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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM280G_indian-bird-effigy-mound_Madison-WI.html
Body 80 Feet
Wingspread 260 Feet
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2776_robert-m-la-follette-the-early-years_Mount-Horeb-WI.html
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Among early Primrose settlers were six La Follette brothers from Indiana. One of them, Josiah, and his wife Mary, arrived in 1850 and acquired acreage in section 18, three miles south of this site. Josiah held town offices, including town…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23MA_a-living-room-for-campus_Madison-WI.html
The Memorial Union is the university's premier gathering place, serving as a welcoming living room for the entire campus community. Built in the Italian Renaissance Revival style (1928) with an International style theater wing addition (1939), the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22B6_the-matz-farmstead_Cross-Plains-WI.html
The Matz Farmhouse, approx. 1907 [photo]You are standing in front of the stone remnants of the Matz farmhouse. The land was first homesteaded in 1852. Friedrich describes the initial living quarters as, "An American farmer isn't set up right …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZY4_toward-revolution-1970s-vision_Madison-WI.html
Toward Revolution
In the 70s Williamson Street Was primarily a working class industrial area. Artists, activists, poets, musicians, and theater folks found cheap rent here and minimal restriction on out artistic and political expression &mda…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S6U_eggiman-house_Madison-WI.html
The Eggiman House is Wisconsin's only Motohome, a low-cost, prefabricated home manufactured of metal and concrete panels and sold by American Homes, Inc. The Motohome, manufactured between 1932 and 1937, is a nationally important example of the ef…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P2C_burr-jones-field_Madison-WI.html
This park was named in recognition of the Honorable Burr W. Jones (1846-1935) an active member of the Madison Park and Pleasure Drive Association who conveyed property and funds to create and enhance the Madison parks system. Jones, a Wisconsin na…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P18_forest-hill-cemetery-effigy-mound-group_Madison-WI.html
Forest Hill is an intact example of the rural cemetery movement of the 19th century, in which cemeteries were located in a park-like setting that also served as a place for strolling, picnics, quiet recreation and contemplation. Many centuries bef…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OY1_crescent-street-factories-mazomanie-blacksmiths-coal-buildings_Mazomanie-WI.html
Crescent Street Factories
Crescent Street, located just beyond the buildings to the north, was the principal industrial street in the village during the 1800s. In addition to a cheese factory and creamery, a number of other factories produced woo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OXY_the-train-wreck-of-1906_Mazomanie-WI.html
"Wreck at Mazomanie, Two freight trains in head-on collision; No lives lost, engineers and trainmen save themselves by timely jumping."
A headline in the Sauk County News announced a collision between two freight trains on June 1, 1906, just east…