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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS9S_the-yellowstone-trail_Chippewa-Falls-WI.html
Before there were numbered highways in the United States there were names attached to roads to help motorists navigate from town to town or from county to county. In 1912 no one thought in terms of an inter-state highway. However, a small band of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS9F_the-yellowstone-trail_Stanley-WI.html
Before there were numbered highways in the United States there were names attached to roads to help motorists navigate from town to town or from county to county. In 1912 no one thought in terms of an inter-state highway. However, a small band of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS93_m-1900-seacoast-ordnance_Stanley-WI.html
A 1928 act of Congress made obsolete World War I weapons available to municipalities and veteran's organizations for commemorative purposes. The Stanley American Legion Post requested this 5-inch bore artillery piece and it was dedicated on Memori…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS5W_introduction-to-the-geology-of-the-cadott-region_Cadott-WI.html
The block diagram right depicts in simple format the major geological components of the Cadott region. The time scale [below right] shows that the geologic history at any one place on Earth represents only a miniscule part of the Earth's long and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS4S_old-mcdonell-high-school_Chippewa-Falls-WI.html
This buildinghas been placed on theNational Registerof Historic Placesby the United StatesDepartment of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRUL_in-memory-of-all-veterans_Chippewa-Falls-WI.html
Sergeant Charles E. Mower, Company A, 34th Infantry, on November 3, 1944, was an assistant squad leader in an attack against strongly defended enemy positions on both sides of a stream running through a wooded gulch near Capoocan, Leyte, Philippin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRTO_ronald-p-anders_Chippewa-Falls-WI.html
He gave his life to the Jaycees and to his community, in the belief that service to humanity is the best work of life. We shall not forget... Ronald P. Anders Memorial Pure Water Fountain was constructed by the Chippewa Falls Jaycees and Jaycet…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQTL_the-yellowstone-trail_Cadott-WI.html
The first coast-to-coast auto route across the northern tier of states. "A Good Road from Plymouth Rock to Puget Sound" Before 1912 Railroads dominated long distance transportation. Local roads were dust and mud. There was little help from…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQQI_notre-dame-church_Chippewa-Falls-WI.html
Notre Dame was Chippewa County's first church, the Mother church of all area Catholic Churches. Originally called St. Mary's ("Our Lady of the Pines") was a 16' x 18' foot log structure erected in 1856. A carpenter's bench served as the first alta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQPJ_reverend-charles-f-x-goldsmith_Chippewa-Falls-WI.html
Charles was born in Rochester, New York. At the early age of thirteen he entered the provincial seminary of St. Francis near Milwaukee. He graduated in 1864 and then entered the American College at Louvain, Belgium. There he earned two divinity de…
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