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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AMF_ernies-trading-post_Monona-WI.html
Built originally as a garage, this brick structure served from 1932 to 1952 as the only neighborhood grocery. Operated by early settler Ernie Ferchland, the store served as a meeting place for Blooming Grove Township residents who planned the inc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AM7_mononas-birthplace-mononas-history_Monona-WI.html
Monona's Birthplace
Dissatisfied with the services being provided by the Township of Blooming Grove, five residents of the area - Ernie Ferchland, Ray Owen, Ed Rothman, Walter Simon and Justin Waterman - met in Ernie's Trading Post to discuss s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOQJ_royal-airport-charles-lindbergh_Monona-WI.html
Royal AirportThe site of an airplane landing field, hangars, flying schools and stunt shows, this field was the center of Madison aviation from 1926 to 1938, mainly through the efforts of Howard Morey and his founding of Madison Airways Corporatio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM8I_edna-taylor-conservation-park_Monona-WI.html
Edna E.E. Taylor was a teacher, writer and, in her later years, a dairy farmer. A believer in "Sensible Ecology" she proposed to sell 37 of her 98 acres of land to the city of Madison. Added to 10 adjacent acres already held by the city and 11 acr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM65_springhaven-pagoda_Monona-WI.html
This was built in the late 1800's to protect the natural spring water in Springhaven, the farm of Judge E. W. Keyes. Later the clear water was used by area children to make lemonade for their picnics, held in what is now Stonebridge Park.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKR7_otto-schroeder-house_Monona-WI.html
Designed by Madison architect Frank Riley for a prominent undertaker, this Tudor-style house was built on an old cobblestone foundation. Painter Aaron Bohrod purchased it in 1959 and added a studio designed by Herb Fritz. Bohrod, artist in residen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD58_bungalowen_Monona-WI.html
The summer cottage was built on the honeymoon camp site of Ray S. and Theo P. Owen; the connected house was added to serve the family year around. Owen, professor of Civil Engineering, University of Wisconsin, was a charter member of the Village B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD56_george-nichols-home-circa-1878_Monona-WI.html
This typical Wisconsin farmhouse became the retirement home in 1880 of early civic leader George Nichols. Five unusual round windows upstairs and a hilltop location provided a grand view of the area. Nichols School and Road, built on parcels of hi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD55_the-outlet-mound_Monona-WI.html
The largest of nineteen conical, oval and linear mounds once located in this vicinity, the Outlet Mound was constructed as a burial place by Woodland Indians about 2,000 years ago. It was saved from destruction by the Wisconsin Archaeological Soci…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD4K_black-bridge_Monona-WI.html
Fabricated by the Iowa Iron Company, the early well known bridge was built like a railroad trestle with black overhead supports. It served as the area's only route across the Yahara River. Nearby speakesies and its edge-of-town location gave the a…