Palisade Park
N 43° 25.321 W 089° 44.330
16T E 278291 N 4811324
Look for the eight stones, arranged in a square, that marks the site of the tower. Just to the north of the tower, you can find a rubble of rocks and a set of concrete stairs that marks the site of the cabin.
Waymark Code: WMB7PM
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 04/16/2011
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Palisade Park was the brainchild of Arthur Ziemer. During a geology class field trip to Devil's Lake in 1893, he envisioned creating a resort area similar to the Catskills in New York State. In the summer of 1894, he aquired 90 cres of the west bluff and plotted the area for over 200 lots, a hotel, and a road. An 85 foot tower was constructed near the Ziemer's cottage.
Palisade Park was never completed. Fate intervened when Ziemer died in October, 1895 of typhoid fever from drinking water from a nearby spring. As word of his death spread, no one wanted to live in what was to be "the most prominent resort in the northwest."
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