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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. 
  
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