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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP31_wisconsins-lime-industry_Greendale-WI.html
Lime production was an important nineteenth century industry in southeastern Wisconsin, primarily because the region's geology provided abundant Silurian dolomite rock that was easily quarried. High quality lime, used mainly in mortar and plaster,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN8R_boyhood-home-of-jeremiah-curtin_Greendale-WI.html
Born in Detroit to Irish immigrant parents, Curtin came to Milwaukee in 1837 to join his mother's family the Furlongs and settle on a farm in Greenfield. In the 1840's the Curtins moved into this typically Irish stone house described in Curtin's M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM5U_village-of-greendale_Greendale-WI.html
Greendale was one of three Greenbelt towns constructed during the 1930's. The main objectives were to demonstrate a planning concept combining the best of country and city living, to provide good housing for low income families, and to create cons…
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