the existing two lane surface highway to four lanes with little else being changed and will have a 'neutral' effect on the YT.  The ultimate freeway upgrade (it has no determined construction schedule) will include frontage roads on both sides of US 45 that will run nearly the entire length of the project. This will have a 'strong positive' effect on that routing of the YT, as it will restore a low-traffic through roadway that will be as close as possible to that original grade. The east frontage road will run from a direct feed connection with old WI 110 (Church Rd) at Winchester at the north end all the way through to County 'G' on the south end. My research shows that the one-half section offset of US 45/old WI 110 between there and WI 116/County GG' (and thus that routing of the YT) was at County 'G', the highway on the diagonal was built later.</div> <bR> <div> 297      Butte des Morts </div> <div> <U>Koerner Note </U><U>(2005) </U><U>about changes the last 10 years:</U>-The WI 110/US 45 project in the Oshkosh/Butte des Morts/Winchester area (that routing is now VERY difficult to follow through there);  See maps for various routes between Oshkosh and Fremont.</div> <div>  </div> <div> 320     Oshkosh</div> <div> <U>Koerner Note </U><U>(2005) </U><U>about changes the last 10 years: </U>-Reconfiguration on the Main/Doty/Fond du Lac/24th Av intersection by Ardy and Ed's Drive-In in Oshkosh;</div> <div>  Winnabego Co. National Register properties are listed at  <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WI/Winnebago/state.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.">http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WI/Winnebago/state.html</A></FONT></div> <bR> <div>             Van Dyne</div> <div>             North Fond du Lac</div> <div> <U>Koerner Note </U><U>(2005) </U><U>about changes the last 10 years: </U><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >-</FONT>The Peters Av extension in Fond du Lac/North Fond du Lac;</div> <div> Fond du Lac Co. National Register properties are listed at   <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WI/Fond+Du+Lac/state.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.">http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WI/Fond+Du+Lac/state.html</A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> 339      Fond du Lac </div> <div> <U>Koerner Note </U><U>(2005) </U><U>about changes the last 10 years: </U>-The pending removal of the US 41/WI 175 (Main St) interchange in Fond du Lac (when complete, WI 175/Main St/YT will go straight across US 41 with no interchange).</div> <div> 22 miles from Fond du Lac is <B>Road America</B> at Elkhart Lake. Road America, a leading auto racing venue, has a full schedule of many types of racing each seaason. Elkhart Lake Historic Race Circuits are listed on the Wisconsin State and National Historic Registers.  The two race circuits used in 1950, 51 and 52 were the last of the great open road sports car racing circuits in America and brought national and international racing prominence to the State of Wisconsin, Sheboygan County and the Elkhart Lake area.</div> <bR> <div>              Byron</div> <div> 352     Lomira</div> <div> Dodge Co. National Register properties are listed at   <A HREF="http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WI/state.html#pickem" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.">http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WI/state.html#pickem</A></div> <div> 357     Theresa</div> <div> <U>Koerner Note </U><U>(2005) </U><U>about changes the last 10 years: </U>-Relocation of WI 175 around County 'D' south of Theresa;</div> <bR> <div>             Addison</div> <div> <U>Koerner Note (2005</U><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><U>)  </U></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><U>http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/news/news/2/2005/wis33start.htm  </U></FONT>Work begins the week of April 18 on a $4.6 million contract to reconstruct approximately 2.5 miles of WIS 33 from WIS 175 to US 41 in Washington County, announced the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT). The contractor, Wondra Excavating Inc., will remove the existing pavement structure and WIS 175 overpass, and reconfigure WIS 33/WIS 175 as a four-way stop.        This will affect WI 175 at its junction with WI 33 in the Allenton, WI area. The YT used the WI 175 connector roadways there, the curious 'bypass' bridge that will be removed as a part of that project was built when WI 175 was US 41 back in 1933, after the demise of the original YT.  I am unsure as to what form the rebuilt WI 33/WI 175 intersection will take, but a WI 175 through connection there will remain. I would not be surprized if the 'connector' roadways are to be cut off, though, as their WI 33 intersection has very bad sight lines, prompting the original 1933 bypassing project in the first place.</div> <bR> <div> 369     St. Lawrence.</div> <div> 372     Slinger (Schleisingerville)</div> <div> Washington Co. National Register properties are listed at  <A HREF="http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WI/Washington/state.