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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTA0_zion-evangelical-cemetery_Sussex-WI.html
This cemetery has multi names, most recent being "Redeemer United Church of Christ Cemetery"
Other names included "Zion Cemetery" "German Cemetery" "The German Zion Evangelical Church Cemetery" & Little Sussex Cemetery".
Sussex Zion Evangeli…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT9Z_st-albans-episcopal-church_Sussex-WI.html
Named for English martyr and saint. The parish was organized in 1842. The first church, 1844, stood at the southwest corner of God's Acre. The first grave was there opened in that year. The edifice was dedicated by Bishop Jackson Kemper in 1866. T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT9Y_sussex_Sussex-WI.html
Named for County Sussex, England, home of prominent pioneers. First settlers were George Elliot and Richard Cooling in 1843. First church, St. Alban's Episcopal, was founded in 1842 in Weaver's barn; its present edifice was erected in 1864-'66 bes…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT9X_pioneer-st-james-catholic-church_Menomonee-Falls-WI.html
Congregation began in Irish settlement between old Lannon Springs and Templeton about 1841. First mass was said in James Brogan's log cabin.
Original church built of local stone and dedicated, 1848, by parishioners and Fr. James Colton, first…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT9W_lannon-lists-itself-as-amateur-baseball-capital-of-waukesha-county_Lannon-WI.html
Baseball has always been a very important part of the Village of Lannon. With the coming of the Land O'Lakes (LOL) Leagues in 1922, Lannon came to the front as the Capital of Amateur baseball in Waukesha County.
The Lannon LOL teams have won mo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT9V_sub-continental-divide_Menomonee-Falls-WI.html
The eastern portion of Waukesha County has a major sub-continental divide as shown by the line in the map. Water falling west of this crest of land goes into the Fox River watershed and eventually into the Gulf of Mexico via the Mississippi River.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT9U_dousman_Dousman-WI.html
Shortly after the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad built its line through in 1881, the village of Dousman came into existance. The building of the early railroads meant prosperity and, as they found out across the state, skilled craftsmen and merch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT9T_waterville_Oconomowoc-WI.html
This crossroad was the center of the Waterville of long ago. It rose, it flourished, and then declined, the victim of a railroad which bypassed it in 1881.
The stone structure which stood at this site was built as a general store in 1876. It w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT9S_hawks-inn_Delafield-WI.html
Built in 1846 of hand-hewn timbers and hand-made nails. Builder & owner was Nelson Paige Hawks (1799-1863), a cultured Yankee, who was Delafield's first Postmaster, a Justice of the Peace, Town Chairman, owner of a grist & saw mill, & builder of f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT9R_cushing-memorial-park_Delafield-WI.html
Cushing Park, dedicated to Civil War heroes William, Alonzo, and Howard Cushing, was Waukesha County's first state park. The 50 foot Barre' granite monument stands on part of the original Cushing homestead. The park was a gathering place for the G…