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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13CN_breese-stevens-field_Madison-WI.html
Breese Stevens Field, named for the former Madison mayor whose family donated the land, is significant as the city's premier athletic facility from 1926 through the 1960s. The grandstand, designed by prominent Madison architects Claude and Starck …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13AB_blackhawk-country-club-mound-group_Madison-WI.html
theBlackhawk Country Club Mound GroupinShorewood Hills, Wisconsinis listed in theNational RegisterofHistoric Places
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM135E_grimm-book-bindery_Madison-WI.html
This building is significant as the work of architect Alvan Small and as an example of a small commercial building executed in the Neoclassical style. The primary facade is of red brick with a side-gabled roof bracketed with a stepped parapet end …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM135B_robert-m-la-follette-home_Madison-WI.html
Robert M. La Follette home has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935. This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating and illustrating the history of the Un…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12QJ_revolutionizing-animal-reproduction_Madison-WI.html
Techniques of assisted reproduction, particularly of cattle, have revolutionized animal breeding practices worldwide. University of Wisconsin biochemists Henry Lardy and Paul Phillips developed methods for dilution and long-term preservation of sp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12PK_vitamin-d-production-ends-rickets_Madison-WI.html
The discovery of how to produce vitamin D stands as a critical event in the history of vitamin research. In 1924, University of Wisconsin biochemist Harry Steenbock discovered that ultraviolet light converts an inactive material in food to vitamin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12PH_discovery-of-vitamins-a-and-b_Madison-WI.html
In 1913 University of Wisconsin biochemist Elmer V. McCollum and associates used rats to conduct nutritional studies that led to the discovery of vitamin A in butterfat and cod liver oil. In 1917 his group discovered vitamin B complex in milk whey…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12PB_eliminating-pellagra_Madison-WI.html
Pellagra once was a widespread and often fatal disease that was particularly common where corn was a dietary staple. In 1938, University of Wisconsin biochemists Conrad Elvehjem and Frank Strong isolated and identified the B vitamin, niacin, and d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12OA_controlling-blood-clotting_Madison-WI.html
Through the misfortune of a Wisconsin farmer, biochemist Karl Paul Link and his University of Wisconsin associates were handed the keys to discovery of anticlotting factors. Farmer Ed Carlson in February 1933 brought to Link sweet clover hay that …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12NY_treatment-of-iron-deficiency-anemia_Madison-WI.html
Biochemists in the 1920s conducted studies leading to improved understanding of the roles of minerals in animal and human diets. University of Wisconsin biochemists E.B. Hart, C.A. Elvehjem, and Harry Steenbock discovered that copper, in addition …