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  2. East Troy Electric Railroad - Wikipedia

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    The line dates back to 1907, when it was a part of The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company line from East Troy to Milwaukee. [2] [3] [4]The East Troy-Mukwonago segment was purchased by the Village of East Troy in 1939, when the remainder of the line to Hales Corners was abandoned.

  3. Richard T. Crane - Wikipedia

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    Crane factory on Kedzie Avenue in Chicago circa 1917. Richard T. Crane was born on May 15, 1832, in Paterson, New Jersey (on the Tottoway Road, near the Passaic Falls) to Timothy Botchford Crane and Maria Ryerson.

  4. Holiday Home Camp - Wikipedia

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    Holiday Home Camp is an overnight children's camp on Geneva Lake in Williams Bay, Wisconsin. It is a non-profit organization which provides an outdoor experience for low-income youth from the surrounding areas, including Milwaukee, Madison, and Chicago. The program consists of eight day sessions for children ages seven through thirteen. [1]

  5. Mail jumping - Wikipedia

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    Walworth II on Geneva Lake. The mail jumping delivery system has been employed on houses surrounding Geneva Lake in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States, since before first roads were built around the lake in the late 19th century. [3] Decent roads were first built around the lake in the 1920s. [4]

  6. Canton of Geneva - Wikipedia

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    The Canton of Geneva, officially the Republic and Canton of Geneva, [4] [5] is one of the 26 cantons of the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of forty-five municipalities, and the seat of the government and parliament is in the city of Geneva. Geneva is the French-speaking westernmost canton of Switzerland.

  7. Horticultural Hall (Lake Geneva, Wisconsin) - Wikipedia

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    Horticultural Hall is a conference center in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it was built in 1911 as a location for the professional gardeners working on nearby estates to meet and discuss their work.

  8. Big Foot (Potawatomi leader) - Wikipedia

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    Several modern locations around Geneva Lake bear Big Foot's name, including the community of Big Foot Prairie in Wisconsin and Illinois, Big Foot Beach State Park in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, Big Foot High School in Walworth, Wisconsin, Big Foot Country Club in Fontana-on-Geneva Lake, Wisconsin, and The Big Foot Inn in Harvard, IL. The original ...

  9. Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio - Wikipedia

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    Geneva-on-the-Lake is a village in northwestern Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States, along the southern shore of Lake Erie. A small resort town , the population was 916 at the 2020 census . It is part of the Ashtabula micropolitan area , 46 miles (74 km) northeast of Cleveland .