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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM58Z_first-teachers-training-school-in-wisconsin_Wausau-WI.html
Rural Teacher Training needs became apparent in Marathon County before the turn of the century. John F. Lamont, Marathon County School Superintendent, investigat?ed the problem and urged Senator A. L. Kruetzer to introduce legislation in the 1887 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM587_wisconsin-state-fair-park_West-Allis-WI.html
In 1892, this site became the permanent home of the Wisconsin State Fair after its purchase a year earlier by the State Agricultural Society. Until then, the Fair had moved annually since the first one in Janesville in 1851.
Over the years, St…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM581_captain-frederick-pabst_Milwaukee-WI.html
Of German birth, Pabst became a ship's captain in the 1850s and moved to Milwaukee in the 1860s. He later joined his father-in-law's brewery (founded 1844), which was renamed the Pabst Brewery in 1889. By the 1890s it was the world's largest lager…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM575_amherst-fire-district_Amherst-WI.html
Original Fire BellEstablished 1902
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM55S_birthplace-of-the-american-water-spaniel_New-London-WI.html
Of all the breeds of dog recognized by the American Kennel Club, only five were developed in the United States and one, the American Water Spaniel, originated in Wisconsin. The development of the Water Spaniel as a purebred was due largely to the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM555_shawano_Shawano-WI.html
Shawano is both a Chippewa and a Menominee Indian term signifying "to the South." Shawano Lake first was given this name because it was the southern boundary of Chippewa tribal territory. The city and county later were named after the lake. Like m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM54I_birthplace-of-an-airline_Clintonville-WI.html
It was here in Clintonville that Wisconsin Central Airlines, now known as North Central Airlines, was founded in 1944. Fostered and promoted by the Four Wheel Drive Auto Company, the airline was an outgrowth of the company's need for air transport…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM54E_first-evangelical-lutheran-church_Wisconsin-Dells-WI.html
This marks the site of the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Moe Settlement 1863 — 1892
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM54B_kenosha-southport-lighthouse_Kenosha-WI.html
Built by the federal government in 1866, the Kenosha Lighthouse replaces two other lighthouses constructed at this site in 1848 and 1858. Originally designated a coast and harbor light for Southport, now Kenosha, WI provided the first navigational…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM52P_four-wheel-drive_Clintonville-WI.html
In this machine shop, in 1908, Otto Zachow and William Besserdich developed and built the first successful four-wheel drive automobile. Their first car, the "Battleship", soon proved that it "could go anywhere a team of horses could go" and led to…