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South Central Wisconsin Part 15

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Shullsburg                               
Population: 1226        

Shullsburg is a city in Lafayette County.

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Shullsburg was founded during the 1820s in parts by Jason Shull and Henry Gratiot and due to their ventures into lead mining. Following the Black Hawk War conflict Gratiot and other small settlements consolidated into Shullsburg. In 1841 Missionary Priest Samuel Mazzuchelli platted the Northeast section of town and named the streets after the virtues of life.

 

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Spring Green                                   
Population: 1628     

Spring Green is a village in Sauk County.


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Taliesin, the summer home and school of architect Frank Lloyd Wright, including the Hillside Home School.

 

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Stoughton                                
Population: 12611      

Stoughton is a city in Dane County.

Trivia:

Stoughton claims to be the birthplace of the "coffee break", and hosts a small yearly parade to celebrate the distinction.

 

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Sun Prairie                                         
Population: 33321    

Sun Prairie is a city in Dane County.

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President Martin Van Buren commissioned a party of 45 men, including Augustus A. Bird, to build a capitol for the Territory of Wisconsin in Madison. The group left Milwaukee on May 26, 1837, and traveled for days in the rain. On June 9, the group emerged at the edge of the prairie and with the sun shining for the first time in days, carved the words "Sun Prairie" into a tree. Charles Bird returned to the area two years later and became the first settler.

Georgia O'Keeffe, artist, winner of Presidential Medal of Freedom and National Medal of Arts.

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Tomah                                     
Population: 9383     

Tomah is a city in Monroe County.

Trivia:

Tomah was founded by Robert E. Gillett in 1855 and incorporated as a city in 1883, but the charter was not issued until 1894. It is named after Thomas Carron (1752–1817), a trader at Green Bay who had integrated into the Menominee tribe. The Menominees pronounced the name Tomah or Tomau and he became known as Chief Tomah. Tomah was adopted as the name for the settlement in Monroe County on the unsubstantiated belief that Chief Tomah had once held a tribal gathering in the area.


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