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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14SB_barge-emerald_Kewaunee-WI.html
ATribute and Memoriumto thosewho went down with theBarge "Emerald"within sight of this point,on Nov. 18, 1886. Sponsored and erected byH. J. Baumeister.May 30, 1938.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQE1_black-earth-indian-village_Kewaunee-WI.html
For hundreds of years, the Potawatomi village of Ma-Kah-Da-We-Kah-Mich-Cock (Black Earth) was located on this spot. The people lived in huts made of bark. They raised crops of corn, beans, pumpkin and squash, and lived off abundant fish and game. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQE0_the-norman-general-store_Kewaunee-WI.html
The focal point of any crossroads community in this area include a church, a saloon, ageneral store and a cheese factory where milk was turned into a marketable product.Norman, a Czech heritage community founded in the 1850's was no exception. the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ9D_ancient-buried-forest_Kewaunee-WI.html
Located on a high, eroding bluff along Lake Michigan, Two Creeks is an ancient forest of pine, hemlock, and spruce that established about 12,000 years ago. During various glacial advances and retreats water, silt, and clay buried the forest and ov…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ6H_kewaunee-marsh-arsenic-spill-area_Kewaunee-WI.html
Why is the fence here?The fence is to limit access to a contaminated area. In the early days the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) was contacted by a hunter that an area within the boundaries of the wildlife refuge was devoid of veg…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7L3_car-ferry-service_Kewaunee-WI.html
Kewaunee, Green Bay & Western Railroad ferry slip No. 1, to your right, is the point where car-ferry service across Lake Michigan began. On Sunday, November 27, 1892, Ann Arbor Railroad car-ferry No. 1 loaded 22 cars of flour which originated at M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7J7_father-marquette_Kewaunee-WI.html
Father Marquetteofferedthe Holy Sacrifice of Masson this spotNovember 1, 1674.
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