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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19RI_wallis-rowan-and-his-cabin_Poynette-WI.html
Wallis/Wallace Rowan (1800-1847) was born in Kentucky of Scotch Irish descent. He was a lead miner, trader, innkeeper, land speculator, farmer, and mill owner. In 1818 he married Elizabeth "Betsy" Metcalf in Illinois. By 1828 Rowan was in Blue Mou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTFB_wisconsin-veterans-memorial-highway_Poynette-WI.html
A living memorial to and in honor of all Wisconsin veterans living and deat, of all wars in which the United States of America has engaged. Color guard of the 8th Wisconsin Infranty Regiment with Old Abe at Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1863The contribu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTFA_veterans-of-the-american-revolution-memorial-bridge_Poynette-WI.html
A living memorial to and in honor of veterans who are buried in Wisconsin who served this nation in the American Revolution and who, by their efforts, were responsible for the founding of our country.Veterans of the American RevolutionAfter the Am…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS0H_the-circus_Poynette-WI.html
Wisconsin has a unique heritage as the birthplace of circuses. More than a hundred had their beginnings in Wisconsin, with Delavan providing winter-quarters for twenty-six between 1847 and 1894. New York brothers Edmund and Jeremiah Mabie brought …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF00_rest-areas-on-the-i-roads_Poynette-WI.html
Early roadside rest areas were rural school grounds and country churchyards with their two little houses in back.
In Wisconsin, by 1920, curves were built to eliminate sharp road corners. Local garden clubs, with the American Legion and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD9I_john-muir-view_Poynette-WI.html
John Muir (1838-1914), world famous naturalist and "father of the national park system," often stopped to rest and admire this view as he walked from his home in Marquette County to the University of Wisconsin. Muir loved the wilderness from which…