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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFQ0_anton-f-and-mary-kubicek-duplex_Madison-WI.html
Anton F. and Mary Kubicek Duplex 1926is listed in the State Register of Historic Places
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF0F_main-street-historic-district_Stoughton-WI.html
This district is a collection of Victorian and early 20th-century commercial buildings, largely built between 1860 and 1910. Once southern Dane County's mercantile center, the district provided extensive retail and professional services. Extending…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF01_georgia-o-keeffe_Sun-Prairie-WI.html
This world-renowned artist was born in the Town of Sun Prairie on November 15, 1887. She was the second of seven children born to Francis and Ida O'Keeffe. Georgia grew up on the family farm south of the city of Sun Prairie. As a child, she receiv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDT2_welcome-to-the-edgewood-park-and-pleasure-drive_Madison-WI.html
The Madison Park and Pleasure Drive Association, incorporated in 1894, was granted an easement from the Dominican sisters of Sinsinawa for a road connecting Vilas Park with Woodrow Street. The road was constructed in 1904 to provide a place to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDCB_john-f-appleby_Mazomanie-WI.html
It was here at Mazomanie in the late 1870's that John F. Appleby perfected the knotter. Still used on binders and balers, the knotter is a mechanical device which binds grain into compact bundles with twine. Appleby was born in New York State b…
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCT3_mazomanie_Mazomanie-WI.html
In 1850, the Milwaukee and Mississippi Rail Road Company began building a line to span the lower third of Wisconsin between Milwaukee and Prairie du Chien. Chief Engineer Edward Brodhead concluded that this area's topographical features were ideal…
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