tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518953907062235005.post1535652343775328798..comments2024-03-23T06:25:06.247-05:00Comments on Detritus of Empire: Forgotten Brewery Caves - Lake Delton, Wisconsin.Tacitushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007086196578740689noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518953907062235005.post-30962695128527129742023-10-14T11:04:36.670-05:002023-10-14T11:04:36.670-05:00I knew bunny back in early 70's. Nice man who ...I knew bunny back in early 70's. Nice man who got screwed by DNR as they took his house as part of mirror lake state park.He fought very hard to keep it and spent every dime he had. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518953907062235005.post-42091993766592663452022-12-25T19:56:41.977-06:002022-12-25T19:56:41.977-06:00When I was a young lad my father built Pioneer Par...When I was a young lad my father built Pioneer Park on Fern Dell Rd. Further up the Road was a Road that led to the right to a house that belonged to Eleanore Hamilton who's brother was Bunny Page. I rented Eleanore's house from her one fall. No running water or toilet facilities. I met Bunny and as with Eleanore the two were rather odd. I know that area like the back of my hand.scott M.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518953907062235005.post-55412405625674919652021-10-04T18:36:50.908-05:002021-10-04T18:36:50.908-05:00I visited this bar during a few summers in the mid...I visited this bar during a few summers in the mid-sixties. As the “designated driver” back then, I got to watch the nightly shenanigans with a clear head. Best experience: a guy rides (crashes) his motorcycle right through the front (closed) door and up to the “bar”. Door got propped up as previously mentioned and the frivolity continued.Robert Marshallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518953907062235005.post-64659480901006311762021-08-29T19:04:35.688-05:002021-08-29T19:04:35.688-05:00Well I am certainly not Uncle Bunny. I have been ...Well I am certainly not Uncle Bunny. I have been meaning to revisit the story....Bunny sounds like a very interesting fellow....<br /><br />Tim WolterTacitushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17007086196578740689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518953907062235005.post-87766485444623854112021-08-29T15:23:29.944-05:002021-08-29T15:23:29.944-05:00Does Uncle Bunny have any pictures to share of whe...Does Uncle Bunny have any pictures to share of when it ran as a bar? That would be so neat to see!Kietzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13354317014786402058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518953907062235005.post-45027381436714768362020-09-23T20:09:02.179-05:002020-09-23T20:09:02.179-05:00That just sounds fun! That just sounds fun! Tacitushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17007086196578740689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518953907062235005.post-13053349665457707692020-09-23T15:26:59.267-05:002020-09-23T15:26:59.267-05:00My wife and I had our wedding reception at Ishnala...My wife and I had our wedding reception at Ishnala the afternoon of 9/19/1964. After the reception there was a post-reception party at Bunny Page's "The Cave". It was wicked fun!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518953907062235005.post-45556227122781479322019-09-10T06:52:32.707-05:002019-09-10T06:52:32.707-05:00Thanks, and welcome to Lake Delton fans who have w...Thanks, and welcome to Lake Delton fans who have wandered over this way. I've given this cave a fair amount of thought. It "looks" like the sort of cave a small brewery of the 1850's would use to age lager beer, but it is not quite right. No floor drains (although they could have been covered over) and a length/width/depth ratio that would not be great for constant temps. But why would a mill need cold storage? I've seen very similar caves (often natural niches enlarged) used as storage for hotels and such. So my off the cuff theory is that perhaps the mill had an associated boarding house and needed a place to keep foodstuffs. <br /><br />Or maybe not.<br /><br />Kilbourn City/Wisconsin Dells has some interesting cave lore that I have not gotten around to writing about...<br /><br />Tim WolterTacitushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17007086196578740689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518953907062235005.post-62902983851037452602019-09-09T20:11:05.663-05:002019-09-09T20:11:05.663-05:00Bunny was a nickname for Bunnell. I remember him a...Bunny was a nickname for Bunnell. I remember him also being referred to as "Bun" by my parents.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06558154130725399132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518953907062235005.post-19133750882812473432018-09-10T15:39:59.623-05:002018-09-10T15:39:59.623-05:00Fascinating. I had assumed Bunny was a woman. Un...Fascinating. I had assumed Bunny was a woman. Uncle Bunny sounds like a very unusual individual. Perhaps eccentric even by the rather eclectic standards of Wisconsin Dells...<br /><br />TWTacitushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17007086196578740689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518953907062235005.post-90837181919647086902018-09-10T14:04:15.143-05:002018-09-10T14:04:15.143-05:00I visited the cave in the mid-60's. It was a t...I visited the cave in the mid-60's. It was a teen bar called the "DAM SITE CAVE IN", 0wned by my friend's Uncle Bunny. Uncle Bunny lived in a decrepit mansion on Mirror Lake, since demolished and now part of the state park.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com