Good morning.
Saturday in Whitewater will be partly cloudy with a high of 82. Sunrise is 5:15 and sunset 8:35 for 15h 19m 44s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 62.2 percent of its visible disk illuminated.
On this day in 1832, General Winfield Scott was ordered by President Andrew Jackson to take command at the frontier of the Black Hawk War:
Scott was to succeed General Henry Atkinson, who was thought to be unable to end the war quickly. General Scott moved rapidly to recruit troops and obtain equipment for his army. However, while in New York, the troops were exposed to an Asiatic cholera. Just outside of Buffalo, the first cases on the ships were reported and death often followed infection. By the time the ships reached Chicago, the number of soldiers had dropped dramatically from 800 to 150, due to disease and desertion. Rather than going on to the front, Scott remained with his troops in Chicago, giving Atkinson a brief reprieve.
On this day in 1844, Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber.
Among the most-visited Wisconsin State Parks, Devil’s Lake ranks first. Devil’s Lake is not far away, and it’s exceptional in beauty and diversity of offerings.
The second-place destination, however, may surprise. It’s even closer to Whitewater:
Number 2: Kettle Moraine State Forest-Southern Unit attracts about 1.5 million visitors annually. The busiest month is July, when more than 168,000 people arrive.
Clouded leopards from Indonesia: