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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IMH_st-josephs-church_Kewaunee-WI.html
✝ St. Joseph's Church
Was Closed by the Diocese of
Green Bay
with a Final Mass on June 20th,
2010
The Site and Church Are
Now Privately Owned ✝
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H8G_civil-war-and-cuban-veterans-monument_Kewaunee-WI.html
Erected to the Memory of the
Soldiers and Marines of Kewaunee County
Who Fought for Freedom
in
1861 to 1865
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Also to Those Who Fought for
the Liberty of Cuba
in 1898
1861 - 1865 - 1898
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GZ2_tisch-mills_Kewaunee-WI.html
????As the available land to the south became more difficult to obtain, new arrivals began to gravitate northward. In this valley through which flows the East Twin River, many found what they were looking for. This area had been known to the Indi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GWX_the-old-mill_Kewaunee-WI.html
As you look across the Kewaunee River, it is hard to imagine that a small, thriving community existed on the opposite bank. The center of the community was the imposing flour and gristmill, which drew so many customers from miles around…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GWV_kewaunee-county-lime-kilns_Kewaunee-WI.html
???? Before modern cement came onto the market, lime was used in the making of mortar for brick and stonework. Lime was also used for whitewashing wood instead of painting. Large furnaces used heat to reduce nearby limestone rocks into lime.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GTI_dikeman_Kewaunee-WI.html
???? The year was 1863. This area was a wilderness accessible only by primitive trails that wound through the vast, virgin pine forest. Here, surrounded by thousands of acres of prime timberland, Charles W. Dikeman and his partners built their mi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GSD_courthouse-square_Kewaunee-WI.html
The jail was designed by Oshkosh, Wisconsin architect William Waters and built in 1876. The building served a dual purpose of being both the sheriff's home and also the county lock-up. It was in use continuously until 1969. That year a county refe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GRY_the-great-kewaunee-fire_Kewaunee-WI.html
Shortly before midnight May 19, 1898, a fire broke out in a barn on Milwaukee Street near the northeast corner of Milwaukee and Ellis. Fanned by strong, cold northeast winds, the fire soon engulfed many of the buildings on the north sid…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GQU_early-history-of-kewaunee_Kewaunee-WI.html
The bluffs overlooking the Kewaunee River north of the city witnessed much of Kewaunee's early history. It was here that Potawatomies had a village and eventually fought a bloody battle with the Sacs, killing an entire band.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GQP_the-kewaunee-county-farm_Kewaunee-WI.html
???? The Kewaunee County Farm was operated on this site starting in 1879. Nicknamed 'The Poor Farm' it was a place for the county's elderly who were unable to provide for themselves financially. Tenants enjoyed keeping busy by helping with the pu…