WSLD radio in Richmond Township went on the air in 1993. Before that, the building was home to The White Hill Tavern.
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The Cornerstone Shoppe is on the corner in downtown Lake Geneva where T.C. Smith once ran a hardware store.
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An early owner of the Whitewater Creamery went on to become mayor of the city.
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The facade of the Victorian Lodge in downtown Lake Geneva has changed little since the 1800s when it was owned by a local banker.
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Church members of Williams Bay Lutheran first met in the village library until they were able to build the current church at Coolie and Congress streets.
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The former school in Troy Township has been converted into a home.
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Maj. Jesse Meacham, an early settler of Troy Township, is buried in Greenwood Cemetery.
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The La Grange United Methodist Church was one of three churches served by the same minister.
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The Robinson home in Linn Township was built in 1895.
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John Fox "Bowie Knife" Potter of East Troy served three terms in Congress. He’s most famous for foiling a duel with a Southern congressman by choosing a Bowie knife.
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The groundbreaking for the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lake Geneva was held Dec. 10, 1961. The cornerstone was laid in July of the next year and the church was dedicated on Feb. 24, 1963.
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The former Gurdon Montague house was built in two parts, with the oldest part a Greek Revival Italiante
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Water from Delavan’s Springs Park was shipped to Chicago around the turn of the century.
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Whitewater’s Oak Grove Cemetery has connections to many of Whitewater’s most famous names.
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Powell’s Antiques in Elkhorn originally specialized in oil lamps.
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This home in Lafayette Township is in the area where Harkness Family originally settled.
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General John William Boyd lived at what is now the intersection of Wisconsin Highway 120 and PIlgrim Church Road.
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Alder’s Dairy began in Elkhorn and later moved to its current home in Delavan.
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Mystery Place answer for July 18, 2010: Abell's Corners
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In the 1800s, this Bloomfield Township school was known as Congo School.
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Mystery Place: The Ceylon Lagoon near Big Foot Beach State Park, built by F.L. Maytag, is a replica of Geneva Lake.
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Seminary Park in Lake Geneva was once home to a boarding school for girls.
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In the 1800s, passenger trains from Chicago arrived in the area that is now the Kishwauketoe Nature Preserve.
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Before it was a golf course, the hills north of Lake Geneva were home to the Mount Fuji Ski Hill.
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During Prohibition, patrons would “duck in” for a drink, while being cautioned to “speak easy.”
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Mystery Place answer for May 9, 2010: Jan's Hallmark in Delavan. The building originally was a Quonset hut.
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The familiar stone chimney adorns the side of this Elkhorn building that now is a law office.
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The former Mabie Farm in Delavan Township was originally purchased as the winter home of the Mabie Bros. Circus.
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The cemetery is all that remains of the Church of the Holy Communion in Bloomfield.
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Oakwood Cemetery was established outside of Sharon in 1888.
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In the early days of the Hickory Grove Cemetery in Walworth County's Spring Prairie Township, a plot cost $3.
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The building that now houses Moy’s Restaurant was built by Morrissey Brothers Mason Contractors.
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Former Van Velzer Brothers Cigar Company in Delavan.
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Mystery Place: Barn on the Wilson farm in Spring Prairie Township.
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A vintage postcard from the Delavan Lake Yacht Club.
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The new Troy Town Hall is just down the road from the original building.
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They Mystery Place clue from the Feb. 14, 2010 issue of CSI's Walworth County Sunday newspaper.
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The Troy Center United Methodist Church was competely paid for before its dedication in the late 1800s.
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Mystery Place clue from the Feb. 7, 2010, Walworth County Sunday.
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After a raid in the 1940s in which the owners claimed the district attorney. did not have proper search warrants, the case went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The building now is home to the X-14 Charcoal Grill in Darien.
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The current Sharon Town Hall replaces the original that is preserved at the Walworth County Fairgrounds in Elkhorn.
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White Pigeon School dates back to the 1800s in Bloomfield Township.
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Mystery place answer: The building that now houses Sawdust and Stitches in Elkhorn has at times been a bank, restaurant and shoe store.
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Lake Geneva’s Landmark Center was designed by William Le Baron Jenney, considered the founder of the Chicago School of architecture and the father of the American skyscraper.
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