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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SGO_saint-marys-school-of-nursing_Milwaukee-WI.html
Formal nurses training in the United States began in Boston in 1872. In 1888, the Women's Club of Wisconsin organized the Wisconsin Training School for Nurses patterned after the Bellevue School of Nursing in New York.
In 1894, the Daughters of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G90_old-sauk-trail_Shorewood-WI.html
Here passed the old trail used by the Sauk Indians
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EHM_lake-park_Milwaukee-WI.html
Lake ParkDesigned by Frederick Law Olmsted1892-1895 Added to the National Register of Historic PlacesBy the United States Department of the Interior1993
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ACV_prehistoric-burial-mound_Milwaukee-WI.html
The last of a group of Indian Mounds formerly located on a Stone Age village site near this spot and destroyed in recent years. Several were of larger size. Also the last of many fine groups of burial, linear, and animal shaped mounds formerly loc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14HJ_milwaukee-downer-college-buildings_Milwaukee-WI.html
This set of four buildings, including Merrill, Johnston, and Holton Halls and Greene Memorial Library, designed by A. C. Eschweiler and erected in 1897-1905, was designated as a Milwaukee Landmark in 1973 in recognition of its architectural and hi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWML_north-point-light-station_Milwaukee-WI.html
The North Point Light Station has a long history of guiding mariners to Milwaukee. Its location was chosen to mark the north point of Milwaukee Bay. Erected in 1887 and first lit in 1888, the 39-foot octagonal cast-iron tower replaced an 1855 crea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW8O_kilbourntown-house_Shorewood-WI.html
Built about 1844 by Benjamin Church, a pioneer carpenter and builder, in the Kilbourntown section of early Milwaukee. With its clean lines and fluted Doric columns, the house is an excellent example of Greek Revival architecture. Its construction …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSDG_steamer-appomattox_Shorewood-WI.html
Type: Wooden bulk carrier Built: 1896, Davidson Shipyard, West Bay City, Mich.Sank: November 2, 1905, strandedLength: 319' Beam: 42'Cargo: Iron ore, coalPropulsion: Triple-expansion steam engine, propellerDepth of Wreckage: 20'Listed on National R…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOY4_saint-johns-infirmary_Milwaukee-WI.html
Founded May 15, 1848, with the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul providing direction and nursing, St. John's Infirmary offered Wisconsin's first public hospital care under the supervision of the patient's physician. (Prior institutions m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN8V_old-north-point-water-tower_Milwaukee-WI.html
The 1871 Wisconsin legislature authorized the City of Milwaukee to finance and build a public water system. By 1873 the Board of Water Commissioners had constructed the old North Point Pumping Station below the bluff with intake from Lake Michigan…