Pictorial of The 30th State

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Sunset
Lions Den County Park

Directions:
Take Hwy 60 east to Lake Michigan, turn left (north), the Lion's Den is about 3 miles south of Port Washington.
East of intersection at County "C" & Lakeshore Drive.

This Park is undiscovered & unspoiled, as it just opened in 2006.
This park is 120 acres featuring 100 foot bluffs has almost a mile of shoreline.
Looking north, you can see the Port Lighthouse & looking south, you can see the tall buildings in Milwaukee.

Unlike the beautiful Harrington Beach and Kohler Andre lakeshore State Parks,
this scenic Ozaukee County Park has no entrance fee.


One mile south of Port Washington, WI



Port Lighthouse in the distance



Milwaukee
skyline in the distance









Stairs to the Beach




Lion's Den Wetland Area



Ghost Town
Near the Lions Den is Ulao, a Ghost Town
Ulao was one of the areas first towns and had a pier that went out into Lake Michigan to load timber onto steam ships.
The 105 year old Ghost Town tavern and a few pilings of the pier remain as the only remaining remnant of the historic Port Ulao village.

Unlike the dry Western States, where you will see whole towns preserved,
Wisconsin climate is tough on old buildings.
Once the roof is gone, time and weather will quickly destroy the rest of the building.









http://www.town.grafton.wi.us/History/origins.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ates#Wisconsin

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1880 Lighthouse
Port Washington, WI






















Stairs going down from the 1880 Lighthouse

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Art Deco Lighthouse
Port Washington, WI

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Saint Mary's Church
Port Washington, WI



The original St. Mary's church was a small frame church built in 1849.
It was replaced with a stone church in 1860.
This limestone edifice was erected in 1882

The church was completed at a cost of about $70,000

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105 year old
Ozaukee County Courthouse
Port Washington, WI

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Historic Port



Pebble House
Port Washington has the largest collection of pre-Civil War buildings in Wisconsin
several of which are on the National Register of Historic Places.


The Port Washington Visitor Center,
is itself a historic building
known as the "Pebble House".

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The Fisherman
Port Washington, WI

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Port Washington
first man-made harbor in North America

How Cool is that




Sport Fishing Paradise



Port Washington boasts one of the largest charter fishing fleets on the Great Lakes,
with fishing successes documented by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources records.


http://www.portwashingtoncharterfishing.com/

Port has a great self-guided walking tours
past the many historic buildings and along the marina.



North Shore
If the summer weather is hot,
most times it will be much cooler near Lake Michigan!

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http://www.ewigsmokedfish.com/history.html
Smoked Fish
Port Washington, WI

Bernie's Meat Market
Port Washington, WI





Ellen Edmonds Shoe Company Factory Store

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Bandshell
Port Washington

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Deere
Allis
GS

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Waubeka,
Birthplace of Flag Day



Bernard J. Cigrand was born on Yankee Hill in Waubeka, Wisconsin on October 1, 1866.
He was the youngest of six children of Nicholas and Susan Cigrand
who had settled and married here a decade earlier after immigrating to this country from Luxembourg

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OZAUKEE COUNTY PIONEER VILLAGE
This is a restoration village by the Ozaukee County Historical Society.
The village includes authentic homes, barns, public buildings and museum.

Pioneer Village is located on HWY O, between Saukville & Waubeka, WI



Stone House on HWY O,
near Pioneer Village

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Waubeka Firehouse
Circa 1904










Our Lady of the Rosary Church
In sleepy, Waubeka WI

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Cedar Valley Cheese
Hwy 57
Belgium/Random Lake, WI
http://www.village.belgium.wi.us/