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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19CG_fred-c-merkle_Watertown-WI.html
This memorial is dedicated to the life of Fred C. Merkle
Born in Watertown, WI, Dec. 20, 1888. His father, Ernst Merkle, was a school teacher at Immanuel Lutheran School in Watertown at the time of Fred's birth. Fred made his major league debut…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM198U_fred-merkle-field_Watertown-WI.html
Fred C. Merkle was born in Watertown, WI on Dec. 20, 1888 to Ernst and Anna Amalia (Thielmann) Merkle. He made his major league debut as a first baseman with the New York Giants on 9-21-07 at the age of 18. During his 16 years in the majors, he pl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM198O_in-honor-of-the-1955-watertown-high-school-state-baseball-champions_Watertown-WI.html
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In 1955 the Watertown Goslings won this city's first State Baseball Championship. Their home games were played at Washington Park, under the leadership of Coach Thompson. The team took pride in their pitching and defense. The ca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM198I_adrian-joss-john-p-red-kleinow_Watertown-WI.html
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This memorial is dedicated to the life of Adrian Joss
Born in Woodland, WI, April 12, 1880. Addie played baseball for Watertown and Watertown's Sacred Heart Team in 1899. Along with his future major league catcher Red K…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNP7_octagon-house_Watertown-WI.html
This 8 sided five story house of solid brick construction was built in the early 1850s by pioneer John Richards. It is the best example in Wisconsin of an unusual architectural design which was in vogue briefly before the Civil War. It was claimed…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNP6_trail-discovery_Watertown-WI.html
On July 18th, during the Black Hawk War of 1832, Little Thunder - a Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Indian guide to the U.S. Militia - discovered Black Hawk's Band crossed the Rock River in this vicinity. After receiving the news, Gen. James D. Henry and Col…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNP5_milwaukee-street-bridge_Watertown-WI.html
One of the nation's most innovative bridge designers of the 20th century, Daniel B. Luten, designed the Milwaukee Street Bridge. Constructed in 1930 by Eau Claire Engineering, the bridge was a rare example of a steel-reinforced, three span, open-s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNP4_plank-road-pioneer-barn_Watertown-WI.html
This barn was built by an early settler in 1853 was used by regional farmers driving cattle to the Milwaukee market over the Milwaukee-Watertown Plank Road. It was moved from the Plank road area east of the Rock River to this site in 1963 and rest…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNP3_first-kindergarten_Watertown-WI.html
The first kindergarten in the United States was founded by Margarethe Meyer Schurz in this building in 1856. Moved to the present site and restored in 1956 by the Watertown Historical Society.