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.">http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WI/Washington/state.html</A></div> <div> Hartford, home of the Kissel Kar, is five miles west of Slinger. An historic marker at Hwy. 60, intersection of Sumner St. and Marine Dr. reads:  The Kissel Motor Car Co. was located across the river from this site, manufacturing one of the world's first custom-built cars, originally called "Badger," then "Kissel Kar," and finally during World War I, "Kissel." The Kissel family's own steam car inspired brothers George and William to begin the businesswith a capital of $50.00, acquiring a state charter on June 5, 1906. The company, years ahead of the industry in design, produced coupes, limousines, semi-touring and semi-racer types, and trucks priced from $1,500 to $45,000. The Gold Bug, Kissel Speedster, and White Eagle Speedster models achieved international acclaim and brought celebrity purchasers to Hartford. The company reached its peak during the 1920s, having a capital stock of over $1,000,000 and producing in one year over 6,000 "Kissel" cars and trucks. Car production ceased in the late 1930s, during the Depression. The car is now a prized collector's item. Erected 1965  </div> <div> Harford is also the home of The Hartford Heritage Auto Museum,  <A HREF="http://www.classicar.com/museums/hartford/hartford.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.classicar.com/museums/hartfor">http://www.classicar.com/museums/hartford/hartford.htm</A></div> <div> 367     Richfield</div> <div> 389     Menomonee Falls</div> <div> 403     Milwaukee</div> <div> <U>Koerner Note </U><U>(2005) </U><U>about changes the last 10 years: </U>-Redesign of the US 41/45/WI 145 'Granville' interchange in Milwaukee (Milwaukee city street changes related to the freeway work actually  improved things for YT there);</div> <bR> <div> Milwaukee Co. National Register properties are listed at  <A HREF="http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WI/Milwaukee/state.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.">http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WI/Milwaukee/state.html</A></div> <bR> <div> <B>T</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >he name of Lloyd R. Smith never appeared in the annals of automotive history alongside Alfred P. Sloan, B.F. Goodrich, and Henry Ford. Sloan was the brilliant business manager who built General Motors into a powerful industrial company. Goodrich designed long-lasting rubber tires. Henry Ford made practical automobiles affordable to the middle class. Sloan, Goodrich, Ford—each of them a giant in automotive lore, each of them a prominent figure in American business and commerce, each of them directly responsible for creating and perpetuating America's most enduring consumer product.</FONT></div> <div> In 1913, Lloyd Smith was heading a rather mundane factory operation in Milwaukee, watching his workers cut and shape automobile frames at the rate of 10 a day. As word of Henry Ford's new automobile assembly line spread, Smith contemplated automating his frame manufacturing process. He gathered together his engineers and challenged them to design a completely automated process by which auto frames were gripped, sized, punched, riveted, painted, and placed in a freight car in one continuous operation. In 1921, Lloyd Smith's dream became reality, as he went online with his automatic plant that turned out 10,000 automobile frames a day. Given the increased production capability, the A.O. Smith Corp. was able to fill large orders from Ford, Buick, and several other automobile manufacturers, which succeeded in speeding up auto production and product delivery time to an eager marketplace. The site where the plant stood has been designated an ASME National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark.                                          <A HREF="http://www.memagazine.org/backissues/april05/features/wheeling/wheeling.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.memagazine.org/backissues/apr">http://www.memagazine.org/backissues/april05/features/wheeling/wheeling.html</A></div> <bR> <div> 411      Cudahy </div> <div> A number of YT road signs have been installed in Cudahy. Motivated by Trailman Monson </div> <div> <U>Koerner Note </U><U>(2005) </U><U>about changes the last 10 years: </U>-The WI 794/Lake Parkway/Howard Av project in Milwaukee/Saint Francis/Cudahy, cutting off Thompson Av where Howard Av (WI 32) now runs in Saint Francis (Howard is the best reroute for the 'inland' YT routing there);</div> <div> 414      South Milwaukee</div> <div> A number of YT road signs have been installed in South Milwaukee. Motivated by Trailman Monson</div> <div> 428     Racine </div> <div> Racine Co. National Register properties are listed at  <A HREF="http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WI/Racine/state.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.">http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WI/Racine/state.html</A></div> <div> 439      Kenosha, Wis </div> <div>  Keep Exploring History! Walk the streets of Kenosha's Four National Register Historic Districts to re-live life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.  You'll walk away with a new appreciation for architecture and history</div> <div> The <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><U>Kenosha Public Museum</U></FONT> offers a hands-on discovery room for children, and the child in all of us</div> <div> Kenosha Co. National Register properties are listed at <A HREF="http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WI/Kenosha/state.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.">http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WI/Kenosha/state.html</A></div> <bR> <div> ILLINOIS STATE LINE</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>