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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5PR_u-s-post-office_Sparta-WI.html
Prior to the construction of this building in 1915, Sparta's post office was housed in a variety of buildings such as the nearby Masonic Temple. Although the initial federal appropriation for the post office was secured by Congressman John Esch ar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5OL_monroe-county-courthouse_Sparta-WI.html
Monroe County was created in 1854, and Sparta became the county seat. The present building is the third Monroe County courthouse and replaced an 1863 courthouse. It was constructed in 1895 at a cost in excess of $50,000. Chicago architect Mifflin …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5NJ_coulee-country_Sparta-WI.html
From the hills all around, rugged valleys collect for rivers that feed the mighty Mississippi. The early French called such a valley a coulee. These many valleys, large and small, still are known as coulees, a regional name for a regional landscap…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5FI_civil-war-cannon_Sparta-WI.html
This Civil War cannon was captured from Confederate forces by Wisconsin troops on Island Number 10 near Vicksburg. Brought to Sparta by Mr. W. H. Farnham in 1867.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM226_tomah_Tomah-WI.html
When this site was selected for a settlement in 1855, one of its founders read in an old history of the state that the Menominee Chief Tomah had at one time gathered his tribe in this vicinity for a conference.
He suggested the name "Tomah" for…