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Growing of hops for commercial beer making purposes was important in Waukesha County agriculture during the 1860 and for several decades thereafter. They were introduced here from New York by James Weaver of Sussex in 1837. The Beaumont hop house…
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This is the former site of the First Baptist Church of Merton founded August 31, 1843 with nine members. This edifice, erected in 1855, is of historic architecture of Greek Revival with Colonial features. It is a selection of the well-known Histor…
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Early Potawatomi Indians had a camp trail on ridge south of Bark River, which became part of Military Trail. Wm. O'Dell, about 1840, built first settler cabin near Bark. In 1848 the Township was called "Warren". Local people wanted a Post Office, …
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Settled predominately by Irish Catholics in the 1840's, it originally was called O'Connellsville after Irish emancipator, Daniel O'Connell. In 1848, a meeting was held to nominate the first postmaster. Three men, Swiss miller Henry Kuntz, & two…
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Growing of hops for commercial beer making purposes was important in Waukesha County agriculture during the 1860's and for several decades thereafter. They were introduced here from new York by James Weaver of Sussex in 1837. The Beaumont hop h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTA2_plainview-school-no-4_Hartland-WI.html
Lisbon District #4 School was organized February 1, 1844. In March, 1847, a log school building was built east of this property at a cost of $300, including a fence around it. This new one-room cream brick structure was completed in November of…
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The Land O' Lakes baseball leagues were founded in 1922 by Martin C. Weber of Merton, Wis. It started with 8 teams in baseball. It became Wisconsin's oldest and largest amateur baseball league. In early 1950, the organization grew to 108 teams …
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After the Toronto Island parish was established in 1875 Bishop Arthur Sweatman was the prime mover in the building of this Anglican church. Designed by Arthur R. Denison, architect, the Early English Gothic style frame church was opened at the cor…
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Here the Ice Age Trail enters the forest honoring Carl Schurz. With John Muir, Increase Lapham, and Aldo Leopold, he belongs to the quartet of Great Wisconsin Conservationists memorialized by natural monuments left by the Wisconsin Glacier in nort…
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