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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZV3_montello-historical-district_Montello-WI.html
Once home to the Mound Builders, the Winnebago and the Menominee, destination of the voyageurs, a pioneer settlement harnessing diverse natural resources, today a modern community with a rich heritage.
The earliest eastern visitors observed the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQH2_neshkoro-war-memorial_Neshkoro-WI.html
In memory ofour dear relativesand friends, who made thesupreme sacrifice, in defenseof our beloved country.
In Memory OfDean Dennis Crane12/7/45 - 6/21/67Joseph Kresic, Jr.6/30/48 - 11/30/68They Gave Their AllVietnam Veterans Of AmericaChapter 659
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIQS_walter-march-ellis_Endeavor-WI.html
—Principal—Christian Endeavor Academy1902 — 1925Born August 24, 1859, Nevinville, IowaDied November 10, 1945, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Graduate B. A. Tabor College, 1882Yale Divinity School B. D. 1887, Commencement SpeakerOrdained…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEH6_the-wee-white-kirk_Montello-WI.html
The congregation of the United Presbyterian Church of North America was organized in 1851 in the town of Buffalo by a group of early Scotch settlers. At first meetings were held in homes and later, in the section schoolhouse.
In the year of 186…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD9K_john-muir-memorial-park_Montello-WI.html
John Muir, the father of America's National Parks, lived on the northeast side of this lake from 1849 to 1855. Although he travelled all over the world, Muir never forgot this land, and tried several times to buy and preserve parts of it, remarkin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD9J_john-muir-foster-son-of-wisconsin_Montello-WI.html
He came to America as a lad of eleven, spent his 'teen years in hard work clearing the farm across this lake, carving out a home in the wilderness. In the "Sunny woods overlooking a flowery glacial meadow and a lake rimmed with water lilies," he f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD8W_russell-flats-school_Westfield-WI.html
Built in 1867, this one room rural school has served as the center of community life in Russell Flats for over 130 years. Constructed by Scotch - Irish settlers who arrived here in the early 1850s, the school has also functioned as the local Presb…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RO_montello-granite_Montello-WI.html
This quarry was once Montello's leading industry, with approximately 200 employees. It was recognized for its paving blocks covering streets in several cities, its crushed granite for various usages, and most of all, for its beautiful hard monumen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17H_footprints-in-the-sands-of-time_Westfield-WI.html
The remarkable crisscrossing pattern on this sandstone was formed by an extinct animal. It crawled across moist, ripple-marked sand at the edge of a shallow tropical ocean, which covered Wisconsin about 520 million years ago during the Cambrian ge…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17D_korean-war_Westfield-WI.html
On June 25, 1950, Communist North Korea invaded the Republic of Korea. Backed by Soviet Russia, the North Koreans quickly overran most of the peninsula. South Korea appealed to the United States for assistance, and President Harry Truman immediate…