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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E1J_woodland-habitat_Port-Washington-WI.html
Woodland Habitat. . Before European settlement, old growth, Sugar Maple-American Beech-Basswood forests originally covered nearly 3.5 million acres in Wisconsin. Through fragmentation and conversion to farmland, only about 50,000 acres of this for…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E1D_national-historic-mechanical-engineering-landmark_Port-Washington-WI.html
National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark. Port Washington Power Plant. The Port Washington Power Plant of the Wisconsin Electric Power Company was the most thermally-efficient steam power plant in the world for many years following its op…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E0O_the-northerner_Port-Washington-WI.html
The Northerner. . Built in 1850 by John Oades of Clayton, NY, the Northerner began as a lakeshoring vessel on Lake Ontario, transporting general merchandise to and from American and Canadian ports for Henry T. Bacon. Around 1863 the Northerner beg…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DPY_freedom-park-a-war-memorial_West-Bend-WI.html
Freedom Park Honors all Veterans Who have served Dedicated Oct 2 2010 var plainText = document.getElementById('inscription1').innerText; document.getElementById('inscription1').innerHTML = plainText; Freedom…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DPX_in-memory-of-pater-j-schardt_Saukville-WI.html
In memory of Pater J Schardt. . In memory of Peter J Schardt Born in Sackville October 7 1878 . . Attended services as a boy in the Immaculate Conception Church founded in 1856. . . No man in the US Mail Branch of the government did more to p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DME_coal-dock-park-prairie-restoration_Port-Washington-WI.html
Coal Dock Park Prairie Restoration. . Prairies once covered more than 2.1 million acres of Wisconsin. When Europeans settled the area, they destroyed much of it to make way for farming and development. Now only about 10,000 scattered acres of nati…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29O2_fishermens-park-access-bridge_Port-Washington-WI.html
This Fishermen's Park Access Bridge over the Sauk Creek is the only remaining King Post Bridge in Wisconsin. It is unique for its all-metal King Post Construction, certified as significant in 1987 by the National Park Service using criteria for th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29N3_blake-building_Port-Washington-WI.html
Built in 1852 by Barnum Blake Early Businessman, Entrepreneur, Land Speculator Additions to Building circa 1900 and 1960 Restored by Port Washington Historical Society, 2013 Blake Building 205 N. Franklin Street Is a contributing buildi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28VP_little-quarry_Belgium-WI.html
In the late 1800s, settlers used a pot kiln to fire limestone from Little Quarry, which is still visible in the woods as a round depression about 6 feet deep and 2,700 square feet in area. By the early 1900s the successful Lake Shore Stone Company…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28V6_a-reminder-of-days-past_Belgium-WI.html
Long after the Lake Shore Stone Company's quarrying operation had ceased, and the company town houses had been relocated to the Village of Belgium, an industrial chimmney remained on this site. For many years it was the sole reminder of the early …
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