Small Towns, Wisconsin Southwest Region Fall 2015 | Page 7

Mount Horeb

New Glarus

• Population 7,330 (2013)

• Population 2,172 (2010)

Fun Facts:

Fun Facts:

• Mount Horeb began as a small
settlement called the “Corners”
which became “Horeb’s Corners”
and later Mount Horeb.

• New Glarus is the head of the
Sugar River Trail, which follows an
abandoned railroad line for 24 miles
to Brodhead.

• 1899 saw the first car in Mount
Horeb. It was seven feet tall and
had a maximum speed of 12 mph.

• In 1905, it was proposed that
Limburger cheese be “declared
legal tender for the payment of all
debts and a medium of exchange
throughout the district.”

• In 1893, the Mount Horeb Lutheran
Academy opened; tuition was $29.
• Mount Horeb was featured on the
second episode of the variety/
game show My Kind of Town.
• On the front of the Mount Horeb
Middle School is the first vertical
sun dial in the United States.

• Spotted Cow ale, produced by the
New Glarus Brewing Company, is
sold only in Wisconsin.
• The American trick-taking game of
Pinochle is likely descended from
the Swiss game Jass, which is played
with 36 cards in four suits and is often
considered Switzerland’s national
card game.