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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2YH_assistant-chief-michael-j-kilpatrick_Wisconsin-Rapids-WI.html
Wisconsin State Firefighters Memorial Final Alarm Bell Tower
Dedicated to the memory of Assistant Chief Michael J. Kilpatrick, North Lake Volunteer Fire Department,North Lake, Wisconsin.Died in the line-of-duty October 7, 2004.
And all Wis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2WU_the-orchards-of-door-county_Sturgeon-Bay-WI.html
In 1858 Joseph Zettel, a native of Switzerland, acquired the farm directly south of this Station and established the first commercial orchard on the Door Peninsula. The high yields and quality of his fruit aroused the interest of Emmett S. Goff of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2T0_new-glarus_New-Glarus-WI.html
In 1845 the Emigration Society of the Canton of Glarus, Switzerland, sent Nicholas Duerst and Fridolin Streiff to the United States to purchase land for a Swiss settlement. They were joined in August by 108 settlers who began their homesteads on 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2SV_slidre-evangelical-lutheran-church-and-cemetery_Marshfield-WI.html
Historical Marker Slidre Evangelical Lutheran Church and Cemetery
On January 13, 1906, forefathers from Norway established the church. The first pastor to serve was Reverend J.C. Hougum.
The church building was constructed in 1907 by Jorger …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2QO_general-charles-king_Waupaca-WI.html
Charles King, one of America's most illustrious soldiers, was born in New York and came to Milwaukee in 1845. His father was Rufus King, editor and publisher of the Milwaukee Sentinel and first commander of the famed Civil War Iron Brigade. Charle…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2J3_west-church_Arkdale-WI.html
In 1853, Norwegian immigrants to this area, organized the Norwegian Evangelical Church of Roche-a-Cri, in 1860. A log church was constructed one mile south of this location. It was destroyed by fire in 1866. A frame church was then erected on this…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2J2_lutheran-church-of-the-norwegian-synod_Arkdale-WI.html
On this site once stood a Lutheran Church of the Norwegian Synod, from the years 1887 to 1921. This church developed because of a disagreement on some doctrinal points with the United Lutheran Church which stood one half mile south of here.
Bec…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2HW_site-of-fort-winnebago_Portage-WI.html
1828 — 1845 Surrender of Red Bird Noted Winnebago Chief 1827 Erected byWau-Bun ChapterDaughtersof theAmerican Revolution1924
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CQ_latitude-45-n_Peshtigo-WI.html
Theoretical Half Way PointNorth Pole [right arrow]3117.55 milesEquator [left arrow]3097.39 miles
The spheroidal shape of the earth makes degrees of latitude in the north longer than in the south. The true half-way point between pole and equator…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B0_carrie-chapman-catt_Ripon-WI.html
A national leader of the woman suffrage movement, Carrie Chapman Catt was born in Ripon, Wisconsin, in 1859 and spent most of her life as a tireless crusader for women's rights. A gifted organizer, political strategist and public speaker, Catt suc…