Posts Tagged ‘2001 – 2003’

Along with Area Geology, an exhibit showcased the Museum building, the former Gateway Ski Chalet.  The exhibit presented the history of the Gateway Ski Hill, how the chalet was saved after the ski hill closed down, the chalet’s incredible move to the Land O’ Lakes Town Park, and its renovation/conversion to become Land O’ …

Our first exhibit on Vilas area geology took a look at our three billion year time-span from the ancient Archean bedrock to the relatively recent glacial landforms.  The large rock at the front of the Museum is said to be over two billion years old….a plutonic rock identified as quartz monzonite, …