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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJWI_korean-war_Plover-WI.html
132,000 of Wisconsin's sons and daughters served the cause of freedom
801 Killed in Action4,286 Wounded, Sick or Injured in Action111 Prisoners of War, 54 Died in POW Camps84 Still Missing in Action
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJRU_casimir-pulaski_Stevens-Point-WI.html
Born in Poland 1747organizer ofthe American cavalryduring the Revolutionary War.
Erected in commemorationof the 150th anniversary of his death1779, at Savannah, GA.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJKH_portage-county-civil-war-memorial_Stevens-Point-WI.html
1861-1865
Portage Countytoher heroes who foughtandher martyrs who fellthatthe Republic might live.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHJD_the-boy-with-the-leaking-boot_Stevens-Point-WI.html
One of an estimated twenty-four such statues in the world, this Boy with the Leaking Boot is thought to have been purchased in 1895 as part of an improvement project for Stevens Point's Public Square. The Boy design may have originated in Italy (o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHDD_a-line-in-time_Amherst-Junction-WI.html
Can a village live to tell the tale of two railroad lines and a depot?
The railroads originated as a means to transport lumber to mills in the Stevens Point area. As times changed, farm products such as potatoes became the main freight on train…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDTJ_first-public-building_Stevens-Point-WI.html
Here, for 110 years, stood District School No. 2, the oldest public building in Stevens Point. Completed in 1850, its appearance reflecting its New England heritage, it served the pioneer community as school, recreation, and civic center, and ofte…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDSI_public-square_Stevens-Point-WI.html
The first land entry affecting Stevens Point after the Indian treaty of 1836 was made by Andrew Mullarkey in 1844. This land was purchased by Mathias Mitchell who in 1847 platted four streets and the Public Square. A Liberty Pole with homemade fla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDSF_whiting-village_Stevens-Point-WI.html
A sawmill was built here in 1852 by Luther Hanchett and Amos Courtwright. It was purchased in 1864 by Alexander and Thomas McDill who later added a grist mill. The site was occupied after 1902 by Wisconsin Graphite Company and from 1916 to 1951 by…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDNZ_jordan-dam-and-power-plant_Stevens-Point-WI.html
About 1840, near this site, Bloomer & Harper built one of the important early sawmills in northern Wisconsin. It was long known as McGreer's Mill, named for an early owner. By 1890, over 700 million feet of lumber, much of it sawed here, was float…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM575_amherst-fire-district_Amherst-WI.html
Original Fire BellEstablished 1902