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Here's another scene I never tired of, every season of the year. We have since moved, but I think I would move back there in a minute, if given the chance! Such a beautiful state, and so peaceful. Gotta love country living! Hope you enjoy!
Fox Lake, Wisconsin
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The Dells of the Wisconsin River, also called the Wisconsin Dells (from French dalles, or narrows), is a 5-mile (8-km) gorge on the Wisconsin River in south-central Wisconsin, USA. It is noted for its scenic beauty, in particular for its unique Cambrian sandstone rock formations and tributary canyons.
The cliffs, some over 100 feet (30 m) high, and side canyons are closed to the public to protect sensitive ecological features. The viewing of the rock formations by water is a popular tourist attraction in the area. The nearby city of Wisconsin Dells is the center of summer tourist activity, much of it in the form of the theme parks unrelated to the river features.
The Dells was formed during the last ice age approximately 15,000 years ago, although the rock itself is much older, dating from the Cambrian approximately 510-520 million years ago when the area of Wisconsin was at the bottom of a shallow sea.
Approximately 19,000 years ago, the Dells was at the extreme eastern margin of the continental glacier. However, the Dells itself was never covered by glacial ice sheets - it was part of the large Driftless Area that was bypassed by the ice. The melting of the glacier formed Glacial Lake Wisconsin, a lake about the size of Great Salt Lake in Utah and as deep as 150 feet (45 m). The lake was held back by an ice dam of the remaining glacier. The eventual bursting of the ice dam unleashed a catastrophic flood, dropping the lake's depth to 50 feet (15 m) and cutting deep, narrow gorges and unusual rock formations into the sandstone seen today.
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The ubiquitous Lake Wisconsin shot in Merrimac, as L863 crosses enroute to it's run from Reedsburg to Madison.
I don't remember how or why, but I recall being in Adams, WI before sunrise. When this potash unit train departed eastbound, we gave chase and set up near Glen Oak, WI for the shot. C44-9W #8635 is in the lead splitting the signals in September of 1994.
A Wisconsin & Southern train of grain empties rolls westbound on the Prairie Subdivision near Cross Plains, Wisconsin on a dismal November 29, 2019.
Wisconsin & Southern train T007 charges across the Rock River near Edgerton, Wisconsin with 40 flats of military vehicles bound for interchange with the BNSF at Crawford, Wisconsin on February 20, 2022.
nrhp # 80000172- St. Peter's and St. Joseph's Catholic Churches are two historic Catholic churches in Oconto, Wisconsin, United States, both built in the 1890s. On November 10, 1980, they were added together to the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
Oconto has a long history of French involvement, going back to the Jesuit missionary Allouez and fur-trading days.[3] In 1857 the Catholic church established its first parish in Oconto, St Peter's, building a small wooden church. Initially the congregation was heavily French-American, and the French language was used in services.[2]
But there were also non-French Catholics. Over time their numbers grew and they weren't satisfied with the French dominance at St Peter's. In 1869 100 families split off under Father Mathias Schwebach and formed St. Joseph's parish. Most of these families had German, Dutch or Irish roots. To hold the more diverse congregation together, services rotated between English, Dutch, German and Bohemian. Like St. Peter's, St. Joseph's initially built a small wooden church building.[2]
But the parishes grew. In 1895 St. Joseph's replaced the wooden building with the brick church that stands today. Carlos Buck of Green Bay designed the new building in High Victorian Gothic style.[4] From the rough stone foundation rise cream brick walls highlighted with red brick trim. Brick buttresses brace the walls. The main entrances on the front are three double doors. Above the central door is a stout tower braced by flying buttresses. The tower rises to a pyramidal spire with four smaller spires on the corners. The large central spire is topped with a cross.[2] Behind the tower, an octagonal roof lantern perches where the gables cross. Inside, the ceiling is decorated with ornamental plaster work. When the church was built, various national groups donated stained glass windows depicting their favored saints.[2]
In 1899, four years after St. Joseph's built, St. Peter's replaced their wooden church with a brick one. This one was designed by Henry Foeller of Green Bay, done in Romanesque Revival style.[5] Typical of that style, the foundation is rusticated stone and the arches are round-topped. It is all in red brick, with arcades and emphasis on the vertical. Above the one main front entrance is a tall central tower, with a conical spire topped with a cross. The apse at the back of the building is lit by oculi windows.
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Wisconsin & Southern train L867 crosses the former C&NW bridge across Lake Wisconsin at Merrimac, Wisconsin on October 14, 2021.
Wisconsin & Southern's L469 crew has a train of 24 grain cars bound for the Prairie Subdivision as it curves between some apartment buildings in downtown Madison, Wisconsin on November 22, 2024.
Soo Line 1003 blasts off from its home in Hartford, Wisconsin on Thanksgiving Day, November 22, 2018.
Went shooting today, not much of a sunset because it was overcast but I stuck around to see what dusk would bring. Clouds were booking, so I think the blue came through in the long exposure (obviously boosted but not as much as you'd think). HDR 3xp.