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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF0X_milton-house_Milton-WI.html
Erected in 1844 by Joseph Goodrich, this frontier inn is constructed of grout — a mixture of gravel, lime, and water. An important stagecoach stop and transfer point, it was also a pre-Civil War station in the underground railroad, and is st…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF0W_storrs-lake-milton_Milton-WI.html
On July 1, 1832, here beside Storrs Lake, Brigadier General Henry Atkinson and 4,500 soldiers camped overnight in their pursuit of Black Hawk, Sac Indian chief, who was fleeing northward up the east side of Rock River with 400 warriors and 1200 wo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF0U_rock-river-industry_Milton-WI.html
Flowing through rich agricultural land, the Rock River provided needed water power for local Wisconsin industries. Among the earliest in the 1840s were flour and lumber mills, followed in the 1850s by woolen and paper mills and, later, cotton mill…