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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT9G_oak-hill-cemetery_Brookfield-WI.html
Burial place of Yankee, English and German settlers. Part of Pioneer Joseph Ewbank land grant.
Noted grave: Nathan Hatch, Revolutionary War soldier who came west with sons, Hiram and Edmund, in 1840's. Remains possibly moved from earlier family…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT9F_pioneer-cemetery_Brookfield-WI.html
Burial place of Yankee and English settlers. It was first called Dixon or East Side Cemetery.
This was also the site of the first Dixon school house, which was burned and relocated south of North Avenue in the 1860's.
This land was deeded by…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT9E_dousman-dunkel-behling-inn_Brookfield-WI.html
This building, once a stagecoach inn on the Watertown Plank Road, was built in the 1840's. The probable builder was Michael Dousman (1771-1854), a fur trader and entrepreneur from Mackinac, Michigan.
It was operated as an inn from 1857-1872 by…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT9D_city-of-brookfield_Brookfield-WI.html
First Settler was George Putney in November 1836.First log schoolhouse was built in 1839 near the present intersection of North Avenue and Brookfield Road.
First organized church was the present St. Dominic's 1843 the first Catholic Church in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT9C_caroline-quiner-ma-ingalls-birthplace_Brookfield-WI.html
Caroline Quiner, mother of Laura Ingalls Wilder author of the "Little House" series of books, was born in a cabin here, December 12, 1839. Caroline was the earliest known settler born in the Town of Brookfield. Her parents, Henry N. Quiner and Cha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT9B_aitken-brothers-birth-place_Waukesha-WI.html
Birthplace site of Aitken Brothers Hollywood and New York motion picture pioneers (1905-1920).
Grandsons of Waukesha County Scottish Pioneer John Aitken, Harry E. (1878-1956) and Roy E. (1882-1976) produced the greatest of all silent pictures, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT9A_waukesha-engine-division_Waukesha-WI.html
The "Motor Works" pioneered the use of engines to power tractors, cars, trucks, & boats. Later Waukesha Motor Company introduced industrial engines to power compressors, pumps, construction machinery, oilfield drilling, & other industrial applicat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT76_martin-c-weber-sr_Hartland-WI.html
The Land O' Lakes baseball leagues were founded in 1922 by Martin C. Weber of Merton, Wis. It started with 8 teams in baseball. It became Wisconsin's oldest and largest amateur baseball league.
In early 1950, the organization grew to 108 teams …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT74_prehistoric-indian-mound_Waukesha-WI.html
This and the two adjacent mounds were built for burials probably by the prehistoric Woodland Indians. They perhaps, began entering Wisconsin about 2000 BC and lived here until modern times.
The Potawatomi who left Waukesha in 1886 were never mo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT5P_club-400_Waukesha-WI.html
Opened in August 1894, the Northwestern Hotel provided year-round services to travelers and train crews. The building became a boarding house, cigar store, soft drink shop and then a tavern.
On January 6, 1948, George and Ralph Polfuss (Les Pau…