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We’re lingering a bit in Eastman, Wisconsin in the heart of Crawford County. We’re recalling our times in the hill country around Rising Sun, Mt. Sterling, Seneca, and Eastman in the 1940s and 1950s. Eastman had the big Fourth of … Continue reading →

We’re doing a virtual drive through the heart of Crawford County on Highway 27, which runs from Rising Sun in the north to Prairie du Chien in the south. Highway 27 was known as the Black River Road. Seneca was … Continue reading →

We’re recalling our times in the hill country around Seneca in the 1940s and 1950s. Doing a virtual drive through the heart of Crawford County on Highway 27, which runs from Rising Sun in the north to Prairie du Chien … Continue reading →

We’ve been doing a virtual drive down through Crawford County, on Highway 27, in southwest Wisconsin. In our previous blogs, we passed through Rising Sun, past Fairview, Boma Ridge,  the 1926 Clara Olson murder,  Utica Lutheran Church, Mt. Sterling, Seneca, … Continue reading →

In our last blog we were passing the Sobeck farm, which was known as the County Poor Farm went I was growing up on the Scheckel farm out on Oak Grove Ridge in the 1940s and 1950s. Now we’re passing … Continue reading →

We spent a few weeks hanging around Seneca, so now we continue our journey down through Crawford County and on to Prairie du Chien, Wi using Highway 27. The Scheckel farm was a couple miles NNW of Seneca out on … Continue reading →

We continue our drive down Highway 27, lingering a bit in Seneca, in the heart of Crawford County. Seneca was a stagecoach stop about half way between Prairie du Chien and Black River Fall. The Scheckel farm was 2 miles … Continue reading →

We’re driving through Seneca in Crawford County on Highway 27. I grew up on a farm two miles northwest of Seneca along with Dad and Mom and 8 siblings. In the mid 1800s, it was a two day stagecoach trip … Continue reading →

We continue our drive from Tomah, Wisconsin, in Monroe County, where Ann and I live, down through Vernon County, and into Crawford County where I grew up on a farm 2 miles northwest of Seneca. We’re driving slowly south on … Continue reading →

We continue our drive from Tomah, Wisconsin, in Monroe County, where Ann and I live, down through Vernon County, and into Crawford County where I grew up on a farm 2 miles northwest of Seneca. We’re taking Highway 27, which … Continue reading →