Nestled in the southern end of the Wisconsin Baraboo Range is a picturesque, dead-level prairie surrounded by forested hills that resemble women’s breasts. The feeding fountains for new life, these hills surround a very fertile valley that, back in the early 1940s, held many family farms. Then someone dropped a bomb on Pearl Harbor and…. it was off to annihilate the human race. Some 80 farm owners and families were given 3 months to disassemble a lifetime of work and eminent domained their world to the US Government. As soon as their livestock left for browner pastures, the contractors came in and fast tracked a giant acid farm that had 1 purpose: to remove flesh from bones through overpressures. This lush valley had 3 things the government was looking for in building an explosive factory: water, electric power, and remoteness away from large populations.
This was just 1 of many war weapon installations that sprang up everywhere in the US to counter the “Hun and Nip” aggression. Racism demands derogatory responses. As production spooled up and workers manned the acid vats around the clock, it all hinged on simple chemistry. Break the strong bond in the 78% of the atmosphere’s element nitrogen and its compounds, and immense energy is released in explosive forces. Human tissue and energy soon parted ways like criminals at a robbery… fast. With production meeting the demands of generals looking for victories, the BADGER ORDINANCE WORKS ran full tilt during 3 wars ending in 1975 with the intelligent exit in Viet Nam. The mothballed plant sat idle until 1997 when the powers at large ordered the installation to revert back to nature. The fenced-in 7,500 acre site has been split up into 3 sections, of which the middle one can be accessed by
the public. It is worth a trip to see how history has tainted this tract of land that was responsible for exporting “justifiable death” throughout the world. The museum is open 5 days a week.
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