The Lost District Marker

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Wonewoc in Juneau County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

The Lost District
Where Wonewoc Began

The Lost District Marker Photo, Click for full size

By K. Linzmeier, July 19, 2010

1. The Lost District Marker

Inscription. Though today only faint traces of early structures remain, this was the site of much industrial activity in the early days of the Village of Wonewoc. From the original log dam and sawmill of the Willard brothers in 1851 to the Power House and Dam of Arthur Gale (1917) this district was the scene of later sawmills, improved dams, a tannery, lath and planing mills, gristmills and flour mills, all deriving their power from the Baraboo River. The Power House and Dam, removed in 1996, was in fact one of the places to which Wisconsin Power and Light (Alliant Corporation) traces its origins, while the last flour mill, dating to the great boom in village development of the 1890s, was destroyed by fire in 1927; this was the massive three-story structure of the Wonewoc Mill Company maker of the famous White Swan Flour. Because today only concrete footings and scars along the bluff wall, easily visible to the practiced eye, indicate any human presence at all, this area, for generations the scene of great and noisy labor, is now know as The Lost District. This Park is dedicated to the memory of those generations which labored here.

Location. 43° 39.171′ N, 90° 13.624′ W. Marker is in Wonewoc, Wisconsin, in Juneau County. Marker is at the intersection of Washington Street

By K. Linzmeier, July 19, 2010

2. The Lost District Marker

and County Highway FF on Washington Street. Click for map. Marker is at a canoe landing along the Baraboo River. Marker is in this post office area: Wonewoc WI 53968, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 12 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Mt. Vernon Cemetery Civil War Memorial (approx. 6.1 miles away); African American Settlers of Cheyenne Valley (approx. 6.2 miles away); Admiral Marc A. Mitscher, U.S. Navy (approx. 6.3 miles away); Elroy – Sparta State Trail (approx. 7 miles away); The Ironton Mine (approx. 8.4 miles away); Stewart's Chapel (approx. 8.8 miles away); St. Patrick's (approx. 11.4 miles away); a different marker also named Elroy – Sparta State Trail (approx. 12 miles away).

Also see . . .
1. Local History from the Village of Wonewoc. (Submitted on August 2, 2010.)
2. Theodore Fisk. (Submitted on August 2, 2010.)

Additional comments.
1. Theodore Fisk
A Dode Fisk Circus & Combined Shows marker or plaque, Wisconsin Registered Landmark #66, is (or was) located in Wonewoc. Note To Editor only visible by Contributor and editor

— Submitted August 2, 2010.

By K. Linzmeier, July 19, 2010

3. Nearby Sign

Map of Wonewoc
and
Business Directory

Credits. This page originally submitted on August 2, 2010, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 288 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 2, 2010, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin.