Wisconsin: Wisconsin Historical Society
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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMOO5_old-military-road_Dodgeville-WI.html
You are traveling the route of the Old Military Road, built in 1835-36, to connect Fort Crawford at Prairie du Chien and Fort Howard at Green Bay, via Fort Winnebago at "The Portage" between the Fox-Wisconsin rivers. The section from Prairie du Chien to For…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMOOE_wisconsins-first-iron-smelter_Mayville-WI.html
Mayville was founded in 1845 by Alvin and William Foster and Chester and S.P. May. Iron ore was discovered by these men approximately four miles south of Mayville. A quantity of the ore was taken to the nearest iron smelter in Mishawaka, Indiana, in 1846.
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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMOOF_solomon-juneau-house_Theresa-WI.html
Born in 1793, Solomon Juneau, a French Canadian agent for the American Fur Company and founder of the City of Milwaukee, established one of his outlying trading posts in this vicinity along the east branch of the Rock River in the early 1830s. He named it "…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMOQJ_royal-airport-charles-lindbergh_Monona-WI.html
Royal AirportThe site of an airplane landing field, hangars, flying schools and stunt shows, this field was the center of Madison aviation from 1926 to 1938, mainly through the efforts of Howard Morey and his founding of Madison Airways Corporation. Later k…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMOV5_green-bay-packers_Green-Bay-WI.html
The Green Bay Packers, an institution and a legend, are unique.
The only publicly-owned club in professional sports, they were founded as a town team in 1919 by E. L. "Curly" Lambeau, who coached them to six world championships. They acquired their firs…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMOV7_hazelwood_Green-Bay-WI.html
On this site Morgan L. Martin (1805-87) built this home in 1837, after his marriage to Elizabeth Smith of Plattsburgh, N.Y. It was a center of social, literary and political accomplishment for nearly a century. Coming here in 1827 as a young attorney, he be…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMOVI_drumlins_Lake-Mills-WI.html
This is glaciated country. Here, as you approach the western edge of Wisconsin's kettle moraine, you see many land features created by glacial ice some 15,000 years ago. Among the most interesting of these are long, oval hills known as drumlins. Wisconsin i…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMOVJ_in-service-to-their-country_Johnson-Creek-WI.html
Wisconsin contributed significantly to the military activities of the United States since it became a state in 1848. During the Civil War, for instance, Wisconsin made a major contribution to support the Union. About 50% of Wisconsin's adult male population…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMOW3_first-state-fair_Janesville-WI.html
Thirteen counties were represented here at the first state fair sponsored by the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society. Entries included horses, cattle, sheep, swine, farming implements, dairy products, flour and corn meal, domestic manufactures, needle work…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMOWR_sinking-of-the-lady-elgin_Milwaukee-WI.html
The loss of the sidewheel steamship Lady Elgin was one of Lake Michigan's most tragic maritime disasters. On September 8th, 1860, the ship, returning to Milwaukee from Chicago, sank following a collision nine miles off Winnetka, Illinois. Milwaukee's Irish …