Wisconsin: Wisconsin Historical Society
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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1IC_silver-mound_Alma-Center-WI.html
This large, isolated hill is a famous site where prehistoric Indians gathered to quarÂry a particularly attractive quartzite for the manufacture of chipped stone tools. Several aboriginal quarries are scattered along the rimrock of this mound. Thousands of…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1IR_s-j-wittman_Oshkosh-WI.html
For 38 years America's premier air race pilot, S. J. Wittman served as manager of this airport. Since 1924 he has designed and built aircraft for which he has achieved national recognition.
One of his planes "Buster" is in the Smithsonian Institution. He…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1J3_birthplace-of-republican-party_Ripon-WI.html
In 1852 Alvan Earle Bovay of Ripon met with Horace Greeley in New York and advocated dissolution of the Whig Party and formation of a new party to fuse together anti-slavery elements. At the same time he suggested the name "Republican" because he felt "it w…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1JM_knaggs-ferry_Oshkosh-WI.html
James Knaggs, who lived across the river from this point, operated a ferry here for nineteen years. In 1831 John and Juliette Kinzie, traveling on horseback from Green Bay to their Indian Agency assignment at Portage, were ferried across. In the summer of 1…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1KV_father-caspar-rehrl-st-john-the-baptist-parish_Malone-WI.html
Father Caspar RehrlA priest, missionary, teacher, founder of churches and schools, and organizer of parishes, Father Rehrl was born in Salzburg, Austria, in 1809. He became a mission?ary to North America, arriving in the new diocese of Milwaukee in the Wisc…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1L9_the-passenger-pigeon_Black-River-Falls-WI.html
Huge flocks of passenger pigeons once roamed North America. Larger than the mourning dove which it resembled, the passenger pigeon derived its name from an Indian word meaning "wanderer" or one who moves from place to place. Flying at a normal speed of sixt…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1LB_highground-veterans-memorial_Black-River-Falls-WI.html
Wisconsin Vietnam veterans provided leadership for the establishment of a memo?rial dedicated to the men and women of the state who served in America's 20th century conflicts. In 1985, the Wisconsin Vietnam Veterans Memorial Project acquired property near N…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1LO_black-river-valley_Black-River-Falls-WI.html
White pine trees were growing here when Columbus made his voyage to America. In 1819 the first attempts to saw lumber were unsuccessful, but in 1839 Jacob Spaulding founded Black River Falls by erecting the first permanent sawmill and settlement on the Blac…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1MP_founders-square_Marshfield-WI.html
In 1871, Louis and Frank Rivers constructed a one-and-a-half story log building at the present northeast corner of N. Chestnut Ave. and W. Depot St. This building served as a residence, hotel, tavern, and store. The brothers heard that the Wisconsin Central…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1OB_winnebago-indians_Black-River-Falls-WI.html
Winnebago Indians call themselves "Hochunkgra." A Siouan people, they once occupied the southern half of Wisconsin and the northern counties of Illinois. The Black Hawk War of 1832 and a series of treaties forced the Winnebago out of their homeland, and the…