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TREASURES A Burlington Treasure, Brown’s


Lake Aquaducks The Brown’s Lake Aquaducks perform water ski shows every Thursday evening, Memorial Day through Labor Day, at Fischer Park on Hwy. 11 in Burlington. Junior Show starts at 4:30 p.m. and Main Show begins at 6 p.m. All shows are free and open to the public.


The Brown’s Lake Aquaducks are a Burlington, Wisconsin water ski club. The club focuses on show skiing, including traditional and barefoot water ski activities, jump acts, trick & shoe skiing, swivel skiing, human pyramids, and girls’ ballet line. The club teaches people how to ski and has hosted Learn to Ski Clinics, Boat Driver Training Clinics and Safety Clinics.


Visit the Aquaducks online at www.aquaducks.org.


Burlington Rotary Barons


The Burlington Rotary Barons are a semi-professional amateur baseball team that began play in 1997. The team is made up of young men that were high school standouts and are currently playing college baseball or have college baseball experience and live in the Burlington area.


The team plays in two leagues, the Land O’ Lakes Southwest Division, and the Frank Langsdorf League of Southeastern Wisconsin. Each


league is comprised of similar baseball talent from communities all across southeastern Wisconsin from Milwaukee to Kenosha and as far west as Janesville.


The team plays its home games at Beaumont Field across from Echo Lake Burlington. Their season runs from May through the end of August.


The BuR SPUR Trail of Wisconsin’s Underground Railroad – A Tour Guide to Historical Treasures in the Burlington, Rochester and Spring Prairie Area


The Burlington Historical Society has created a tour guide to The BuR SPUR Trail of Wisconsin’s Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad was the first “railroad” to reach the Wisconsin Territory. And the Burlington, Rochester, and Spring Prairie area -- The BuR SPUR -- had several way-stations on the Wisconsin route.


In addition, several pioneer residents of the area were active abolitionists, who participated directly or indirectly in what was then an illegal enterprise -- helping runaway slaves on their way


to freedom. Dr. Edward G. Dyer, of Burlington, was a leading abolitionist, sometimes called the Commander-in-Chief of this area’s Underground Railroad.


The Underground Railroad played a big part in our Wisconsin Territory history. This tour guides you, laying out a part walking and part driving tour of more than 25 places in Burlington, Rochester, and Spring Prairie associated with Underground Railroad.


UNDISCOVERED TREASURES


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