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It was amusing to watch these beetle-like bugs climb up the hill and fallback down along the Wisconsin River.
Hemiptera: Cydnidae: yet to be ided further, Lower Wisconsin Riverway, Sauk County Wisconsin, 22 June 2016.
From the Columbia County side of the Wisconsin River.
The ColSac III ferry crosses the Wisconsin River between Sauk ("Sack") and Columbia Counties--hence the name of the ferry.
A ferry has been crossing the river here since about 1848. Since 1923, Sauk and Columbia counties have maintained it. It is the last free ferry within the State of Wisconsin.
Historic marker:
Along the Lower Wisconsin River, southwestern Wisconsin, August 2012.
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a stitch of photos. tagged sauk county, although that is of course dane county on the other side of the river. i'm standing in sauk county, so it counts.
These images were made June 8, 2021, during a visit to Tower Hill State Park, located along the Lower Wisconsin Riverway in Iowa County, Wisconsin. The park lies within the Driftless Area, a region of the American Midwest that remained ice-free through three successive ice ages.
Tower Hill State Park features the reconstructed Helena Shot Tower, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The original shot tower was built in 1832 atop a sandstone cliff with a 60-foot drop manufactured lead shot until 1860. The shot tower was significant in the settlement and prosperity of southwestern Wisconsin, which was known for lead-mining.
Shot towers harness the effects of surface tension on liquids in free-fall. Lead droplets poured through a strainer at the top of a tower or shaft become spherical as they fall and cool in this shape during their descent. The pellets are caught in a water basin to finish cooling.
The tower's smelting house contains exhibits about the construction and use of the shot tower. Other historic structures in the park include a pavilion and a gazebo. The park has 2 miles of trails.
Photos by Kerry G. Hill, 2021. © All rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission.
View of the Wisconsin River seen from the River Pines Trail, part of the Green Circle Trail, Stevens Point, WI 10/19/2024 5:42PM
The ColSac III ferry crosses the Wisconsin River between Sauk ("Sack") and Columbia Counties--hence the name of the ferry.
A ferry has been crossing the river here since about 1848. Since 1923, Sauk and Columbia counties have maintained it. It is the last free ferry within the State of Wisconsin.
Historic marker:
This bridge has been washed away quite a few times.
Over an offshoot of the Wisconsin RIver.
August Derleth Park.
These images were made June 8, 2021, during a visit to Tower Hill State Park, located along the Lower Wisconsin Riverway in Iowa County, Wisconsin. The park lies within the Driftless Area, a region of the American Midwest that remained ice-free through three successive ice ages.
Tower Hill State Park features the reconstructed Helena Shot Tower, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The original shot tower was built in 1832 atop a sandstone cliff with a 60-foot drop manufactured lead shot until 1860. The shot tower was significant in the settlement and prosperity of southwestern Wisconsin, which was known for lead-mining.
Shot towers harness the effects of surface tension on liquids in free-fall. Lead droplets poured through a strainer at the top of a tower or shaft become spherical as they fall and cool in this shape during their descent. The pellets are caught in a water basin to finish cooling.
The tower's smelting house contains exhibits about the construction and use of the shot tower. Other historic structures in the park include a pavilion and a gazebo. The park has 2 miles of trails.
Photos by Kerry G. Hill, 2021. © All rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission.
Looking down the Wisconsin River.
This is a blending of two photos, the first was for the sky, the second was exposed longer to get the green in the trees.