Wisconsin: Wisconsin Historical Society
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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM13G2_stanley-toy-company_Oconto-WI.html
This building is all that remains of the once-larger Stanley Toy Company building. Established by Chester Schwedler in 1946, the Stanley Toy Company made cast-metal horse-drawn carriages and bunny toy carts. On December 29, 1949, fire destroyed the building…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM13G4_old-copper-culture-cemetery_Oconto-WI.html
At this site approximately 4,500 years ago, Wisconsin Indians gathered to bury their dead. Because of their use of copper tools, weapons and ornaments, this group became known as the Old Copper people. They fashioned spearpoints, knives and fishhooks from p…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM13PC_brule-river_Tallassee-WI.html
The Brule River flows in the former channel of a larger river which once flowed in the opposite direction and drained melting ice from glacial lake Duluth. The receding glacier created Lake Superior and also carved the valley now occupied by the Brule. Inst…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM13Q4_wisconsins-luxembourgers_Belgium-WI.html
Many of northeastern Ozaukee County's prosperous farms, fieldstone houses and outbuildings, and large village churches are characteristic of the Luxembourg immigrant settlement patterns in the area. Beginning in 1845, inexpensive land brought Luxembourgers …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM13R0_mcallister-state-graded-school_Wausaukee-WI.html
The term "graded school" was used to refer to any school that had more than one room and therefore contained more than one grade level of pupils. The McAllister State Graded School was built in 1914 and added to in 1919, 1924 and 1936. This was a response t…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM147P_the-episcopal-church-of-the-holy-nativity_Egg-Harbor-WI.html
The Reverend W. R. Gardner founded the Episcopal Church of the Holy Nativity in 1882 to serve the Canadian Anglicans who had relocated to the area after the Civil War to cut and haul timber. Services were held once a month at the village schoolhouse. Later,…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM16MQ_port-washington-civil-war-draft-riot_Port-Washington-WI.html
(Side One):During the Civil War, Wisconsin Governor Edward Salomon postponed the draft several times but finally gave authorization for several counties to hold lotteries. In Ozaukee County, Draft Commissioner William A. Pors set Monday, November 10, 1862, …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM190J_galesville-bridge_Galesville-WI.html
The Galesville Bridge was erected in 1925, replacing an earlier bridge that was difficult for automobiles to access. For 86 years, the 1925 bridge carried traffic across Beaver Creek. Constructed by the Guaranty Construction Company of Minneapolis, the stee…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM190L_gale-college-historic-district_Galesville-WI.html
Founded in 1854, Galesville University (later known as Gale College) was one of the earliest institutions of higher education in Wisconsin and a notable attempt to bring higher education to the newly recognized state. Affiliated with four different religiou…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM19C4_green-bay-ethnic-trail_Pleasant-Prairie-WI.html
Green Bay Road was the main route of settlement and communication in 19th century eastern Wisconsin. The road followed an ancient Indian trail network and was surveyed for use as a military road between Fort Dearborn (Chicago) and Fort Howard (Green Bay) by…