Janesville, Wisconsin - Bessie the Cow

Janesville, Wisconsin - Bessie the Cow

A "Cowlossus of Roads" - larger-than-life fiberglass rendering of a rural milk machine. Roadsideamerica.com Report...

Janesville, Wisconsin - Mexican Cowlossus Confuses Wisconsin

Bessie the Cow: Be wary if a PR firm wants to give your big bovine a makeover. That’s the lesson learned by Janesville, Wisconsin, whose longtime icon Bessie the Cow recently had a large Spanish mantilla plopped on her head. [07/04/2008] Complete Story...

Janesville, Wisconsin - Bessie the Cow

I passed through Janesville on my walk from Chicago to La Crosse, and Bessie is out and looking fine. She's on a large cement landing across the street from the K-Mart plaza and there are no fences or barriers to impede you from getting up-close and personal with the large, brown heifer. [mark e phillips, 08/11/2009]

Janesville, Wisconsin - Bessie the Cow

The Oasis restaurant is now nothing but a field of dirt, and Bessie is nowhere in sight. The proud townsfolk at the gas station next door patiently explained to me that she is being restored and after that will "be returned to her former location, of course!" [G Fries, 09/03/2007]

[RA: June 2008: Gary reports that Bessie the Cow has been restored.]

Janesville, Wisconsin - Bessie the Cow

Bessie the Cow used to be in front of a Cheese shop, but the shop closed, was bulldozed and is being turned into a Menards. Fortunately, Bessie has so far survived, but is behind a 'No Trespassing' sign. [Brett, 05/15/2007]