Pleasant Ridge

Pleasant Ridge (HMFC3)

Location: Lancaster, WI 53813 Grant County
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Country: United States of America
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N 42° 49.849', W 90° 48.788'

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In 1848, William Horner of Warren County, Virginia, and his former slaves, the Shepard family, hitched a team of oxen to wagons and ventured west to Wisconsin. They arrived at this point, later to be known as Pleasant Ridge.

The Shepards bought land from Mr. Horner for $1.50 an acre, making them the first recorded African-American family to live in the area. The beginnings of a community of over 100 free or escaped slaves, Pleasant Ridge at one point had a church and a school. Now the one acre-cemetery is all that remains.
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HM NumberHMFC3
Series This marker is part of the Daughters of the American Revolution series
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Year Placed1994
Placed ByWisconsin Society Daughters of the American Revolution
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Monday, September 29th, 2014 at 9:44am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)15T E 678739 N 4744347
Decimal Degrees42.83081667, -90.81313333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 42° 49.849', W 90° 48.788'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds42° 49' 50.94" N, 90° 48' 47.28" W
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Area Code(s)608
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 7874-8098 Slab Town Rd, Lancaster WI 53813, US
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