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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM118S_historical-badger-park_Shullsburg-WI.html
Badger Park, like our Badger State, took its name from this area where some of the miners, like badgers, "dug-in" for the winter, while others, called "suckers" moved on south. It includes 8½ acres of what was considered valuable land, due to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM118R_east-wiota-lutheran-church_South-Wayne-WI.html
Norwegian immigrants formed this congregation in 1844 and began constructing their church in 1847. This is the oldest Norwegian Lutheran church still in use in America.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM118P_badger-mine-badger-lot-diggings_Shullsburg-WI.html
This site is in the heart of the pioneer lead mining region, origin of Wisconsin's "Badger" nickname. The Winnebago Indian Peace Treaty signed, pioneer miners flooded this area in the 1827 "Lead Rush". These hardy pioneers lived in caves dug into …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM118N_1998-wisconsin-assembly_Platteville-WI.html
On January 14, 1998, the Wisconsin Assembly met at the First Capitol in Belmont in honor of the Sesquicentennial of Statehood. The Territorial Legislature held its first session here in 1836, and convened for three more sessions in what is now Bur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM118M_father-samuel-mazzuchelli_Benton-WI.html
In 1835 Father Samuel Mazzuchelli, Dominican missionary, came to the lead region from the Green Bay-Mackinac frontier. One year later he addressed the opening session of the territorial legislature. Soon he was establishing schools and preparing t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM118L_wisconsin-lead-region_Shullsburg-WI.html
Grant, Iowa and Lafayette counties were once the center of a lead-mining boom. Indians had sold lead to early traders, but there were few white miners here in 1820. Mining brought in a large part of the 37,000 population credited to the three coun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM7E_the-first-capitol_Platteville-WI.html
Wisconsin's Territorial Government On April 20, 1836, Congress passed an act establishing the Wisconsin Territory, composed of the present states of Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, and the eastern halves of North and South Dakota. President Andrew Ja…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM7D_land-lead-and-politics_Platteville-WI.html
The LandFirst Capitol Historic Site is located in the Driftless Area of southwestern Wisconsin. When the glaciers bypassed the area they left the soft sandstones and limestones intact to form the varied landscape you see today. Belmont Mound locat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM3T_governor-tommy-g-thompsons-1998-address-at-wisconsins-first-capitol_Platteville-WI.html
On January 14, 1998, Governor Tommy G. Thompson addressed the Wisconsin Assembly at Wisconsin's First Territorial Capitol in Belmont in honor of the Sesquicentennial of Statehood. Serving more terms than any other governor in the history of Wiscon…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM3S_belmont-wisconsin-territory-1836_Platteville-WI.html
When Governor Henry Dodge addressed the joint session of the legislature here on October 25, 1836, the Territory of Wisconsin included all of present day Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, and parts of the two Dakotas. The population was about equally di…
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