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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28VT_village-of-potosi_Potosi-WI.html
One of Wisconsin's earliest mining communities, Potosi was settled in 1829 after lead ore was found near St. John Mine. Named for the silver mining town of "Potosi" in Bolivia, South America, the village began as three separate settlements and dev…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ILN_the-cassville-veterans-memorial_Cassville-WI.html
This Memorial is Dedicated to the Noble, the Proud, the Brave Thanks to Them, Our Country's Still Free and Our Stars and Stripes Still Wave
2007
Dedicated to the Men and Women of the Cassville Area Who Served Our Country in Time of War and Peace…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BGT_curtis-memorial-scientific-area_Bagley-WI.html
Professor of Botany at the University of Wisconsin. Noted ecologist and outstanding authority on the vegetation of Wisconsin. A founder of the Wisconsin State Board for the Preservation of Scientific Areas, and its first chairman, 1952-1955.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BGS_camp-nelson-dewey_Bagley-WI.html
During the depression era of the 1930's the federal government initiated a number of work projects. Two of these, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Project Administration (WPA) were located at this site from 1933 until 1941.
C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWAJ_boscobel-a-river-town_Boscobel-WI.html
Towns like Boscobel developed along the Lower Wisconsin River as a result of the confluence of transportation networks.
[map of stagecoach routes between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River]
In the 1830s and 1840s, lead mining in southwe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVPI_old-rock-church_Livingston-WI.html
The Rock Church, originally part of the Methodist Episcopal Church, stands on land donated by a pioneer settler, Bosman Clifton, in memory of his daughter.
Construction began in 1851 and men and women alike, worked long and hard for several yea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVHL_trade-links-river-borne_Boscobel-WI.html
About 11,000 years ago, Native people moved into what is now Wisconsin. In the Chippewa [Ojibwe] language, Wisconsin means "gathering of the waters."The Native American found a land of many possibilities. Animals such as mammoth, mastodon, moose, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVH9_crossing-the-river_Boscobel-WI.html
With the growth of Boscobel as a shipping point for products from the region, a dependable crossing of the river became an economic necessity. The city was incorporated in 1864 so it could issue bonds for the construction of a bridge.
In 1871, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVH8_the-river_Boscobel-WI.html
Long before people came to what we now call Wisconsin, the Ice Age shaped the land.
The lower Wisconsin River Valley looks as it does today because the glaciers covering eastern and northern Wisconsin 10,000 years ago melted away. A huge glacia…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTBO_historic-cassville-ferry_Cassville-WI.html
Cassville's first ferry, a 40-foot rowboat, crossed the Mississippi River in 1833. In 1836, the ferry carried a 23-year-old New Yorker named Nelson Dewey across the river. Dewey was lured to Cassville by its promise as the potential capital of the…