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Chicago White Sox - catcher 1953-1954. Detroit Tigers - catcher 1954-1960. Cleveland Indians - catcher 1960. University of Wisconsin - Madison, lettered in football and baseball, most valuable football player award, 1947, 1948, 1949, NFL draft #1 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SGO_saint-marys-school-of-nursing_Milwaukee-WI.html
Formal nurses training in the United States began in Boston in 1872. In 1888, the Women's Club of Wisconsin organized the Wisconsin Training School for Nurses patterned after the Bellevue School of Nursing in New York.
In 1894, the Daughters of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RJ2_pere-jacques-marquette-s-j_Milwaukee-WI.html
350th Anniversary of his birth
Shrine dedicated July 9, 1987
Bronze cast donated by the Milwaukee Sentinel, founded 1837, in honor of its 150th anniversary.
Original statue donated by Marquette University High School, Class of 1987
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Statue en bronze par le "Milwaukee Sentinel" en commemoration de son 150 eme anniversaire
Nauguree le 9 Juillet 1987 a l'occasion du 350 eme anniversaire de la naissance du Pere Marquette
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RJ0_national-historic-mechanical-engineering-landmark_Milwaukee-WI.html
This facility, formerly known as the Oneida Street Power Plant, served from 1918-1920 as the pilot plant in the United States for the development and use of finely-pulverized-coal firing in the boilers of steam-electric power plants. The results o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RIX_menomonee-valley-campsites_Milwaukee-WI.html
From this point due westward the first white settlers found a succession of Indian campsites. These camps were located near natural springs in the heavily wooded area north of the Waukesha Indian Trail.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LKO_the-machine-shop-of-the-world_Milwaukee-WI.html
In the early 1900s, Milwaukee was the "Machine Shop of the World" and the Menomonee Valley was its engine. Farm machinery, rail cars, electric motors and cranes were all made in the Valley. Clay became cream city bricks. Wheat was turned into flou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LKN_floating-freight-on-liquid-highways_Milwaukee-WI.html
The Menomonee River Valley helped make Milwaukee a center for shipping and trade. From 1870 to 1890, the river was straightened and canals were dredged to aid commerce. Factories built right up to the banks make it easy to load and unload cargo di…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LE8_villa-terrace_Milwaukee-WI.html
Erected in 1922 and designated in 1968 as a Landmark of the City of Milwaukee by the Milwaukee Landmarks Commission in recognition of its architectural and historical significance to the community.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GU4_wisconsin-soldiers-home_Milwaukee-WI.html
In April 1864, women of the former West Side Soldiers? Aid Society opened a temporary Civil War Soldiers? Home at this location. By May 1867, the home Lady Managers had welcomed 21,550 Union soldiers, given medical care to over 1,000, and provided…