The book includes two gas stations from Oneida county. One is the Texaco station in Minoqua and the other was just demolished on HWY51 south of Hazelhurst.
Jim Draeger is an architectural historian with the Wisconsin Historical Society with more than twenty years of historic preservation experience. From roadside architecture to North Woods resorts, Draeger celebrates the importance of ordinary buildings to our daily lives through his research, writing, and lectures. He shares a historic 1936 International-style house in Monona with his wife, Cindy, and son, Nick.
Mark Speltz is a historian at American Girl and is completing a master's degree in history with a specialization in public history at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He has worked as an independent researcher on exhibits for museums, including the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, and is active with several museums in Mineral Point, where he lives with his wife, Kari.
Additional information about the book is available on the WHS Press website:
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whspress/books/book.asp?book_id=321
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