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Just the Facts! Wisconsin State Information - Page 3

© Peggy Hoehne

Wisconsin Firsts:

• The nation's first kindergarten was established in Watertown in 1856. Its first students were local German-speaking youngsters.
• The first practical typewriter was designed in Milwaukee in 1867.
• In 1882 the first hydroelectric plant in the United States was built at Fox River.
• The first Ringling Brothers Circus was staged in Baraboo in 1884.
• In 1900 land acquisition for Wisconsin's first state park began. The park became Interstate State Park located in St. Croix Falls.
• Wisconsin was the first state to adopt the Uniform Marital Property Act when it became effective on January 1, 1986.
• The world's first successful kidney removal was done in Milwaukee by Dr. Erastus Wolcott, 1861.
• The first ice cream sundae was concocted in Two Rivers, 1881.
• The world's first electric trolley started operating in Appleton, 1886.
• The first malted milk was made in Racine in 1883.
  

  Wisconsin's Largest:

  
  
• Wisconsin produces more milk than any other state.
• Wisconsin's Door County has 250 miles of shoreline along Lake Michigan, more than any other county in the US.
• The American Birkebeiner, a 52K cross-country ski race between Cable and Hayward, is the largest on the North American continent.
• Noah's Ark in Wisconsin Dells is the nation's largest water-themed park.
• With an average of 2,500 performers, Milwaukee's Summerfest is the nation's largest music festival.
• Oshkosh holds the largest experimental aviation event in the world, the EAA's AirVenture.
• Mount Horeb's internationally known Mustard Museum holds the world's largest mustard collection. The museum contains more than 2,300 varieties of mustard. The museum celebrates National Mustard Day each August.
• Horicon Marsh-largest freshwater Cattail Marsh in the U.S., covering more than 32,000 acres.
• Eagle River has the largest number of lakes in a chain in the world-28 total.
• Wisconsin's largest lake is Winnebago with 137,708 acres.
• Badger State Winter Games is the Nation's Largest Winter Sports Festival
• There are 4,000 acres of cherry and apple trees in Door County combined to create the largest fruit orchards in Wisconsin.
• Wisconsin produces more paper than any other state.

Claims to Fame:

• Wisconsin is the dairy capital of the United States.
• Wisconsin is the number one cheese producer in the nation with over 2.5 billion pounds produced annually.
• Colby and Brick cheese are the only two cheeses that were originally produced in Wisconsin.
• Frank Lloyd Wright was born in Richland Center on June 8, 1867.
• The original Barbie is from Willows. Barbie's full name is Barbie Millicent Roberts.
• Milwaukee is home of Harley Davidson Motorcycles.

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