Go West Young Man - battle on the Wisconsin driftless prairie

by Peter Herman

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Go West Young Man - battle on the Wisconsin driftless prairie

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Peter Herman

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"Go West, Young Man" - battle scene on the Wisconsin prairie
As you approach this hilltop on the beautiful backroads of the driftless prairie (*) near Hollandale, the first thing you'll notice, from quite a long distance, is a truly gigantic flag. Then as you get closer, you'll see some sort of "frontier skirmish" being realistically reenacted in rusty metal, and if that doesn't get your curiosity aroused enough to drive up the road to check it out, nothing will! The memorial was built by a Mr. Taylor, to honor his brother Bill, along with all first-responders and service men and women. It is now owned/maintained by a Mr. Gruenenfelder and family who run "The Happy Barn" on property nearby.
(*) "Driftless prairie" is the SW region of WI that didn't get bulldozed over and smoothed out by the last glacial advance that ended about 11,000 years ago...
Images captured 6/22/22 with infrared-modified Pentax K-3 (720nm)

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August 11th, 2022

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