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Friday, March 28, 2008

House On the Rock in Spring Green, WI

If you have not heard of this place and are coming to Wisconsin you should really check it out. This is a very unique place created by Alex Jordan. There are many rooms each with a different theme. I will list a few further down. It also has an amazing garden with statues and there is lodging near by and many other places to visit within driving distance. Alex Jordan had worked with Frank Lloyd Wright at one point.

The house began being built in the 1940's on top of Deer Shelter Rock about 60 feet tall (according to Wikipedia). I can not do it justice in my description, but the links below does have more information if you would like to check them out. They also have pictures to look at.

Some of the rooms at the house are:

"The Streets of Yesterday"---This is a recreation of an early twentieth century street with shop windows, etc.

"The Heritage of the Sea"---mmm.... This is a nautical theme with a 200 foot sea monster...

"The Music of Yesterday"---This houses a large collection of automated music machines, the world's largest working carousel (the carousel has 269 animals!!), and more.

There is also a dollhouse room, toys, banks, etc. and more being built and added to.

This is not to say that this place does not have problems. It can give a person the creeps, it is probably dusty in places, but there is something for just about everyone here. Check out the various websites and see if it interests you and if it does not then check to see what else is around the area.

Some suggestions: The Wisconsin Dells (the boat trips are my favorite to see the beautiful rock formations), there is a winery close by the Wisconsin Dells (but I have not been there yet), there are state parks, camping, fishing, small towns with some interesting summer festivals, Baraboo, Wisconsin has Circus World which can be fun for the children, and so so much more in that part of the state.


http://www.springgreen.com/

http://www.travelwisconsin.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_on_the_Rock

http://www.pbase.com/ysic/the_house_on_the_rock

http://www.thehouseontherock.com/HOTR_AttractionMain.htm

http://wisdells.com/

http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/circusworld/

http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/land/parks/

Monday, March 24, 2008

Like Malted Milk or Shakes???

Many people have tried malted milk or malted shakes, but do you know who invented it?
Two brothers James and William Horlick from England developed it. James Horlick who was a pharmacist in London came up with a nutritional wheat and malt based supplement for infants. He was not getting anywhere in London and his brother William was here in Racine and he decided to move here. They formed their own company in 1873 here in Racine, Wisconsin. They trademarked the name "malted milk" in 1887.

When I was a child it was easy to get the malted flavor in tablets (kind of like candy) in jars. I do not know exactly when the stores around here stopped selling them, but I did a little research and did find a few sites that have them for sale.

http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/jump.jsp?itemID=11881&itemType=PRODUCT&path=1%2C2%2C5%2C39%2C174&KickerID=95&KICKER&searchid=inceptor


http://www.candydirect.com/search.php?keywords=horlick


http://www.oryans.com/homamitama.html


http://www.retrocandyonline.com/horlicks-malted-milk-tablets.html

If you would like the rest of the story click on the link below.

http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/museum/exhibits/horlicks/

Some other sites you might find interesting dealing with the two brothers, company, and/or malt in general.

http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=2463&term_type_id=1&term_type_text=People&letter=H

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horlicks

http://www.racinehistory.com/timeline.htm

http://www.practicallyedible.com/edible.nsf/encyclopaedia!openframeset&frame=Right&Src=/edible.nsf/pages/horlicks!opendocument

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