Wisconsin

[low_delta]

Here's a promotional article about Appleton Wisconsin.

There's More To Appleton Than Our Acclaimed Escorts

So I wondered which parts of that article were true. Wikipedia has no information on the escort services, but it does mention that Appleton also had the first telephone in Wisconsin, the first incandescent light in any city beyond the East Coast, the first hydroelectric power and the first enclosed shopping mall in the United States.

Interestingly, the city was named after a person. Samuel Appleton donated $10,000 to the new Lawrence University. Apparently, the first guy who gave them $10,000 already had a town named after him (in Kansas), so this guy got the honor.

In other Wisconsin news, they've come out with a new dairy drink: Lots of Pulp Milk.

Comments

[fleur.livejournal.com]

I hate to burst their bubble, but the first enclosed mall was in Minneapolis.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

You're always stealin our thunder!

[fleur.livejournal.com]

Heh! Yeah, on the really big important stuff ...

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

I've done a little research. The Valley Fair Mall was built two years before the Southdale Center in Edina. Maybe it wasn't enclosed at the time? The most specific info I can find is where someone says, the mall was one of the first in Wisconsin to be enclosed, and is arguably the first enclosed mall in the world with its own climate controls.

[fleur.livejournal.com]

Southdale makes a big damned deal about it; if you research that particular mall I'm sure there is loads of info.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm sure it's well documented. Not so much info on the Appleton mall.