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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT9Q_bishop-jackson-kemper-home-built-1849_Delafield-WI.html
Bishop Kemper lived on these premises 1846-1870. Missionary Bishop of American Episcopal Church 1835-59. Inspired founding of the Nashotah House in 1842. Bishop of Wisconsin 1854-70. Facing countless Frontier hardships, he traveled far and wide th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT9P_mukwonago_Mukwonago-WI.html
In days long ago, near and around this village the dwellings of the eastern-born Yankees sprang from the homes of the Native Americans. In 1836, for 2 barrels of flour the first settlers received permission from the Potowatomi to build and dwell h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT9O_heaven-city_Mukwonago-WI.html
This land was a favorite place for the Native Americans. The first white settler/owner Gaius Munger noted for maple syrup production. Other owners; Abraham Perkins-sheep raiser, Wisconsin Central R.R. promoter; Philip Best-Milw. brewer and stock r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT9N_town-of-vernon_Big-Bend-WI.html
Prior to settlement the Town of Vernon was composed of sugar maple & white oak forests, savanna & marsh from which the Potawatomi derived food, medicine, shelter, tools & fibers.
On Nov. 1, 1836 Prucius Putnam, John Dodge & brothers Curtis & Or…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT9M_dodges-corners-cemetery_Big-Bend-WI.html
John Dodge, one of Vernon's four founding fathers, settled on this land in the fall of 1836. He purchased the land from the Federal government Sept. 20, 1838. Dodge made his home here until his death Aug. 29, 1858. The cemetery was established as …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT9L_maney-ridge-prehistoric-effigy-mounds_Big-Bend-WI.html
On the ridge above this road and the Fox River lies a series of prehistoric earthworks. They represent visible remnants of both social and ritual behavior of one of Wisconsin's unique prehistoric cultures, the Effigy Mound Indians.
The conical…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT9K_village-of-big-bend_Big-Bend-WI.html
In 1837, in anticipation of the "Great Wisconsin Land Sale" of 1839, Aaron and Elvira Putnam settled near a "Big Bend" in the Fox River. Potawatomi Indians camped on the river, but there were no white settlers at what was then the Milwaukee and Pr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT9J_haseltine-cobblestone-house_Big-Bend-WI.html
Colonel Orien Haseltine, of Andover, Vermont, came to Vernon/Big Bend in 1836, following his two eldest sons, Orien Jr. and Curtis who came in 1836, first settlers claiming 400 acres. Vernon was named by Haseltine in honor of George Washington's h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT9I_the-reformed-presbyterian-church-of-vernon_Big-Bend-WI.html
Covenanter built in 1854Organized by Scottish settlers in October, 1848 with Rev. James Milligan at the home of James Wright Sr.The last regular services were held in 1920.This was the only Covenanter church ever formed in Wisconsin.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT9H_william-donaldson-house_Brookfield-WI.html
This log house was built in 1852-53 by William Donaldson, a young farmer, and his aunt, Barbara Donaldson. The house originally stood at 2350 N. Barker Road in Brookfield. It consisted of three rooms and a loft. Two adjoining bedrooms and a kitche…