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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E99_u-s-post-office-antigo-wisconsin_Antigo-WI.html
U.S. Post Office Antigo, Wisconsin. National Register of Historic Places. This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior Antigo Post Office 1916. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E1J_woodland-habitat_Port-Washington-WI.html
Woodland Habitat. . Before European settlement, old growth, Sugar Maple-American Beech-Basswood forests originally covered nearly 3.5 million acres in Wisconsin. Through fragmentation and conversion to farmland, only about 50,000 acres of this for…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E1D_national-historic-mechanical-engineering-landmark_Port-Washington-WI.html
National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark. Port Washington Power Plant. The Port Washington Power Plant of the Wisconsin Electric Power Company was the most thermally-efficient steam power plant in the world for many years following its op…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E0O_the-northerner_Port-Washington-WI.html
The Northerner. . Built in 1850 by John Oades of Clayton, NY, the Northerner began as a lakeshoring vessel on Lake Ontario, transporting general merchandise to and from American and Canadian ports for Henry T. Bacon. Around 1863 the Northerner beg…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DPY_freedom-park-a-war-memorial_West-Bend-WI.html
Freedom Park Honors all Veterans Who have served Dedicated Oct 2 2010 var plainText = document.getElementById('inscription1').innerText; document.getElementById('inscription1').innerHTML = plainText; Freedom…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DPX_in-memory-of-pater-j-schardt_Saukville-WI.html
In memory of Pater J Schardt. . In memory of Peter J Schardt Born in Sackville October 7 1878 . . Attended services as a boy in the Immaculate Conception Church founded in 1856. . . No man in the US Mail Branch of the government did more to p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DPJ_barton-historic-district_West-Bend-WI.html
Barton Historic District. . Barton Historic District Has been placed on the National Register Of Historic Places By the United States Department of the Interior 1992 Erected by Barton Historical Society 1998. var plainTe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DME_coal-dock-park-prairie-restoration_Port-Washington-WI.html
Coal Dock Park Prairie Restoration. . Prairies once covered more than 2.1 million acres of Wisconsin. When Europeans settled the area, they destroyed much of it to make way for farming and development. Now only about 10,000 scattered acres of nati…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CKJ_smoke-stacks-and-paddle-wheels_Prairie-du-Chien-WI.html
Smoke stacks and paddle wheels. In the summer of 1823 the steamboat Virginia successfully negotiated the dangerous rapids at the mouth of the Des Moines River and became the first steam-powered vessel to navigate the upper Mississippi. By the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CJJ_fort-crawford_Prairie-du-Chien-WI.html
Fort Crawford. The War of 1812 convinced America that in order to control their vast country they must occupy and develop it. In Prairie Du Chien this process began with the construction of Fort Crawford in the summer of 1816 Symbol of govern…
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