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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FY7_davidson-windmill_South-Range-WI.html
Built by Finnish immigrant and homesteader, Jacob (Tapola) Davidson, it served Old-Brule and Lakeside in the South Shore region from 1904 to 1926. Constructed of native materials, it was used for milling locally grown grains for both animal and hu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DDE_major-dick-bong_Poplar-WI.html
It was here that Major Richard I. Bong was born, received his education, and grew to manhood. After attending Superior State College where he received his first pilot training, he joined the U.S. Army Air Corps on May 29, 1941. Assigned to the New…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DBL_evergreen-park-cottage-sanatorium_Lake-Nebagamon-WI.html
Here, in 1903, Dr. W.B. Hopkins, Cumberland, opened the first tuberculosis sanatorium in Wisconsin. He built an office and three one-story frame buildings with screen sides - the men's ward, the women's ward and a dining hall. Hopkins treated…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AUH_burlington-northern-ore-docks_Superior-WI.html
These docks, the largest in the world, consist of three structures of concrete and steel. The longest dock is 2244 feet long, 80 feet high, and contains 374 individual pockets which can hold 100,000 long tons of ore, or 7 average trains of 205 car…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13PF_the-brule-st-croix-portage_Solon-Springs-WI.html
Upper Lake St. Croix end of trail,discovered 1680. Indians, voyageurs, explorers,missionaries, traders and pioneers travelledthis path from the waters of theGreat Lakes to those of the Mississippi. To all who pass this waythis trail is dedic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13PE_daniel-greysolon-sieur-dulhut_Maryville-WI.html
In June and July 1680Daniel Greysolon Sieur Dulhut"Gentleman of the King's Guard"Soldier, Explorer, Trader, and Governoraccompanied by four FrenchmenLaMaitre, Bellegrade, Masson, and Pepin,passed up the Brule River, crossed byportage to the St. Cr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13PC_brule-river_Tallassee-WI.html
The Brule River flows in the former channel of a larger river which once flowed in the opposite direction and drained melting ice from glacial lake Duluth. The receding glacier created Lake Superior and also carved the valley now occupied by the B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ6K_summer-white-house-1928_Superior-WI.html
On May 31, 1928, President Calvin Coolidge accepted former Senator Irvine Lenroot's invitation to spend the summer in the Superior area. Henry Clay Pierce had offered Cedar Island Lodge, part of a 4,000 acre Brule River estate, to serve as living …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVQ7_burial-ground-of-the-fond-du-lac-band_South-Range-WI.html
Here was the burial ground ofThe Fond du Lac Bandof the Chippewa Peopledating from the 17th century.It was removed in 1918 toSt. Francis Cemetery Superior.?????? Stone from Interstate Bridge
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVNT_lake-superior_South-Range-WI.html
"By the shores of Gitche Gumee,By the shining Big-Sea-Water,"?????? ?????? ?????? ?????? ?????? ?????? LongfellowLake Superior - the largest body of fresh water in the world - almost chemically pure - mean temperature 39 degrees - depth to 1302 fe…
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