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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G1X_illinois-central-depot_Fitchburg-WI.html
On this site a two-story railroad depot stood from 1888 to 1939. The depot served the Illinois Central Railroad, which provided passenger and freight service to Fitchburg on its route from Freeport, Illinois to Madison. The depot had a ticket offi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXDH_lake-view-school_Fitchburg-WI.html
From 1848 to 1858 children were taught in a log structure owned by the Sanford family. A regular schoolhouse was built in 1858. The new school was named for the eastward view to Lake Waubesa. It was built next to the Gett's Inn, a popular stage co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOPV_swan-pond_Fitchburg-WI.html
Long ago, as a continental glacier retreated northward, it left a jumble of ice blocks at its edge. If it stood still for a while, great quantities of rock and soil built up at the southern end, forming a "moraine." When huge chunks of ice were bu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMHM_the-mccoy-farmhouse_Fitchburg-WI.html
Located on one of Dane County's earliest and most successful tobacco farms, the cream-brick-Italianate McCoy Farmhouse was built by Benjamin Brown in 1861. Tobacco growing began here in 1853 and boomed during the Civil War when Southern tobacco be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMGM_john-mann-house_Fitchburg-WI.html
Once the centerpiece of a 130 acre farm, this stone house and adjacent outbuildings were built by New York native John Mann in 1856. Of classical proportions, the vernacular Mann House displays a mixture of Greek Revival and Italianate architectur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHRS_dogtown-fish-hatchery-school_Fitchburg-WI.html
Originally at the NW corner of Fish Hatchery and Lacy Roads, the Dogtown School was later relocated ½ mile north and called the Fish Hatchery School. In 1919 a new building was built at the original site. This building burned in 1937. A third…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHRP_dogtown-fish-hatchery-school_Fitchburg-WI.html
Originally at the NW corner of Fish Hatchery and Lacy Roads, the Dogtown School was later relocated ½ mile north and called the Fish Hatchery School. The Gorman Family relocated and restored the one room schoolhouse on this site in 1989.