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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IPU_field-of-honor_Black-River-Falls-WI.html
This Field of Honor is a Memorial as a lasting tribute to those men and women who have served our country in war and peace. Those who survived were forever changed. Those who died were forever young in their loved ones' memories.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IPD_cpl-mitchell-redcloud-jr_Black-River-Falls-WI.html
Mitchell RedCloud, Jr. was born on July 2, 1924 near Hatfield, Jackson County, Wisconsin to Mitchell and Nellie RedCloud.
During World War II, he served in the Marine Corps from 1941 to 1945. At the age of 16 he served with the Carlson Raiders …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IP0_site-of-the-first-wood-spaulding-saw-mill_Black-River-Falls-WI.html
Site of the First Wood-Spaulding
Saw Mill 1839-40
That Marks Founding of City
Jackson Co. Hist. Soc. 1939
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXL5_sphagnum-moss_Black-River-Falls-WI.html
Marshy sections of Jackson, Monroe, Wood and Clark counties produce large quan?tities of Sphagnum moss, providing a major but little known state resource. The ability of Sphagnum to hold 20 times its weight in water makes it invaluable for keeping…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKOJ_the-hatfield-canal_Black-River-Falls-WI.html
This three-mile canal is the oldest and longest in use in Wisconsin. Canal, dam and powerhouse cost the La Crosse Water Power Company $1,500,000. It required 700 men and three steam dredges and was Wisconsin's largest power project in the early 19…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PU_shamrock_Black-River-Falls-WI.html
Irish, English, Scotch pioneers settled in this valley about 1850. Their collective struggles and sharing built this rural community, originally called Kelly's Corner.1853 - Union Cemetery1856 - Sawmill - H. B. Mills1860 - St. Columbkille Catholic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PN_martin-w-torkelson_Black-River-Falls-WI.html
Martin Torkelson, born in Jackson County, served the State of Wisconsin for more than fifty years. He was a pioneer in the development for both land and air trans?portation.
After graduating from the University of Wisconsin in 1904, Torkelson …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OB_winnebago-indians_Black-River-Falls-WI.html
Winnebago Indians call themselves "Hochunkgra." A Siouan people, they once occupied the southern half of Wisconsin and the northern counties of Illinois. The Black Hawk War of 1832 and a series of treaties forced the Winnebago out of their homelan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LO_black-river-valley_Black-River-Falls-WI.html
White pine trees were growing here when Columbus made his voyage to America. In 1819 the first attempts to saw lumber were unsuccessful, but in 1839 Jacob Spaulding founded Black River Falls by erecting the first permanent sawmill and settlement o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LN_black-river-falls-forest-fire_Black-River-Falls-WI.html
On the dry, windy afternoon of April 27, 1977, a forest fire started south of Black River Falls. The fire quickly became a raging crown fire, traveling through the tops of the dense pine forest. This mound, directly in the path of the fire, was bu…