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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKWJ_washington-avenue-historic-district-historic-district-architecture_Cedarburg-WI.html
Washington Avenue Historic DistrictEven before Cedarburg incorporated in 1885, the community thrived with mills, shops, hotels, churches and residences, many of which remain in Cedarburg's commercial center as part of the Washington Avenue Histori…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKWI_historic-cedarburg_Cedarburg-WI.html
The source of Cedarburg's vigor from its birth as a village in 1845 was the power-producing creek that the Irish and German immigrants found here. After building five dams and five mills, the life of the community flowed along the banks of the Ced…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKWH_last-covered-bridge_Cedarburg-WI.html
This bridge was built by the Town of Cedarburg on petition of neighboring farmers to replace periodically washed out bridges. Pine logs, cut and milled at Baraboo, were fitted and set in place in lattice truss construction with 3 X 10 inch planks …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKW1_wisconsins-german-settlers_Mequon-WI.html
The oldest German settlements in Wisconsin are found in the Town of Mequon. In 1839 a small group of German immigrants from Saxony settled near the Milwaukee River. They were followed that same year by about twenty immigrant families from Pomerani…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKVY_historic-thiensville_Thiensville-WI.html
Although not incorporated until 1910, the Village of Thiensville became a settlement in 1842 when John Henry Thien constructed a grist mill. A German "Free Thinker," Thien disavowed organized religion and banned churches here, attracting other Fre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKIB_cedarburg-woolen-mill_Cedarburg-WI.html
Built here in 1864-65 because of Cedar Creek's water power, Hilgen and Wittenberg's mill made yarns, blankets and flannels. Incorporated in 1872 as the Cedarburg Woolen Mill, it was the only extensive woolen mill in 1878. A branch mill built in Gr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKIA_birthplace-of-flag-day_Fredonia-WI.html
Here at Stony Hill School, Bernard J. Cigrand, 19 year old teacher and his students held the first recognized observance of "Flag Birth Day" on June 14, 1885, with a flag ten inches high, carrying 38 stars, standing in a bottle on the teacher's de…