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 style=" border-bottom: 3px solid #FF9900;" BGCOLOR="#FFFF33" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Wisconsin -- Mile-by-Mile</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=162 style="border-right: 3px solid #FF9900;" BGCOLOR="#FFFF33" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Yellowstone Trail"><B><IMG SRC="30164140.png" border=0 width="100" height="20" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></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="id202.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Yellowstone Trail in Minnesota"><B>The YT in WI</B></A><B> </B></div> <div> <B>WI Mile-by-Mile</B></div> <div> <A HREF="wisconsin_detailed_maps.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Wisconsin Detailed Maps"><B>WI Detailed Maps</B></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=433 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="06100c00egerdp.jpg"> <bR> <div> 16<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >.</FONT>8      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    </div> <div> MINNESOTA STATE LINE</div> <div> 0  Hudson, Wis</div> <div>      Old Yellowstone Trail causeway which led to the toll bridge to Minnesota. </div> <div>            Now a long fishing pier at the downtown city park. </div> <div>      Octagon House </div> <div> St. Croix Co. National Register properties are listed at</div> <div>       http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WI/St%2E+Croix/state.html<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT></div> <div> 11.4  Roberts</div> <div> 17.7  Hammond </div> <div> 21.5  Baldwin  </div> <div> 26.1  Woodville</div> <div> 30.3  Hersey</div> <div> 32.4  Wilson</div> <div> 37.4  Knapp </div> <div> 48.8  Menomonie</div> <div>      Dunn Co. National Register properties are listed at</div> <div>            http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WI/Dunn/state.html</div> <div>      There is an excellent artical about the tourist camp in Menomonie in the 1920s:</div> <div>           http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/archstories/motels/auto_camps.asp</div> <div> 72.6  Eau Claire</div> <div> 85.8  Chippewa Falls</div> <div>  Chippewa Co. National Register properties are listed at http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WI/Chippewa/state.html</div> <div> 91.6  Bateman</div> <div> 98  Cadott</div> <div> 103.4  Boyd</div> <div> 109.2  Stanley </div> <div> 115.9  Thorp</div> <div> 126  Withee</div> <div> 127.8  Owen </div> <div> 135  Curtiss</div> <div> 141.8  Abbotsford</div> <div> There are no properties listed on the National Register along the YT in Clark Co.</div> <div> 144.3  Colby  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#330000" FACE="Arial" >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><IMG SRC="2696e520.png" border=0 width="110" height="82" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>  <A NAME="172______unity"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> 148.3  Unity</div> <div> There are no properties listed on the National Register along the YT in Marathon Co.</div> <div> 162.8  Spencer</div> <div> 165.4  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.(2009 -- Foxfire is currently closed.)</div> <div> The Parkin Ice Cream Company, downtown Marshfield, is in a 1941 building which replaced the original one destroyed by fire.  Building was recently added to Wisconsin Register of Historic Places and converted to a restaurant and brewpub. Visit <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://ci.marshfield.wi.us/planning/?id=10105." TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://ci.marshfield.wi.us/planning/?id="><U>http://ci.marshfield.wi.us/planning/?id=10105.</U></A></FONT></div> <div> 170.4  Hewitt</div> <div> 175.1  Auburndale</div> <div> 181  Blenker</div> <div> 184  Milladore</div> <div> 188.7  Junction City</div> <div> 201.5  Stevens Point </div> <div> Portage Co. National Register properties are listed at http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WI/Portage/state.html</div> <div> 204.4  Whiting</div> <div> -----  Stockton</div> <div> -----  Amherst Junction </div> <div> 219.5  Amherst</div> <div> ~220 <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > Egle 1850 house and log cabin.   On the west side of US 10 just south of the intersection with Co A.</FONT></div> <div> ---  Sheridan</div> <div> 232.6  Waupaca</div> <div> Waupaca Co. National Register properties are listed at  http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WI/Waupaca/state.html</div> <div> 241.7  Weyauwega</div> <div> 248.9  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> 254.5  Readfield</div> <div> 258.5  Dale</div> <div> 260.5  Medina</div> <div> A270.3  Appleton</div> <div> A276.7  Menasha</div> <div> 277.6  Neenah</div> <div> ---  Winchester </div> <div> ---  Butte des Morts </div> <div> 283.1  Oshkosh</div> <div>  --- Van Dyne</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Arial" >299.6  North Fond du Lac   </FONT>See a special <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#993300" FACE="Arial" >History of the Yellowstone Garage</FONT> by Mark Mowbray</div> <bR> <div> 301.3  Fond du Lac </div> <div> 311.1  Byron</div> <div> 315.5  Lomira</div> <div> Dodge Co. National Register properties are listed at   http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WI/state.html#pickem</div> <div> 357  Theresa</div> <div>     <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > To the east -- West Bend and Kewaskum.  Home of West Bend Company and Regal Ware.</FONT></div> <div>      Visit the West Bend museum.  See http://www.roadsideamerica.com/blog/regal-ware-museum/</div> <div>      Addison Township </div> <div> 326.4  Neeno</div> <div> 328.2 Addison</div> <div> ---  St. Lawrence.</div> <div> 336.2  Slinger (Schleisingerville)</div> <div> Washington Co. National Register properties are listed at  http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WI/Washington/state.html</div> <div>           Hartford<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >, 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  </FONT></div> <div>           Harford is also the home of The Hartford Heritage Auto Museum,  http://www.classicar.com/museums/hartford/hartford.htm</div> <div> ---     Richfield</div> <div> 353.8  Menomonee Falls</div> <div> 369  Milwaukee</div> <div> Milwaukee Co. National Register properties are listed at  http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WI/Milwaukee/state.html</div> <bR> <div> <B>T</B><FONT SIZE="2" 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.                                          http://www.memagazine.org/backissues/april05/features/wheeling/wheeling.html</div> <bR> <div> The Harley-Davidson Museum™    </div> <div> 400 Canal Street</div> <div> Milwaukee, WI 53201    Tickets</div> <div> Adult (18-64 years): $16</div> <div> Child (5-17 years): $10</div> <div> Child (under 5): Free</div> <div> Student (with valid student ID): $12</div> <div> Senior (65+ years): $12</div> <bR> <div> 376.6  Cudahy </div> <div> A number of YT road signs have been installed in Cudahy. Motivated by Trailman Monson </div> <div> 380.5  South Milwaukee</div> <div> A number of YT road signs have been installed in South Milwaukee. Motivated by Trailman Monson</div> <div> 383  Oak Creek</div> <div> 394.6  Racine </div> <div> Racine Co. National Register properties are listed at  http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WI/Racine/state.html</div> <div> See the statue of Mary Todd Lincoln and President Lincoln.  The work stands in Racine's East Park.  For more information see:  http://home.att.net/~rjnorton/Lincoln39.html</div> <div> 405.7  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 http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WI/Kenosha/state.html</div> <bR> <div> ILLINOIS STATE LINE</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>