Photograph
Horlick's Mill and Dam
| View of Horlick's mill and dam, also known as "Ye Old Mill." |
| Image ID: | 40367 |
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| Creation Date: | 1906 |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
| City: | Racine |
| County: | Racine |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Wisconsin place file, circa 1850s-circa 1950s |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
| Original Format Number: | PF Racine.51 |
| Original Dimensions: | 9.5 x 6.5 inches |
| "Ye Old Mill" became a boat house and recreational area from which boats could be rented and rowed up river to Thompsondale, a favorite picnic ground. Many Racine residents maintained summer cottages along the river north of this dam, and the big event of each season was "Venetian Night," when decorated boats and elaborate "sets" along shore were lighted in a competition for prizes. According to an early copy of the Racine Argus, the first camp meeting ever held in Wisconsin was held near here by a Methodist Revival group. |
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| Boats and boating |
| Signs and signboards |
| Dams |
| Rivers |
| Flour mills |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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