Wisconsin: Wisconsin Historical Society
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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1GU2_erastus-b-wolcott-m-d_Milwaukee-WI.html
Dr. Erastus B. Wolcott was an originator of the idea for a national soldier home in Milwaukee.
A spirited leader in medicine, business and government, he was state surgeon-general during the Civil War and an ardent advocate for what is now the Veterans Admi…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1GU4_wisconsin-soldiers-home_Milwaukee-WI.html
In April 1864, women of the former West Side Soldiers? Aid Society opened a temporary Civil War Soldiers? Home at this location. By May 1867, the home Lady Managers had welcomed 21,550 Union soldiers, given medical care to over 1,000, and provided 150,167 f…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1L6B_east-park-historic-district_Stoughton-WI.html
The origin of the East Park neighborhood begins in 1879, when local residents formed the Stoughton Fair Association. They built a racetrack, a grandstand and held the first Stoughton Fair here that same year. This venture was short-lived. By 1890, the groun…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1MVR_pomeranian-settlement-in-marathon-county_Athens-WI.html
In the 1850s, in the midst of Wisconsin's lumber boom, a large migration of Germans helped settle Marathon County. This group hailed from Pomerania, a former Prussian province in present-day northern Germany and Poland. Immigration continued for the next se…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1NNR_brule-st-croix-waterway_Hudson-WI.html
From early Indian days the St. Croix River and the Brule River, reached by a two mile portage, formed a waterway connecting Lake Superior with the Mississippi River.
The first white man to travel the Brule-St. Croix route was the French explorer and t…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1UQJ_schooner-pretoria-historical_Bayfield-WI.html
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
In the waters off Outer Island lies the wreck of the Pretoria, one of the largest wooden vessels ever to sail the Great lakes. On September 1, 1905, Captain Charles Smart and nine crew departed the Allouez…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1UQL_dr-kate-pelham-newcomb-historical_Woodruff-WI.html
On this site, Dr. Kate Pelham Newcomb, a well-respected and loved physician, provided medical care from her office and treatment room during the 1940s and 1950s. One of only two doctors for the vast northern Wisconsin area, she treated local residents and t…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1ZY5_the-alexander-noble-house_Fish-Creek-WI.html
The Alexander Noble House was built in 1875 on land purchased from Asa Thorp, the founder of the Village of Fish Creek. This Greek Revival Style-influenced residence is the Village's oldest existing dwelling still in its original location. Born in Scotlan…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1ZY5_the-alexander-noble-house_Fish-Creek-WI.html
The Alexander Noble House was built in 1875 on land purchased from Asa Thorp, the founder of the Village of Fish Creek. This Greek Revival Style-influenced residence is the Village's oldest existing dwelling still in its original location. Born in Scotlan…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1ZY5_the-alexander-noble-house_Fish-Creek-WI.html
The Alexander Noble House was built in 1875 on land purchased from Asa Thorp, the founder of the Village of Fish Creek. This Greek Revival Style-influenced residence is the Village's oldest existing dwelling still in its original location. Born in Scotlan…