Wisconsin’s Counties - a Photo Portfolio - Shawano County

Shawano
Originally the home of the Menominee and Chippewa Indians, the county was organized in 1843, a vast forest of pine. hemlock, cedar and maple. The name Shawano comes from the Indian Sha-wa-Nah-Pay-Sa which meant "lake to the south" in Menominee and Chippewa. During the first ten years the settlers that came to Shawano County were primarily people from the New England states and Canada. As the community grew and the land became logged off, Germans came in large numbers to clear the land of stumps, drain the swamps and establish their farms that remain to this day as splendid picturesque landscapes. This county straddles three geologic provinces, the Northern Highland, Central Plain, and Eastern Lowland Provinces.
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While driving along CH C near Beech Rd. on my way to Chase, I spotted this elk farm, the Pensaukee Springs Elk Farm, in Angelica. The farm sells elk meat in the form of burgers, hot sticks, mild sticks and steak. You can call 715-758-8313.
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While traveling west through central Shawano County on Beech Road the land was exceedingly flat, part of the Central Plains Geographic Province. Well look, this is not Mt. Everest, but I must admit I was surprised to see this lonely hill just popping up from the landscape. I took this shot looking west from N. Broadway and Beech. I wish I had time to research why it’s there, though now that my mind was tweaked, I did see a few others as I kept on heading west. Neat.

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The Red River viewed from Camp 26 Road on the Menominee Reservation.

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The “Old Hutchins Barn” on Elm Road near Park Ave. I did an article about this old farm complex, “A most interesting old barn in small town Hutchins.”
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These sculptures are on display on the corner of Main and Green Bay Streets in downtown Shawano. They were sculpted by Pomeroy of Billings, Montana to remind people of their heritage.
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Ice fishing on Upper Red Lake

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A group of whitetails making their way across an open field on CH D south of CH N between Birnamwood and Bowler

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Soup’s on at the Matsche Farm at CH N in the Town of Almon

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Opper’s Mallard Acres on State Road CH N in Birnamwood

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Forbidding skies of multiple weather patters and cloud formations on Maplewood Rd. east of Birnamwood