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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OR2_pioneer-rehabilitation-center_Wausau-WI.html
In the First American National Bank building which once stood here, Employers Insurance of Wausau opened, on June 1, 1928, a facility for rehabilitating injured workers. It was the first center of its kind established by the insurance industry. To…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OQY_the-federal-building_Wausau-WI.html
Acquired by the City of Wausau, Wisconsin from the Federal Government in 2004 through the General Services Administration as an Historic Property. This public benefit program is administered by the National Park Service.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GAJ_historical-memorial-park_Wausau-WI.html
Resting eternally in this hallowed ground where you are now standing are the remains of original settlers; the pioneers, the woodsmen, and the rivermen from this area's earliest years as a center of the timber industry. An earlier cemetery in the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWGT_third-marathon-county-courthouse_Wausau-WI.html
These granite blocks were part of the third Marathon County Courthouse completed in May 1892, it stood on the block bounded by Third, Scott, Fourth and Jefferson Streets. This courthouse was razed in April, 1955.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWG0_world-war-i-guardian-angel-monument_Wausau-WI.html
"Erected by the people of Marathon County and Burns Post No. 388 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. in grateful appreciation of the noble sacrifices of those from this county who gave their lives in the World War 1917-1918" Ahart Joe Fireman…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWDQ_wausau-water-works_Wausau-WI.html
Clean drinking water has always been important, but in 1885, Wausau Water Works was built for a different reason — to supply water for fighting fires. 1885 was an especially bad fire year in Wausau. There were 23 alarm fires, including a lum…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTS4_why-is-it-called-big-bull-falls_Wausau-WI.html
If you were a french voyageur in the 1600s or arrived with George Stevens in 1838, you would have heard and seen large rapids churning and bubbling here in front of you. Without dams, the river was much shallower than it is now. It swirled and cra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTRA_big-bull-falls-middot-birthplace-of-wausau_Wausau-WI.html
In the early 1800s, timber supplies were coming to an end in the eastern United States. The Westward Expansion—the settlement of the prairies and mountainous regions west of the Mississippi—was driving the hunger for more timber with w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSS1_pine-grove-cemetery-g-a-r-memorial_Wausau-WI.html
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSP4_battle-of-the-bulge-monument_Wausau-WI.html
In Memory ofVeterans Battle of theBulge Triumph of CourageWorld War IIDec.16, 1944 - Jan. 25, 1945 This is undoubtedly the greatest Americanbattle of the war and will, I believe, beregarded as an ever famous American victory.?????????????…
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