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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM101H_st-martins-church_New-Holstein-WI.html
In 1853, a group of German Catholics from Silesia, Prussia, emigrated to the Charlestown area. By 1866, the congregation had built a log church where they could assemble for services. They erected the current church in 1875, using limestone from a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVPY_gewidmet-unseren-kriegern-1861-65_New-Holstein-WI.html
B. Kuehl · J. Tams · J. Muenster · H. Banderob · L. Loewenhagen · H. Bock · H. Jensen · A. Ramm · G. Larsen · F. Roehr · D. Dammann · F. Temke · R. Luethge ·…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVMB_new-holstein-veterans-memorial_New-Holstein-WI.html
Here We HonorThe Price of FreedomDedicated to the men and women of the New Holstein area who have served their country in the armed services. ***2008*** The New Holstein Veterans memorial site is in Kiwanis Park on the south side of Hickory …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVLY_civic-park_New-Holstein-WI.html
This wooded site of 4.77 acres was purchased from Rudolph Puchner in 1915 for $2,500.00 by an organization of 12 women called the New Holstein Civic Society. Their purpose was to improve and beautify the city. Through diligent work and numerous fu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV2R_new-holstein_New-Holstein-WI.html
"If I cannot be the citizen of free Germany,then I would at least be a citizen of free America"—Carl Schurz, German Revolutionary Leader, 1848 In 1848, a small group of immigrants from the Schleswig-Holstein area of Germany arrived here, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLDB_h-c-timm-house_New-Holstein-WI.html
Built for Hermann Christian Timm and his wife, Augusta (Muenster) Timm, the house was erected in two sections. A frame, Greek Revival-influenced residence was built for the Timm family in 1873. In 1892, a large stick style house was constructed on…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML9D_stockbridge-harbor_Chilton-WI.html
Around A.D. 1100, there was a large Native American village on the north side of Stockbridge Harbor. The pottery recovered from archaeological excavations at this site indicates that the villagers came from two formerly distinct cultural groups. P…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML96_the-brothertown-indians-of-wisconsin_Chilton-WI.html
The Brothertown (Brotherton) are descendants of the Pequot and Mohegan (Algonquin-speaking) tribes in southern New England. They became a tribe in 1769 when seven Christian and English-speaking communities organized and moved to land in upstate Ne…
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