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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1K29_first-baptist-church-of-ripon_Ripon-WI.html
First Baptist Church of Ripon
1857
Entered on the National
Register of Historic Places by
the United States Department
of the Interior
July 21, 2006
This building and grounds were presented to the Frank H. Brown Post 43, American Legi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1819_birthplace-of-the-republican-party_Ripon-WI.html
In this school house on March 20, 1854 was held the first mass meeting in this country that definitely and positively cut loose from old parties, and advocated a new party under the name Republican.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15YB_401-watson-street_Ripon-WI.html
1905-1973 · Public Library (relocated)1973-1996 · Pearl's House of Fashion1996-Present · Accurate Controls
The majority of the money for the building of this library was given to the city by Andrew Carnegie. There was much …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11GT_first-congregational-church-of-ripon_Ripon-WI.html
This property has beenplaced on theNational Registerof Historic Placesby the United StatesDepartment of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B0_carrie-chapman-catt_Ripon-WI.html
A national leader of the woman suffrage movement, Carrie Chapman Catt was born in Ripon, Wisconsin, in 1859 and spent most of her life as a tireless crusader for women's rights. A gifted organizer, political strategist and public speaker, Catt suc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AZ_ceresco_Ripon-WI.html
The Long House is one of the few visible remains of the pioneer settlement of Ceresco. Founded in 1844 and named for Ceres, the Roman Goddess of Agriculture, Ceresco was the home of the Wisconsin Phalanx, an experiment in communal liv?ing accordin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SQ_ripon-college_Ripon-WI.html
Incorporated January 29, 1851. The first College building, East Hall, was staked out that spring by Ripon city founders David Mapes and Alvan Bovay. Chartered as Brockway College, it was renamed Ripon College in 1864 and graduated its first class,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J4_the-roller-coasters-of-glen-echo-amusement-park_Glen-Echo-MD.html
Roller Coasters.The first primitive version of a roller coaster called the "Flying Mountain" emerged in Russia in the 1400's. Americans encountered their first taste of a roller coaster-like thrill ride in 1827 when Josiah White constructed the Ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J3_birthplace-of-republican-party_Ripon-WI.html
In 1852 Alvan Earle Bovay of Ripon met with Horace Greeley in New York and advocated dissolution of the Whig Party and formation of a new party to fuse together anti-slavery elements. At the same time he suggested the name "Republican" because he …