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so a stab at a later "page" of Google results yielded some history, ABOUT WHAT USED TO BE THERE courtesy of a real estate chain company as a promotion for "Pleasant Prairie."
"The Pleasant Prairie area was the center of Indian activity in pre-pioneer Wisconsin. The remnants of Indian culture abound in Pleasant Prairie. Some of the earliest traces of Indian life in Wisconsin were found along STH 32 and STH 165 and in the Carol Beach area. These early Indian campsites, along what was once the shoreline of Lake Michigan, represent some of the highest quality archeological sites in the United States. Pleasant Prairie also saw pioneers arrive in Wisconsin through the Jambeau Trail (now known as Green Bay Road). In addition, several natural historic sites such as the Chiwaukee Prairie and the Kenosha Sand Dunes lie undisturbed in Pleasant Prairie and provide Wisconsin residents with an opportunity to see what Wisconsin looked like before the advent of our earliest settlers.
"Pleasant Prairie originally was a township that was nearly 42 square miles in size. Over the years, the city of Kenosha began to annex lands south of 60th Street and west from Lake Michigan, and the Town of Pleasant Prairie slowly reduced in size over the next 150 years as the City of Kenosha grew. There were nine separate settlement areas in the township that in some cases became the starting point for significant growth in the future, and some no longer exist at all.
"The most colorful area was the old village area of Pleasant Prairie located at 104th Avenue and Bain Station Road. Prior to 1875 it was known as Tar Corners because a thief was once tarred and feathered there. It is also the area of the Pleasant Prairie Powder Plant which exploded after the turn of the century and rocked buildings and shattered windows miles away. Today it is the location of many residential homes and the Pleasant Prairie Ball Park where many children play recreational softball and soccer.
"As a Town, Pleasant Prairie constantly struggled to maintain its identity and ability to provide for the orderly development of the community. In 1984, the town and the City of Kenosha agreed upon a plan for orderly development and fixed boundaries for the Town in exchange for the acknowledged right of property owners in various locations along the Town/City border to annex into the City of Kenosha. The most significant area of this agreement was giving the City of Kenosha the ability to annex lands north of STH 50 from Green Bay Road to I-94, where the current Southport Plaza shopping center, White Caps subdivision, River Crossing subdivision among others, and the Aurora Hospital are located. In exchange the Town received the ability to protect the rest of the Town from annexations and the ability to purchase sewer and water from the City of Kenosha.
"In 1989, the agreement was advanced and the Town of Pleasant Prairie was incorporated as a Village by a referendum of more than 3,000 citizens in favor and 300 against. The new boundaries were fixed and the Village, with Wispark Corporation, began the development of LakeView Corporate Park, a large, modern, and beautifully landscaped center of employment for more than 8,000 people. Based on property value, Pleasant Prairie ranks as the fifth largest manufacturing municipality in the State of Wisconsin, exceeded only by Milwaukee, Green Bay, Madison, and Menomonee Falls."
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