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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM755_revolutionary-war-veteran_De-Pere-WI.html
James Powlis, whose Oneida name Tewakatelyλ?thale! means "I'm Worried", was born around 1750, probably in New York State. In 1777, after the disintegration of the Iroquois Confederacy's neutrality, Congress sought to offset the allegiance of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM744_rapides-des-peres_De-Pere-WI.html
The rapids at De Pere were well known to all early travelers along the Fox and Wisconsin rivers, which provided the best access to the Mississippi. Despite Indian domination, the waterway served explorers, fur traders and voyageurs, missionaries, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM706_white-pillars_De-Pere-WI.html
This building was erected in 1836 to serve as the office of the Fox River Hydraulic Company, which was chartered by Wisconsin's first Territorial Legislature to construct a dam at Rapides des Peres. Following the 1837 financial crisis, notes issue…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6SL_vincent-t-vince-lombardi_Green-Bay-WI.html
Vince Lombardi directed the Green Bay Packers to five NFL championships in seven years (1961-62, 1965-66-67) - a feat without parallel in pro football history. His 1966 and '67 teams also won the first two Super Bowls. Lombardi forged an impressiv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6S9_heritage-hill-state-park_Green-Bay-WI.html
This park, built to portray and preserve Wisconsin's beginnings, is located on a site that is itself a part of history. On this 40-acre site stood Camp Smith—a temporary location of Fort Howard—part of the pioneer settlement known as S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6OZ_marquette-jolliet_De-Pere-WI.html
Here in June, 1673, an expedition headed by Jesuit priest Jacques Marquette and his companion Louis Jolliet departed from St. Francis Xavier Mission to find and explore the upper Mississippi River. In September they returned here to record their d…