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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBID_osceola-soo-depot_Osceola-WI.html
This depot was built in 1916 replacing a smaller wooden structure that was destroyed when two engines collided in front of it. Constructed of red, wire cut brick with white sandstone trim, the depot was very modern for its time, boasting both a me…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBHH_the-mills_Osceola-WI.html
By 1845, the first sawmill was erected in Osceola. It stood two stories high and was capable of cutting 10,000 board feet every 24 hours. Approximately 35 million board feet were cut during its existence. It was located on Osceola Creek near the s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBHE_osceola_Osceola-WI.html
First settled by William Kent in 1844 when he came looking for lumber for ship masts. Built a lumber mill powered by Osceola Creek. Other industries followed along with a flour mill in 1852. First called Leroy in honor of Leroy Hubbard the first w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBHA_cascade-falls_Osceola-WI.html
On May 14, 1884, William Kent and 12 companions stopped on their journey from St. Croix Falls to explore a creek that rippled through the glen and emptied into the St. Croix River. A beautiful 25-foot waterfall burst upon their vision and they imm…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9LV_gaylord-nelson_St-Croix-Falls-WI.html
Gaylord Anton Nelson (1916-2005), known worldwide as the founder of Earth Day, was the son of a country doctor and a nurse. Born the third of four children on June 4, 1916, at Clear Lake, Wisconsin, 28 miles from here, Nelson canoed the Namekagon …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9GQ_danish-dairy-cooperative_Luck-WI.html
On March 28, 1885 one of Wisconsin's first incorporated creameries was organized as the Luck Creamery Company. The "Organization Artikler" were published in Danish in the Polk County Press on November 18, 1885, and printed in English about a month…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9D0_the-battle-of-st-croix-falls_St-Croix-Falls-WI.html
Here at the head of St. Croix Falls in about 1770, a war party of Chippewas led by Chief Wau-bo-jeeg prepared for battle against their traditional enemies, the Fox and Sioux. The two parties met on the portage below this point in a fierce and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM98A_where-are-the-falls-of-the-st-croix_St-Croix-Falls-WI.html
The Falls of the St. Croix River, a series of turbulent cascades that dropped 55 feet in less than six miles, were impounded in the early 1900s by this hydroelectric dam. The potential manufacturing power of the falls drew developers who settled t…
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