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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OZW_veterans-memorial_Dodgeville-WI.html
In memory of all the Iowa County Veterans who served this great nation in time of peace and war —————— M.I.A. - P.O.W. [Dedicated] July 1989
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OZ0_welcome-to-unity-chapel_Spring-Green-WI.html
Unity Chapel Dedicated 1886 has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior ———————— In 1844, Richard and Mallie (Mary) Lloyd-Jon…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OYY_elizabeth-wright-ingraham_Muscoda-WI.html
Architect and Co-Founder Unity Chapel, Inc.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DW6_army-cargo-plane-crash_Blue-Mounds-WI.html
In the late hours of November 25, 1944, a C-47 Army cargo plane en route from Chicago to Minneapolis crashed into Blue Mound 400-500 feet north of this monument. The plane had encountered a winter storm, and burdened by built up ice, was attemptin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CZM_laurence-f-graber_Mineral-Point-WI.html
In 1887, Professor Laurence F. Graber was born on a nearby Mineral Point farm about three miles southwest of this location. In 1910, he began his career as an agronomy instructor at the University of Wisconsin - Madison and was given the responsib…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CZI_iowa-county-courthouse_Dodgeville-WI.html
This is the oldest courthouse in Wisconsin. Construction started June 11, 1859. It was dedicated in 1861, enlarged in 1894 and again in 1927. In 1937 the Doric columns, pediment and cupola were restored exactly as the 1859 original. In 1969 the in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOO5_old-military-road_Dodgeville-WI.html
You are traveling the route of the Old Military Road, built in 1835-36, to connect Fort Crawford at Prairie du Chien and Fort Howard at Green Bay, via Fort Winnebago at "The Portage" between the Fox-Wisconsin rivers. The section from Prairie du Ch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNMM_tower-hill-state-park_Spring-Green-WI.html
Dedicated to the memory of Jenkin Lloyd JonesThis area of 60 acres has been used since Civil War days by the people of Iowa, Richland and Sauk Counties as a picnic ground and a common meeting place. It is fitting that this land should become a par…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNMK_wisconsin-territory_Mineral-Point-WI.html
On July 4, 1836, here in Mineral Point, Col. Henry Dodge took the oath of office to become the first Governor of the newly-created Territory of Wisconsin. This Territory, previously attached to Michigan, embraced the vast and important area of wha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNMJ_historic-mineral-point_Mineral-Point-WI.html
In the 1820s, after hearing reports of abundant lead in the area, prospective miners with "lead fever" began pouring into southwestern Wisconsin. Finding ore just beneath the surface, miners set up "diggings" and soon established Mineral Point. It…
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