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9 unusual facts about Dane County


Herbert Pierce

He was born in Tolon Creek, Dane County, Wisconsin, the son of William Smith Pierce, and was educated in Hutchinson, Minnesota and Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.

James Monroe Ingalls

Ingalls married Elizabeth Niles, daughter of John S. Niles and Elizabeth Lilly, in July 1860, in Dane County, Wisconsin.

Luther Seminary

Augsburg Theological Seminary, founded in 1869 at Marshall, Wisconsin, later moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, and ultimately the seminary of the Lutheran Free Church.

Wisconsin Highway 106

It runs west–east in southeastern Wisconsin between Albion and Palmyra.

Wisconsin Highway 134

After crossing into the Town of Deerfield, the highway heads northeast before turning north along the Dane–Jefferson county line.

WIS 134 begins at a junction with US 12 and US 18 in the village of Cambridge in Dane County.

From here, the route heads north through a rural area of the Town of Christiana.

Wisconsin Highway 73

About 4 miles north of Deerfield, it meets Interstate 94 at Exit 250, and continues north another 4 miles to Marshall where it has a brief cosigning with WIS 19.

Wisconsin Legislature

Legislators receive an annual salary of $49,943 and a per diem of up to $88 to cover living expenses when they are in Dane County, Wisconsin on state business, unless their district is in Dane County.


George Reinke

George Reinke (December 27, 1914 – September 22, 2009) was the first elected County Executive of Dane County, Wisconsin, United States.

Tyrol Basin

Tyrol Basin is a ski and snowboard area located in the Town of Vermont, Dane County, near Mount Horeb, Wisconsin.

W43BR

W43BR is carried on Charter Cable throughout the Baraboo-Wisconsin Dells area on channel 10 including Columbia, Sauk, County, Juneau and western portions of Dane counties.


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Richard J. Phelps

In 1988, Phelps ran in a special election for the office of Dane County, Wisconsin County Executive against Joe Wineke.