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The Tornado of Fire Couldn’t Get Them
On October 8, 1871, fire destroyed the tiny Door County settlement of Williamsonville. Seven men sought refuge in a well. Only five would climb back out alive.
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East River Ghost Railroad Bridge
A railroad bridge once crossed Green Bay’s East River near today’s Monroe Avenue and University Avenue, leaving little trace in the modern landscape.
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The Forgotten Road to Chicago
A quiet cut climbing a wooded hillside is a surviving trace of the Green Bay–Chicago Military Road, built during Wisconsin’s territorial era and later traveled by settlers and other travelers.
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What Lies Beneath Shawano? Wisconsin’s Giant Buried River Valley
Beneath the fields and forests around Shawano lies the buried valley of an ancient river that once carried more water than the modern Wisconsin River.
