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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7PZ_site-of-gjerpen-evangelical-lutheran-church_Manitowoc-WI.html
SiteGjerpen EvangelicalLutheran ChurchFounded 1850
PastorsH. A. Stub 1850 - 1852J. A. Otteson 1852 - 1860L. M. Biorn 1862 - 1872A. O. Alfsen 1872 - 1917A. O. White 1917 - 1930E. A. Fretheim 1931 - 1940Martin Trygstad 1940 - 1945Norman Berntson …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7MZ_manitowoc-and-the-car-ferries-s-s-badger_Manitowoc-WI.html
Manitowoc and the Car Ferries. In the first five decades of the 20th century, Lake Michigan railroad car ferry service aided national defense and the regional economy by providing a key transportation alternative to the railroad bottle neck in Chi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7LC_ice-cream-sundae_Two-Rivers-WI.html
In 1881, George Hallauer asked Edward C. Berner, the owner of a soda fountain at 1404 - 15th Street, to top a dish of ice cream with chocolate sauce, hitherto used only for ice cream sodas. The concoction cost a nickel and soon became very popular…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7L3_car-ferry-service_Kewaunee-WI.html
Kewaunee, Green Bay & Western Railroad ferry slip No. 1, to your right, is the point where car-ferry service across Lake Michigan began. On Sunday, November 27, 1892, Ann Arbor Railroad car-ferry No. 1 loaded 22 cars of flour which originated at M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7J7_father-marquette_Kewaunee-WI.html
Father Marquetteofferedthe Holy Sacrifice of Masson this spotNovember 1, 1674.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7HZ_thorstein-veblen_Valders-WI.html
One of Wisconsin's most controversial figures, Thorstein Bunde Veblen, was born near here July 30, 1857. In 1865 the Veblen family moved to Minnesota where Thorstein graduated from college in 1880. He was a deep thinker, usually lonely and always …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM76F_historic-omro_Omro-WI.html
Located along one of Wisconsin's first transportation and communication routes, the community of Omro developed quickly on the Fox River. French fur trader and blacksmith Charles Omreau had a trading post here and give his name to the future city.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM755_revolutionary-war-veteran_De-Pere-WI.html
James Powlis, whose Oneida name Tewakatelyλ?thale! means "I'm Worried", was born around 1750, probably in New York State. In 1777, after the disintegration of the Iroquois Confederacy's neutrality, Congress sought to offset the allegiance of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM744_rapides-des-peres_De-Pere-WI.html
The rapids at De Pere were well known to all early travelers along the Fox and Wisconsin rivers, which provided the best access to the Mississippi. Despite Indian domination, the waterway served explorers, fur traders and voyageurs, missionaries, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM73V_samuel-n-rogers-sr_Larsen-WI.html
Born on June 3, 1760, at Branford, Connecticut, Samuel N. Rogers, Sr., served several terms of enlistment with Captain Peck's Company, Col. Roger Enos' Regiment of the Connecticut Militia from 1777 to 1781. Following the war, he moved to New York …