Description: Oconomowor-"the Newport of the West"-was a summer home and tourist destination for Milwaukee, Chicago, and St. Louis families of prominence from the 1870s through the 1930s. Names like Pabst, Miller, Armour, and Wand built sprawling mansions along the shores of Lac La Belle. They arrived by train every summer to Oconomowo's stone railroad depot, a popular restarrant today, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. According to local lore, there were 97 millionaires living in the Oconomowo area during this era of opulence. The lavish living began to wane in the 1930s and drew to a close as a result of World War IL, after which Oconomowoe was transformed into a hub of commerce and industry. Journalist and writer Mary A. Kane is an Oconomowo native who began her journalism career at the Oconomowo Enterprise during her junior year at Oconomowoc High School. Kane edited the Oconomowoe High School Reflections yearbook for three successive years and has since worked for several daily newspapers as a staff reporter and freelance writer. In very good condition. Cover is in marked and shows little wear. Pages are unmarked and not torn.
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Location: Menasha, Wisconsin
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Book Title: Oconomowoc
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6.5in
Author: Mary A. Kane
Format: Perfect
Language: English
Topic: Subjects & Themes / Regional (See Also Travel / Pictorials), United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), Pictorials (See Also Photography / Subjects & Themes / Regional)
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2006
Genre: Photography, Travel, History
Item Weight: 10.5 Oz
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
