Helena, Wisconsin
Helena, Wisconsin | |
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| GNIS feature ID | 1566276[1] |
Helena is an
lead shot. The buildings of Helena played a key role in the Black Hawk War
of 1832, despite being abandoned at the time.
History
Although always situated on the
Bad Axe Massacre
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After the war Daniel Whitney and his company relocated the village of Helena a few miles to the northeast, adjacent to their
railroad was built through Spring Green instead of Helena. The Panic of 1857 further depressed Helena's economy. The town was moved again, 4 miles (6.4 km) to the northeast, to be along the rail line.[2] However it did not flourish, and in the mid-1860s Helena had only 50 inhabitants.[3]
Today
Remnants of Helena's second iteration are visible today in Tower Hill State Park, including a reconstruction of the shot tower. The Old Helena Cemetery is across the road.
Notable residents
Reform Party member, then as a Greenbacker
.
References
- ^ a b "Helena, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ a b c Folkedahl, Beulah. "Forgotten Villages: Helena". Wisconsin Magazine of History, vol. 42 no. 4 (Summer 1959): 288-92.
- ^ a b Stark, William F. Wisconsin, River of History. 1988.
Further reading
- Stark, William F. (1977). "Helena". Ghost Towns of Wisconsin. Sheboygan: Zimmermann Press. pp. 117–123. OCLC 3564408.
External links
- General Henry Atkinson and The Black Hawk War of 1832 in Helena, Wisconsin
- Helena, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Dictionary, Wisconsin State Historical Society
- Picturesque Helena, Wisconsin State Historical Society
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