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In 1929, the state adopted the nation’s first rural zoning law, which authorized county boards to determine areas for agriculture, forestry and recreation. The law was a response to mismanagement of lands by lumber companies.

first appeared: 1/30/2005

Encompassing more than 222,000 acres, the Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest near Boulder Junction (pop. 958) is the largest tract of state-owned property. The forest, which contains 900 lakes, was established in 1925 to protect the headwaters of the Wisconsin, Flambeau and Manitowish rivers.

first appeared: 1/16/2005

The 1864 Dells Mill at Augusta (pop. 1,460) is the state's oldest working gristmill and has been owned by the Clark family since 1894. The mill was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

first appeared: 1/2/2005

One thousand accordions are squeezed into A World of Accordions Museum at the Harrington Arts Center in Superior (pop. 27,368).

first appeared: 12/19/2004

Sure, go ahead and order season tickets for the state’s beloved Green Bay Packers football games. The average waiting time, though, is 30 years, an NFL record.

first appeared: 12/5/2004

After a 1948 car accident shattered his arm, guitarist Les Paul had surgeons set it at a fixed angle to cradle and pick the guitar. Born Lester Polfus on June 9, 1915, in Waukesha (pop. 64,825), Paul pioneered development of the solid-body electric guitar.

first appeared: 11/21/2004

In 1918, the state became the first to assign numbers to its major roads.

first appeared: 11/7/2004

In Mirror Lake State Park at Lake Delton (pop. 1,982), the Seth Peterson Cottage, one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s last commissions, is available for vacation rentals.

first appeared: 10/24/2004

Sheboygan (pop. 50,792) gets its name from the American Indian word Schwab-we-way-kum, meaning “great noise underground,” which refers to the nearby rushing falls on the Sheboygan River.

first appeared: 10/10/2004

The world’s largest carousel—80 feet wide and 35 feet tall—whirls with 269 carved critters and 20,000 lights at the House on the Rock in Spring Green (pop. 1,585).

first appeared: 10/3/2004

The state is celebrating 100 years of professional forestry, which took root in 1904 with the hiring of E.M. Griffith as state forester.

first appeared: 9/19/2004

A 4-mile-wide crater at Rock Elm (pop. 504) was formed by a meteor 430 to 445 million years ago.

first appeared: 9/12/2004

The Fiberglass Animals, Shapes & Trademarks Corp. in Sparta (pop. 8,648) builds giant mascots. Its creations have included a 145-foot-long muskellunge and a 55-foot-tall Jolly Green Giant.

first appeared: 9/5/2004

At Miller Park in Milwaukee, baseball fans relish the between-innings sausage race among people dressed as a bratwurst, hot dog, Italian sausage and Polish sausage.

first appeared: 8/29/2004

Carrie Chapman Catt, who founded the League of Women Voters in 1920, was born in 1859 in Ripon (pop. 6,828).

first appeared: 8/22/2004

During the Civil War, Cordelia Harvey earned the nickname “The Wisconsin Angel” for her work caring for sick and wounded soldiers.

first appeared: 8/15/2004

Racecars took to the track in 1903 at the world’s oldest operating automobile speedway, the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis.

first appeared: 8/8/2004

In 1848, Alonzo Horton founded Hortonville (pop. 2,357), then joined the gold rush to California and helped found San Diego in 1867.

first appeared: 8/1/2004

A sparkling downtown landmark in Osceola (pop. 2,085) is Cascade Falls, a 25-foot waterfall.

first appeared: 7/25/2004

Shake Rag, a street in Mineral Point (pop. 2,617), recalls the town’s beginning when wives of Cornish lead miners signaled them home for dinner by waving rags.

first appeared: 7/18/2004

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