Spring Prairie, Wisconsin

Spring Prairie (also Franklin) is an unincorporated community located in the town of Spring Prairie, Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. Spring Prairie is located at the intersection of Wisconsin Highways 11 and 120, 7.25 miles (11.67 km) east of Elkhorn.

In the early morning of Monday, August 27, 1990, American musician Stevie Ray Vaughan was killed in a helicopter crash near East Troy, Wisconsin, at age 35. He was one of the most influential blues guitarists of the 1980s, described by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as "the second coming of the blues". Vaughan spent his last days performing with his band Double Trouble as the opening act for Eric Clapton at Alpine Valley Music Theatre, thirty miles (50 km) southwest of Milwaukee. After the concert concluded, Vaughan and three members of Clapton's entourage boarded a helicopter that crashed into the side of a nearby ski hill shortly after takeoff. The Civil Air Patrol was notified of the crash at 4:30 am CDT, and authorities were called to locate the scene of the accident. All five people were pronounced dead on arrival. The autopsy concluded that Vaughan suffered multiple internal injuries and died of exsanguination (bleeding to death) due to blunt trauma of the chest and abdomen. At the inquest, the coroner found no evidence of drug or alcohol use and recorded death by misadventure. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) concluded that the pilot failed to gain sufficient altitude to avoid rising terrain.Vaughan was buried at Laurel Land Cemetery in Dallas, Texas, on August 31, 1990. In 1992, his family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Omniflight Helicopters, which was settled for an undisclosed amount in 1995.

Springfield is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in the town of Lyons, in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 168. Located just northeast of Lake Geneva, it contains a mere eight streets. Springfield has an area of 0.673 square miles (1.74 km2), all of it land.

Alpine Valley Resort is an all-season resort in the north central United States, located in the Town of Lafayette, Walworth County, Wisconsin. Southwest of Milwaukee, it has a golf course and alpine skiing; its longest run is 3,000 feet (0.57 mi; 0.91 km) in length.

Alpine Valley Music Theatre is a 37,000-capacity amphitheater located on County Highway D in East Troy, Wisconsin. The seasonal venue was built in 1977 and it features a characteristic wooden roof, covering the 7,500-seat pavilion and a sprawling lawn. It was the largest amphitheater in the United States until 1993, when the Glen Helen Pavilion (now known as the Glen Helen Amphitheater) was built in California.The theatre is located roughly equally distant from Madison, Milwaukee, Rockford, and Chicago, and therefore draws a wide regional audience. The amphitheater was purchased by Nederlander Concerts in 1993, and later acquired by SFX (now Live Nation) in 1999. In 2019 the venue was sold to Consolidated-Tomoka Land Company for $7.5M with Live Nation retaining its lease.

Lyons is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located in the town of Lyons, in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. Lyons is located on Wisconsin Highway 36 4.5 miles (7.2 km) west-southwest of Burlington. Lyons has a post office with ZIP code 53148. It was first named a CDP at the 2020 census, which showed a population of 932.

Lyons is a town in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,648 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated communities of Lyons and Springfield are located within the town.

The John and Margaret Bell House is located in Spring Prairie, Wisconsin. The two-story stone house, built of local sandstone c. 1850 sits on a 3.8 acre parcel. It was originally part of an 80-acre parcel and with other parcels was part of a farm. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

Lafayette is a town in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,039 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated community of Bowers is located in the town. The unincorporated community of Abells Corners is also located partially in the town

Grand Geneva Resort Airport, (IATA: XES, FAA LID: C02) is a privately owned public use airport located 2 miles (3 km) northeast of the central business district of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, a city in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States.This airport is assigned C02 by the FAA and XES by the IATA but has no designation from the International Civil Aviation Organization.

East Troy is a town in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,392 as of the 2020 census. The unincorporated communities of Hilburn, Lake Beulah, and Potter Lake are located in the town, as was the ghost town of Army Lake. East Troy is also home to several summer camps.

Troy is a town in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,355 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated communities of Adams, Little Prairie, and Troy Center are located in the town. The ghost town of Mayhews was also located in the town.