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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD1U_roche-a-cri-state-park_Friendship-WI.html
This prominent butte, perhaps the steepest hill in Wisconsin, was called La Roche-a-Cri by 17th and 18th century French voyageurs. Rising 300 feet above the surrounding plain, this landmark undoubtedly guided Indians and early pioneers. Indians of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCTE_the-baraboo-range_Prairie-Du-Sac-WI.html
The rugged range of hills which can be seen to the north of here is among the oldest visible physical features on the earth. The hard quartzite rock that forms them was deposited as sand in a shallow sea which once covered this region. Although de…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCT8_culvers_Sauk-City-WI.html
The George Culver family opened theoriginal Culver's Frozen Custard Restaurant on this siteJuly 18, 1984
The current restaurant openedApril 27, 2000
This monument is a tribute to theSauk-Prairie area residentswho have assisted with Culver'sg…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCT3_mazomanie_Mazomanie-WI.html
In 1850, the Milwaukee and Mississippi Rail Road Company began building a line to span the lower third of Wisconsin between Milwaukee and Prairie du Chien. Chief Engineer Edward Brodhead concluded that this area's topographical features were ideal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCOA_frank-lloyd-wright_Spring-Green-WI.html
Frank Lloyd Wright, Wisconsin-born, world-renowned architect, lived and worked in Wyoming Valley, 6 miles southwest of here, at Taliesin, his home and school for apprentices. In the practice of "organic" or natural architecture, he sought to blend…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCL6_military-river-crossing_Spring-Green-WI.html
In this vicinity, during the Black Hawk War of 1832, General Henry Atkinson and approximately 1,000 soldiers crossed the Wisconsin River in pursuit of Sac Indian leader Black Hawk and his followers. On July 26th, at the old abandoned Village of He…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCHB_the-pursuit-west_Lone-Rock-WI.html
During the Black Hawk War of 1832, Black Hawk and his band fled down the Wisconsin River after the July 21st Battle of Wisconsin Heights. Two miles west of here, where the Pine River flows into the Wisconsin, the band left the Wisconsin River and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCEG_rural-electrification_Richland-Center-WI.html
This farm was the first in Wisconsin to obtain central station electric power from a rural electric cooperative. The farm home was constructed and wired for electric service by James Hanold in 1917. The Richland Cooperative Electric Association, i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCDP_boaz-mastodon_Richland-Center-WI.html
In 1897, after a severe rainstorm in Richland County, farm boys Chris, Harry, Clyde and Verne Dosch found large bones sticking out of an eroded bank on a tributary of Mill Creek near Boaz. The bones were later identified as those of the extinct Am…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCBT_krouskop-park_Richland-Center-WI.html
This park was dedicated by A · H · Krouskop · Oct?8?1925 · to the public for its pleasure and recreation ~
Born July 13 · 1840 at Bellefontaine · Ohio ?? Moved to Richland County · 1851 · …