You can visit the three newest local entries to the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places, though one you may have already visited before. The Wisconsin Historical Society announced on Thursday that the Claflin Point Site near the Town of Gardner was re-listed on the register, while the Hedeen Orchard in the Town of Liberty Grove and the John Evenson by the Town of Ahnapee were added.

According to the Wisconsin Historical Society, the Hedeen family transformed a small-scale dairy farm into a mid-sized commercial cherry orchard and operated it for four decades. The property features its collection of wood-frame vernacular and utilitarian buildings that convey its function as a working orchard dependent upon Tejano migrant labor. 

Brendon Baillod and Bob Jaeck discovered the John Evenson last fall. Previous attempts to find the Evenson with dive crews occurred in the 1980s, but there was no luck. In 1895, the 54-foot-long tug boat was assisting the I. Watson Stephenson just a few miles northeast of Algoma when it came across the bow of the large steamer and was crushed.

The Claflin Point Site was initially listed in 2000, but thanks to the work of Baillod and Jaeck, the additional documentation updated the nomination to account for the shipwreck City of Kalamazoo and its history. The City of Kalamazoo encountered several near-disasters after its launch in 1892, before it eventually sank in 1922 due to extensive leaks.

This week, the State Register also added the Luling School in Manitowoc and Mount Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church in West Allis.