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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLQD_nashotah-mission_Oconomowoc-WI.html
Inspired by Bishop Jackson Kemper, James Lloyd Breck and his companions founded Nashotah Mission as a center for the Episcopal Church's work in Wisconsin Territory. Preparation of candidates for the priesthood quickly became a major task, to meet …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLG8_lapham-peak_Delafield-WI.html
Known until 1916 as Government Hill because it was used for government surveying purposes, Lapham Peak is the highest point in Waukesha County at 1233 ft. It was purchased by the state in 1905 as part of the farms acquired for the Statesan tubercu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLG7_lapham-peak_Delafield-WI.html
In 1870, on top of Lapham Peak, then known as Government Hill, the United State Army signal Corps established one of its original National Weather Service signal stations. Weather data was received here from Pikes Peak, Colorado, and relayed to th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLG5_historic-okauchee_Oconomowoc-WI.html
Okauchee, believed to have been derived from the Potawatomi term "gachi" meaning "something small," was settled in 1839 by Orson Reed. His mill was the first building constructed in the new community and provided lumber for the construction of the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML9A_delafield-fish-hatchery_Delafield-WI.html
Constructed in 1907, the impressive Delafield Fish Hatchery stands as a reminder of Wisconsin's dependence upon its plentiful fishing waters. In the early 20th century, Wisconsin's growing concern over lake and stream fish depletion led to a state…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML16_northwestern-military-and-naval-academy_Delafield-WI.html
Educational reformer Harlan Page Davidson founded Northwestern Military Academy in Highland Park, Illinois in 1888. For years many of the cadets came from northern Illinois, but enrollment broadened when the academy moved to the shores of Lake Gen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML15_st-johns-military-academy_Delafield-WI.html
St. John's, the oldest Military Academy in Wisconsin, was founded as a boy's prep school in 1844 when Sidney T. Smythe, a student at Nashotah House, reopened an abandoned Delafield schoolhouse for St. John's first students. Dr. Smythe graduated fr…