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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTCA_antoine-gordon_Gordon-WI.html
In September 1860, Antoine Gordon arrived from Madeline Island and established a trading post at the junction of the St. Croix and Eau Claire rivers. This land had long been the summer home of the Chippewa Indians who used the Brule-St. Croix wate…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT6O_brule-st-croix-portage_Solon-Springs-WI.html
The Brule and St. Croix rivers provide the natural water highway between Lake Superior and the Upper Mississippi. Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut, in 1680 was the first white man to use this passage.
Traveling from Prairie du Chien in 1766, J…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT5L_major-richard-ira-bong_Poplar-WI.html
This Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter, through the efforts of General George C. Kenney, was donated by the United States Air Force in memory of Major Richard I. Bong. Major Bong a native of Poplar, was credited with destroying 40 Japanese aircraft …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT4N_the-superior-entry_South-Range-WI.html
The Superior Entry is the only natural opening through the longest fresh water sandbar in the world. Sand deposits from the lake and the rivers created the bar forming the harbor about 3000 years ago.
The Entry, as first charted in 1861, was 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT4I_northwest-portal-of-wisconsin_Superior-WI.html
Over millions of years, the forces of nature have given Northwest Wisconsin some of the finest scenery in the world. The most striking feature is Lake Superior, largest freshwater lake in the world and the "Gitche Gumee" of Henry Wadsworth Longfel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT4G_the-university-of-wisconsin-superior_Superior-WI.html
Authorized by the legislature in 1893, the University of Wisconsin-Superior opened its doors in 1896 as the state's seventh Normal School to train teachers, drawing most of its students from ten northern Wisconsin counties. The original building, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML5A_s-s-meteor_Superior-WI.html
The Great Lakes whaleback fleet was the revolutionary result of Capt. Alexander McDougall's attempts to improve conventional ship design. Between 1888 and 1898, 43 whalebacks were launched and became forerunners of the bulk fleet on the Great Lake…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFJA_brule-st-croix-portage_Solon-Springs-WI.html
Approximately one mile northeast of this point, a continental divide separates the watersheds of the Brule and St. Croix Rivers. The Brule flows north to Lake Superior and the St. Croix flows southerly to the Mississippi. A time worn trail connect…