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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM33Z_buttons-from-the-river_Stevens-Point-WI.html
The residents of Stevens Point depended on the Wisconsin River not only to transport logs, but also to provide clam shells for the button industry. The clammers found an abundance of quality shells in the river to support a commercial venture. In …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHM_du-bay-trading-post_Junction-City-WI.html
In 1834 John Baptiste Du Bay established a trading post on the Wisconsin River one mile east of here for the American Fur Company. His wife was Princess Madeline, daughter of Oshkosh, Chief of the Menominee Indians. According to tradition, Du Bay'…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM34_wisconsins-greater-prairie-chicken_Bancroft-WI.html
These open grasslands in the Buena Vista Marsh, Portage County, were one of the last remaining strongholds of the Greater Prairie Chicken in Wisconsin. Once abun?dant in the state, this impressive bird nearly disappeared when its grassland habitat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS_stevens-point-gateway-to-the-pineries_Stevens-Point-WI.html
This plaque commemorates the pioneers who established Stevens Point during the 1840's, 50's and 60's. Community life centered here at the foot of Main Street where supplies were transshipped from wagon to boat for the trip north to lumber camps. P…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO_the-historic-southside-railroad-complex-of-stevens-point_Stevens-Point-WI.html
Once the rail hub of central Wisconsin, Stevens Point's Historic Southside Railroad Complex still contains buildings, engines and tracks that evoke the time when the railroad was the dominant means of transportation in the country. The first train…