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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10XT_the-mcgilvray-seven-bridges-road_Holmen-WI.html
In the early 1850s Scottish immigrant Alexander McGilvray established a small settlement and ferry service, both known as "McGilvray's Ferry," along the Black River. For the next forty years the ferry made seasonal river crossings despite frequent…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFHO_luther-college_Holmen-WI.html
The first college founded by Norwegian Lutheran pioneer immigrants in the United States opened in the parsonage of Halfway Creek Lutheran congregation, Sept. 1, 1861. Teachers were Laur. Larsen and F.A. Schmidt, who also served as pastors for area…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFC7_decorah-peak_Holmen-WI.html
The rock-crested hill to the east was named after One-Eyed Decorah, a Winnebago chief who, according to tradition, took refuge in a cave near the peak after being wounded in a Chippewa attack on his village. He remained in hiding throughout the bl…