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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM226_tomah_Tomah-WI.html
When this site was selected for a settlement in 1855, one of its founders read in an old history of the state that the Menominee Chief Tomah had at one time gathered his tribe in this vicinity for a conference.
He suggested the name "Tomah" for…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21Y_the-lower-narrows_Baraboo-WI.html
This large gap, called the Lower Narrows, is one of three major gorges that cut through the 50 mile circumference of the Baraboo Range. These gorges were created by rivers more than 500 million years ago and then buried by sediments in a vast sea …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VU_south-greenville-grange-no-225_Neenah-WI.html
Oliver Hudson Kelley organized National Grange, Patrons of Husbandry in Washington D.C., December 4, 1867. The Wisconsin State Grange was organized October 24, 1872 by National Deputy J. C. Abbott.
South Greenville Grange No. 225 was organized …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UA_toll-gate-on-the-military-trail_Fond-du-Lac-WI.html
This tablet marks the site of the toll gate on the Military Trail and Old Plank Road 1835 - January 10, 1916.
Erected by Fond du Lac Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution 1932
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U7_wisconsin-progressive-party_Fond-du-Lac-WI.html
Near this site on May 19, 1934, the Wisconsin Progressive Party was formally organized. The Party was the result of a movement begun forty years before on the principle that the will of the people should be the law of the land. The legislation it …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SQ_ripon-college_Ripon-WI.html
Incorporated January 29, 1851. The first College building, East Hall, was staked out that spring by Ripon city founders David Mapes and Alvan Bovay. Chartered as Brockway College, it was renamed Ripon College in 1864 and graduated its first class,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RO_montello-granite_Montello-WI.html
This quarry was once Montello's leading industry, with approximately 200 employees. It was recognized for its paving blocks covering streets in several cities, its crushed granite for various usages, and most of all, for its beautiful hard monumen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PU_shamrock_Black-River-Falls-WI.html
Irish, English, Scotch pioneers settled in this valley about 1850. Their collective struggles and sharing built this rural community, originally called Kelly's Corner.1853 - Union Cemetery1856 - Sawmill - H. B. Mills1860 - St. Columbkille Catholic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PN_martin-w-torkelson_Black-River-Falls-WI.html
Martin Torkelson, born in Jackson County, served the State of Wisconsin for more than fifty years. He was a pioneer in the development for both land and air trans?portation.
After graduating from the University of Wisconsin in 1904, Torkelson …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OB_winnebago-indians_Black-River-Falls-WI.html
Winnebago Indians call themselves "Hochunkgra." A Siouan people, they once occupied the southern half of Wisconsin and the northern counties of Illinois. The Black Hawk War of 1832 and a series of treaties forced the Winnebago out of their homelan…