1. 2017
  2. 2017 Michigan to Minnesota

Day 08 - Rockford to Evansville

20 Sep 2017. Rockford, Illinois to Evansville Wisconsin. 56.5 miles. Four (4) township halls.
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  • Road Grader at Burritt Township Hall

    Road Grader at Burritt Township Hall

    Taken at Burritt Township Hall in Wempletown. Looking northwest through an old road grader along State Hwy 70

  • Road Grader at Burritt Township Hall

    Road Grader at Burritt Township Hall

    This looks like a more complicated apparatus than the old road graders that I've seen parked outside other township halls. Either that, or it has more of its original parts.

  • Burritt Township Hall

    Burritt Township Hall

    Burritt Township Hall, as seen from state highway 70

  • Burritt Township Hall neighbors

    Burritt Township Hall neighbors

    A view to the northwest of Burritt Township Hall

  • Wempletown Road

    Wempletown Road

    Heading north on Wempletown Road, just north of State Hwy 70.

  • Nap on the Pecatonia

    Nap on the Pecatonia

    After crossing the Pecatonia River, I stopped at a roadside park (Two Rivers Forest Preserve) and took a nap on a picnic bench. The Pecatonia is to the right in the photo. The Sugar River flows into the Pecatonia just down the road, to the north.

  • Approaching Shirland Town Hall

    Approaching Shirland Town Hall

    Approaching Shirland Town Hall from the west

  • Shirland Town Hall

    Shirland Town Hall

    Shirland Town Hall looks like it could have been a school at one time, but a 1905 plat map shows a town hall at that location even then. So if it was built in 1902, it probably originated as a town hall.

  • Newark Township is Zoned

    Newark Township is Zoned

    There was no sign welcoming me to Wisconsin, but there was one to inform me that I was entering Newark Township.

  • Newark Town Hall

    Newark Town Hall

    Approaching Newark Town Hall from the east.

  • Newark Hall

    Newark Hall

    Note: The sign doesn't say Newark Township Hall or Newark Town Hall. It's just plain Newark Hall.

  • South Olson Road

    South Olson Road

    Approaching the end of South Olson Road. The terrain is getting hillier.

  • North End of South Olson Road

    North End of South Olson Road

    The end of South Olson Road. Turning left here.

  • Orfordville Fire Department

    Orfordville Fire Department

    The Town of Spring Valley doesn't have a town hall. Instead, meetings and elections are held at the Orfordville Fire Department building in Orfordville.

  • South Tollefson Road

    South Tollefson Road

    A couple of miles north of Orfordville.

  • Magnolia Town Hall

    Magnolia Town Hall

  • Magnolia Town Hall

    Magnolia Town Hall

  • Magnolia Advent Christian Church

    Magnolia Advent Christian Church

    Looking east at Magnolia Advent Christian Church, across the street from the Magnolia Town Hall.

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    Orfordville Fire Department
    South Tollefson Road
    Magnolia Town Hall