Lad Lake

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Lad Lake
Formation1902
PurposeTreatment, education, and counseling for adolescent males [1]
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Website www.ladlake.org
Formerly called
Wisconsin Home and Farm School

Lad Lake is a social service agency with programs for historically underserved youth in Dousman, Wisconsin, United States. Established in 1902 in Dousman, thirty miles west of Milwaukee, on 367 acres of land, the residential campus was originally known as the Wisconsin Home and Farm School.

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References

  1. "Lad Lake History". Lad Lake (Official website). Retrieved March 15, 2023.

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