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Rustic Realm is at the intersection of Wisconsin Highway 11, County Highway F and Briggs Road. The Bears Paw barn quilt painted by Jackie Thelen hangs on the building.

The barn quilt “Stars and Bars” can be seen on the LaMarche barn at W5255 Lakeville Road in Section 36 in the town of Walworth. The quilt is easiest seen if you get to the intersection of Lakeville and Ridge roads south of the village of...

The 1948 plat book shows John Oster Jr. as owner of this farm, located just east of the intersection of Wisconsin Highway 120 and County Highway D in Section 5 of the town of Spring Prairie.

The Ingersoll chicken coop quilt is listed in the Walworth County Barn Quilts brochure. It is supposed to be at N5315 Marsh Road southeast of Elkhorn, but I couldn't find it. I did find a smaller quilt called Flower Garden.

Alvan Elnathan Tyler is one of four persons from Walworth County highlighted in “Representative Men of the United States: Wisconsin Volume.” He was born in Milford, Massachusetts,  on Oct. 22, 1838.  `                      

You can see the former Acker/Lambert farm south of Pell Lake on County Highway H, just before Daisy Road in Section 27 in the town of Bloomfield.

A barn quilt called Morning Star is at the Henry farm   at the corner of County Highway B and Indian Hills Road, Section 24 in the town of Walworth. 

When thinking of Elkhorn, does only the current community and  county seat come to mind? Actually, the county's history shows two other Elkhorns.

North Lake is northwest of Elkhorn off County Highway A in the town of Sugar Creek. Take North Lake Drive and you will see a good number of houses surrounding the south side of the lake.

The Cornue farm is located at W726 Lakeville Road in the town of Linn. The 1857 plat map shows the owner of this property as a farm for J.A. Maxon and J.D. Green. A small portion of this current farm also was  owned by John Millard.