Here's a little history on a place friends and I like to ride motorcycles up to in southern Wisconsin. Actually I'm pretty sure bikers are the only ones who know about this place. The town is called New Diggins and consists of bascially 2 bars and Saint Augustine Church, built in 1844. The bars were built in the 1840's also, one is original, and the other burned down, but was rebuilt to original spec. Riding the winding roads around this area is beautiful. The remnants of old mines are all around with huge mounds of earth everywhere. Cycle World magazine ranked this area one of the five best places to ride in the country a few years back, and its kind of like one of those best kept secrets. Bikers love to line the streets on Sunday afternoons and wear cowboy boots and drink beers while listening to good blues bands. I think this would be another great field trip opportunity for the class. haha
Hey Vinnie. Great post. I have always been impressed with the amount of bikes around Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin. I always figured it was because Harley was in Milwaukee- but yeah, the winding roads are fun.
ReplyDeleteIn April lots of bikers go to a Fur Trade Rendevous reenactment in PDC that would actually be a good activity for this class.
Yea Dennis, if there are any saloons still left that come close to what is depicted in Deadwood, these are them. I feel like a guy could walk right in with his six shooters. haha. But a little farter north of New Diggs is a village called Mineral Point, which may be even cooler. The "Milwaukee Road" railway ran through here and the original depot, built in 1856 is beautifully preserved, in addition to many limestone structures dating to the 1830's. So it wouldn't be a bad idea to go here either. haha
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