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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NVN_wisconsin-veterans-memorial-highway_Lyndon-Station-WI.html
A living memorial to and in honor of all Wisconsin veterans, living and dead, of all wars in which the United States of America has engaged.Color guard of the 8th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment with Old Abe at Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1863The contribu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM127H_stewarts-chapel_Mauston-WI.html
Built by the Rock Valley Union Chapel Society. Used as a community center, church & Sunday school and 4-H meetings in the late 1940's. Lindinia Town Insurance Company was also organized here. This chapel marks the site of Stewart's Settlement foun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZPJ_hop-raising_Lyndon-Station-WI.html
"Keep hopping, hoeing and hoping" said an editorial in 1867 when hops were selling for 50? a pound, pickers by the thousands worked in the fields, merchants were selling silks, laces, paisley shawls and grand pianos, and farmers were building new …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ7L_in-memory-of-1st-lt-jerome-a-volk_Camp-Douglas-WI.html
Lt. Volk was the first Wisconsin Air National Guard pilot killed in the Korean Conflict. Jerome Volk was born March 17, 1925, and attended Rufus King High School in Milwaukee. Volk enlisted, went to pilot training, and was commissioned during WWII…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOUX_wisconsin-winnebago-veterans-monument_Camp-Douglas-WI.html
The thanks of the Nation is extended through the President, Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States to the people of The Winnebago Tribe in Wisconsin for their unswerving loyalty and patriotism, the splendid service rendered, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMNB_the-lost-district_Wonewoc-WI.html
Though today only faint traces of early structures remain, this was the site of much industrial activity in the early days of the Village of Wonewoc. From the original log dam and sawmill of the Willard brothers in 1851 to the Power House and Dam …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLWT_new-lisbon-civil-war-memorial_New-Lisbon-WI.html
To Commemorate theSacrifices and HeroicDevotion of the BraveMen, the Soldiers of1861 — 65 Erected by W.P. Mitchell Post No. 61 G.A.R.The W.R.C. No. 108and Citizens ofNew Lisbon 1897
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLVW_soldiers-monument_Necedah-WI.html
Erected to theMemory of theHeroes of the Warof 1861-65 by Post245 G.A.R. Dept. ofWis. the W.R.C. No. 90Dept. of Wis. and bythe Citizens ofNecedah.____ DedicatedMay 30, 1910
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML81_wisconsin-military-reservation_New-Lisbon-WI.html
Following the Civil War, state officials reorganized the Wisconsin Militia and in 1879 renamed it the Wisconsin National Guard. Adjutant General Chandler P. Chapman of Madison, a veteran of the famed Iron Brigade, purchased 440 acres near the Vill…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML0R_mrs-salter-killed-here_New-Lisbon-WI.html
Mrs Salter killed here by the Indians June 13 - 1863 2 Indians Jo and Jim Dandy killed by Salter and burried here This ax handle killed the 2 Indians and Mrs. Salter Puck-a-Gee
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