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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPNY_pilot-island-site_Ellison-Bay-WI.html
J.E. Gilmore · Type: wooden schooner · Built: 1867, Asa Wilcox, · Three Mile Bay, N.Y. · Length: 137.7' · Beam: 25.4' · Propulsion: sail, 2 masted. Forest · Type: wooden scow-schooner · Bu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHUZ_historic-sturgeon-bay_Sturgeon-Bay-WI.html
The Downtown Historic District includes over forty late 19th and early 20th century commercial, civic and converted buildings. It is located along the three block long heart of Sturgeon Bay's traditional downtown. The District grew as a casual gri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHU9_bradley-crandall-sawmill-site_Sturgeon-Bay-WI.html
This sawmill led to thefounding of Sturgeon Bay 1853 The Founding of Little LakeSturgeon Bay's first major settlement was founded in 1853 with the construction of the Bradley-Crandall Sawmill. The original mill was located on a small island …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHQM_halfway-to-the-north-pole_Egg-Harbor-WI.html
The 45th parallel (45 Degrees North Latitude) runs through this wayside. This is the midpoint between the equator and North Pole. But because the Earth is slightly flattened at the poles, the distance from the 45th parallel to the North Pole is ap…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHPJ_halfway-to-the-north-pole_Baileys-Harbor-WI.html
The 45th parallel (45 Degrees North Latitude) runs through a point one half mile south of this wayside (intersection of Hwy. 57 and Logerquist Road). This is the geographical midpoint between the equator and North Pole. But, because the earth is s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA8E_old-bell-tower_Sturgeon-Bay-WI.html
A modern rendition of Bank of Sturgeon Bay's original tower erected in 1900 on the NW corner of 3rd Ave. & Kentucky St., and removed in 1939. The original bell was reacquired with the cooperation of the First Baptist Church of Sturgeon Bay where i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA86_first-permanent-colony-in-door-county_Ephraim-WI.html
Nearthis spota MoravianCongregation,ReverendA.M. Iverson, Pastorlanded May, 1853,forming the firstpermanent colonyin Door County———Erected 1923
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9V8_wisconsin-state-rock_Sturgeon-Bay-WI.html
This monument is an intrusive igneous red granite rock — the official rock of the State of Wisconsin. It was quarried near Wausau, Wisconsin, and specifically known as "Wisconsin Ruby Red." It was crystallized from magma about 1750 million y…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7U9_belgian-settlement-in-wisconsin_Brussels-WI.html
Wisconsin's and the nation's largest Belgian American settlement is located in por?tions of Brown, Kewaunee and Door counties adjacent to the waters of Green Bay. Walloon-speaking Belgians settled the region in the 1850s and still constitute a hig…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7TS_the-alexander-noble-house_Fish-Creek-WI.html
The Alexander Noble House was built in 1875 on land purchased from Asa Thorp, the founder of the Village of Fish Creek. This Greek Revival Style-influenced resi?dence is the Village's oldest existing dwelling still in its original location. Born i…
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