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Studio portrait of H.H. Bennett. [1] [2]Henry Hamilton Bennett (January 15, 1843 – January 1, 1908) was an American photographer famous for his pictures of the Dells of the Wisconsin River and surrounding region taken between 1865 and 1908. The popularity of his photographs helped turn the city of Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin into a tourist ...
The Dells of the Wisconsin River, also called the Wisconsin Dells (from Old English “ dæl ”, modern English “dale”), meaning “valley”, is [1] a 5-mile (8-km) gorge on the Wisconsin River in south-central Wisconsin, USA. It is noted for its scenery, in particular for its Cambrian sandstone rock formations and tributary canyons. [2]
This is a list of National Historic Landmarks in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. National Historic Landmarks are designated by the U.S. National Park Service, which recognizes buildings, structures, districts, objects, and sites which satisfy certain criteria for historic significance. There are 45 National Historic Landmarks in Wisconsin.
v. t. e. The Dakota Access Pipeline Protests or the Standing Rock Protests,[ 6 ] also known by the hashtag # NoDAPL, were a series of grassroots Native American protests against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline in the northern United States that began in April 2016.
Natural Bridge State Park is a 530-acre (214 ha) state park of Wisconsin, United States, featuring Wisconsin's largest natural arch. Directly beneath the arch is the Raddatz Rockshelter, a rock shelter once used by Paleo-Indians and now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The park is located southwest of Baraboo between the ...
Area code. 701. GDP. $191.9 Million (2018) Website. standingrock.org. The Standing Rock Reservation (Lakota: Íŋyaŋ Woslál Háŋ) lies across the border between North and South Dakota in the United States, and is inhabited by ethnic " Hunkpapa and Sihasapa bands of Lakota Oyate and the Ihunktuwona and Pabaksa bands of the Dakota Oyate," [4 ...
9,217 acres (37.30 km 2) Elevation. 1,329 ft (405 m) [ 1 ] Established. 1911. Governing body. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Devil's Lake State Park is a state park located in the Baraboo Range in eastern Sauk County, just south of Baraboo, Wisconsin. It is around thirty-five miles northwest of Madison, and is on the western edge of ...
The Roche-a-Cri Petroglyphs. Roche-a-Cri State Park (most commonly translated from French as Screaming Rock) is a state park north of Adams and Friendship in central Wisconsin. The park, 605 acres (245 ha) in area, was established in 1948. The park features a 300-foot (91 m) rock outcropping with Native American petroglyphs —the Roche-a-Cri ...