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Breaux Bridge (/ ˈbroʊˈbrɪdʒ /; [2] French: Pont-Breaux; [3][4] Cajun French: Pont- (de)-Breaux pronounced [pɔ̃ndbʁo] [2]) is a small city in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 8,139 as of the 2010 census, up from 7,281 in 2000. By 2020, its population was 7,513. It is part of the Lafayette metropolitan ...
Platteville is the largest city in Grant County, Wisconsin. The population was 11,836 at the 2020 census, [4] up from 11,224 at the 2010 census. Much of this growth is likely due to the enrollment increase of the University of Wisconsin–Platteville. It is the principal city of the Platteville Micropolitan Statistical area, which has an ...
George Hubert Chryst (April 30, 1937 – December 3, 1992) was an American football player and coach. [1] He served as the head football coach at the University of Wisconsin–Platteville from 1979 to 1992, compiling a record of 79–60–2. [2] Chryst was born on April 30, 1937, in Madison, Wisconsin. He died suddenly on December 3, 1992, at ...
The University of Wisconsin–Platteville is the only four-year university or college in the basin. [5] Recreation in the area includes boating and whitewater canoeing and kayaking. [3] Local fishing is also popular, with the most common species being smallmouth bass, channel catfish, and northern pike. Public access to the Platte River is limited.
John Hawkins Rountree (March 24, 1805 – June 27, 1890) was an American farmer, businessman, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was the founder of Platteville, Wisconsin, and was instrumental in the early development of that village. He was also one of the founders of the Northwestern Mutual Insurance Company, and remained a director in the ...
Conrad J. Weittenhiller (September 27, 1855 – November 7, 1927) was an American businessman, farmer, politician.
August 7, 1979. ( #79000078) 390 W. Adams St. 42°44′19″N 90°28′49″W. / 42.738611°N 90.480278°W / 42.738611; -90.480278 ( Beebe House) Platteville. 2-story Victorian Gothic home built in 1870, clad with local brick. Captain William Beebe was a New York native, a Civil War vet, a lawyer, mayor of Platteville, and an inventor.
Beebe became a lawyer after the war, and he built his house in Platteville in 1870. He would later become mayor of Platteville and the district attorney and justice of the peace for Grant County. Beebe's house has a Victorian Gothic design, a style not commonly used in southwest Wisconsin. The two-story brick house features a cross-gabled ...