Talk:Lake Geneva, Wisconsin

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the best sailing lake in all of wisconsin is Geneva Lake spring fed and deep. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.191.122.100 (talk) 17:51, 30 August 2008 (UTC) |Now, I suppose that's not including Lake Michigan, right? Watersoftheoasis (talk) 03:21, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Melges[edit]

Why is Buddy Melges listed as being of LG? He is from Zenda.185.223.162.177 (talk) 14:26, 16 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Sidney Smith (cartoonist)[edit]

His studio was in LG, and there is a statue of his character, Andy Gump or The Gumps in LG (https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/11771). 185.223.162.177 (talk) 14:26, 16 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

There are no sources on either the city article or in his bio tying Buddy to Lake Geneva. If you want to remove him, that should be ok. A source that specifically states Smith lived (not just worked) would be needed. John from Idegon (talk) 16:30, 16 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

History[edit]

An unsourced paragraph about LG's stature as a get-away for Chicagoans was recently removed. Because this is an important part of the town's history and character, the information should be put back in. As possible sources, try https://www.cityoflakegeneva.com/?SEC=7DF9F2BC-F459-4EE8-AB8C-3BA9DCAFDD69: " After the {[Civil] war, the town became a resort for the wealthy Chicago families. " "The Chicago Fire of 1871 caused many Chicago families to move to their summer homes on the lake while the city was rebuilt. The construction and maintenance of these mansions, as well as household employment, developed a separate industry in the town adding to the milling, furniture, wagon and typewriter manufacturing enterprises.";

https://www.visitlakegeneva.com/1267559-2/: "The two most significant events that helped propagate what Lake Geneva is today, were the first train service to enter the area and the Great Chicago Fire on Oct. 8 – Oct. 10, 1871.";

https://community.aarp.org/t5/Our-Front-Porch/History-of-Lake-Geneva-WI-and-the-Chicago-Fire/td-p/1441760:"Several factors were involved in the growth of Geneva Lake as a resort for Chicago’s wealthy. [fishing, rails, Chicago fire] "; https://www.britannica.com/place/Lake-Geneva-Wisconsin-United-States ": "After the American Civil War, Lake Geneva became known as the 'Newport of the West,' a popular year-round resort for wealthy Chicago residents who built summer homes and estates on the lake and in the wooded hills." (certainly authoritative enough); and https://atthelakemagazine.com/lake-geneva-neighbors-chicago-families/: "To discover the early history of Chicago...one need look no further than Geneva Lake. Nearly all of the visionary founders of Chicago built summer homes on the shores of Geneva Lake after the Great Chicago Fire. The[ir] history ...reveals a group of legendary families who shaped ... the culture of Lake Geneva."Kdammers (talk) 19:19, 27 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Climate data[edit]

The climate data on the page right now is completely inaccurate. If you want to see for yourself you can go to the NOAA Climate Normals 1981-2010 page and find LAKE GENEVA WWTP in the Wisconsin tab. The ftp file that would be the citation is ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/1981-2010/products/station/USC00474457.normals.txt

I only say this instead of doing something about it because the 1991-2020 normals will be out very shortly, so it seems rather pointless to fix this when NOAA should be publishing the new numbers sometime this month.