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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2YH_assistant-chief-michael-j-kilpatrick_Wisconsin-Rapids-WI.html
Wisconsin State Firefighters Memorial Final Alarm Bell Tower
Dedicated to the memory of Assistant Chief Michael J. Kilpatrick, North Lake Volunteer Fire Department,North Lake, Wisconsin.Died in the line-of-duty October 7, 2004.
And all Wis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKI_dr-byron-robinson_Wisconsin-Rapids-WI.html
Byron Robinson, born in southern Wisconsin, worked his way through Mineral Point Seminary and the University of Wisconsin from which he received a degree in 1878. In 1882, following graduation from Rush Medical College, Dr. Robinson located in Gra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX_centralia-pulp-and-paper-mill_Wisconsin-Rapids-WI.html
Here the vast Wisconsin River paper industry began in 1887 when the Centralia Pulp and Water Power Company converted a saw mill into a pulp and paper mill.
The pulp mill spanned the river to the island at the site of the present hydro-electric …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK_grand-rapids-of-the-wisconsin-river_Wisconsin-Rapids-WI.html
Indians called this section of the river "Ahdawagam"—the two sided rapids, while lumbermen knew it as "Grand Rapids"—the most treacherous stretch of the river, accentuated by perilous Sherman Rock. Bloomer, Sampson and Strong harnessed…