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- | =====Caledonia, WI===== | ||
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- | Now an outer suburb south of Milwaukee, it borders Lake Michigan. Milwaukee of course is known as a destination for German immigrants, they started some of the nation's best-known breweries there. When [[1820_JohValU|Johann Valentin Ungerecht]], came to the U.S. he settled on a farm in Caledonia, it remained in the family for over 100 years. Descendants still live in the area. For most of her life, [[1895_EmmaEllaU|Emma Ungerecht Pietsch]] lived in an old farmhouse (made with tenons and wooden pegs) on a couple acres just to the north in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. | ||
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- | =====Wales, WI===== | ||
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- | Located west of Milwaukee and about 35 miles from Oak Creek, this is rolling country with oaks and other trees. | ||
- | Johann Georg Ungerecht moved to Wales from Hebron (near [[13_GlenUllin|Glen Ullin]]) ND, and farmed there for 15 years. Then, the story goes, sold his land to the state so they could build the State Tuberculosis Sanatorium. It was a very scenic facility, and there are some interesting pictures [[https://www.flickr.com/photos/passgo/sets/72157602093018776/|here]]. In 1959 it was converted into the Ethan Allen Correctional Facility for Boys, that closed in 2011 and the site has been idle since then. | ||