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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMWVY_st-hedwigs-poznan-colony_Thorp-WI.html
St. Hedwig'sIn 1891, a wooden church was built and named St. Hedwig's for a queen of Poland. In 1904, the present-day structure was built and accommodated the growing congregation with seating for 700 people. Members of the congregation furnished labor and …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMXL5_sphagnum-moss_Black-River-Falls-WI.html
Marshy sections of Jackson, Monroe, Wood and Clark counties produce large quan?tities of Sphagnum moss, providing a major but little known state resource. The ability of Sphagnum to hold 20 times its weight in water makes it invaluable for keeping plants an…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMYNT_cnesses-israel-synagogue_Green-Bay-WI.html
Upon this site stood Cnesses Israel Synagogue, the first Jewish congregation in Brown County dedicated September 4, 1904 (24 Elul 5664). Designed by local architect Henry A. Foeller, the synagogue was Moorish in design and had two octagonal towers flanking …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMZ6K_summer-white-house-1928_Superior-WI.html
On May 31, 1928, President Calvin Coolidge accepted former Senator Irvine Lenroot's invitation to spend the summer in the Superior area. Henry Clay Pierce had offered Cedar Island Lodge, part of a 4,000 acre Brule River estate, to serve as living quarters f…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMZPJ_hop-raising_Lyndon-Station-WI.html
"Keep hopping, hoeing and hoping" said an editorial in 1867 when hops were selling for 50? a pound, pickers by the thousands worked in the fields, merchants were selling silks, laces, paisley shawls and grand pianos, and farmers were building new and larger…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM101H_st-martins-church_New-Holstein-WI.html
In 1853, a group of German Catholics from Silesia, Prussia, emigrated to the Charlestown area. By 1866, the congregation had built a log church where they could assemble for services. They erected the current church in 1875, using limestone from a local qua…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM10KO_revolutionary-war-veteran_Union-Grove-WI.html
Resting in this cemetery is a Militia veteran who fought in the American Revolutionary War of 1776-1783. In the last years of his life, he moved to Wisconsin and helped found what is now known as the Union Grove Congregational Church. He served as the churc…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM10XT_the-mcgilvray-seven-bridges-road_Holmen-WI.html
In the early 1850s Scottish immigrant Alexander McGilvray established a small settlement and ferry service, both known as "McGilvray's Ferry," along the Black River. For the next forty years the ferry made seasonal river crossings despite frequent log jams.…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM118L_wisconsin-lead-region_Shullsburg-WI.html
Grant, Iowa and Lafayette counties were once the center of a lead-mining boom. Indians had sold lead to early traders, but there were few white miners here in 1820. Mining brought in a large part of the 37,000 population credited to the three counties in 18…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM118M_father-samuel-mazzuchelli_Benton-WI.html
In 1835 Father Samuel Mazzuchelli, Dominican missionary, came to the lead region from the Green Bay-Mackinac frontier. One year later he addressed the opening session of the territorial legislature. Soon he was establishing schools and preparing teachers fo…