Finding Dairyland: In Search of Wisconsin's Vanishing Heritage

by Scott Wittman

Book Overview

Explore America's Dairyland and the American Spirit

At the dawn of World War II, Wisconsin was home to nearly 200,000 dairy farms. Today, barely 6,000 remain. The ghosts of the missing can still be seen in withering old farms along lonely highways, some restored, many abandoned or decayed, but all with a story to tell. Immigrants dreamed of owning their own farms, only to be fleeced by the promotion of cutover lands in the Northwoods...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 146714889X
• ISBN13: 9781467148894
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"