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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOVK_94th-combat-infantry-division_Johnson-Creek-WI.html
Northern France Rhineland · Ardennes Central Europe THIS MONUMENT IS A TRIBUTE TO THE MEN OF THE 94TH INFANTRY DIVISION WWIIIn recognition of the outstanding war record of the 94th. The State of Wisconsin designated this monument to be ere…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOVJ_in-service-to-their-country_Johnson-Creek-WI.html
Wisconsin contributed significantly to the military activities of the United States since it became a state in 1848. During the Civil War, for instance, Wisconsin made a major contribution to support the Union. About 50% of Wisconsin's adult male …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOVI_drumlins_Lake-Mills-WI.html
This is glaciated country. Here, as you approach the western edge of Wisconsin's kettle moraine, you see many land features created by glacial ice some 15,000 years ago. Among the most interesting of these are long, oval hills known as drumlins. W…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOQX_pioneer-aztalan_Lake-Mills-WI.html
Pioneer Aztalan was settled in 1836 by Thomas Brayton and others at the junction of the Milwaukee-Mineral Point and Janesville-Fond du Lac territorial roads. By 1837 Aztalan had Jefferson County's first post office and by 1842 was its leading busi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOQI_wm-r-look-log-cabin_Sullivan-WI.html
The Wm. R. Look Log Cabin is an example of pioneer architecture in southeastern Wisconsin. This historic log home was originally located on Pioneer and Elder Roads in the Town of Concord. Over the years the log cabin was covered in clapboard and a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNPV_princess-burial-mound_Lake-Mills-WI.html
Ancient people built this mound to mark a young woman's grave. The mound was the last in a line that once bordered the western side of the ancient community of Aztalan and the only one that contained a burial. Her community placed the young woman …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNP7_octagon-house_Watertown-WI.html
This 8 sided five story house of solid brick construction was built in the early 1850s by pioneer John Richards. It is the best example in Wisconsin of an unusual architectural design which was in vogue briefly before the Civil War. It was claimed…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNP6_trail-discovery_Watertown-WI.html
On July 18th, during the Black Hawk War of 1832, Little Thunder - a Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Indian guide to the U.S. Militia - discovered Black Hawk's Band crossed the Rock River in this vicinity. After receiving the news, Gen. James D. Henry and Col…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNP5_milwaukee-street-bridge_Watertown-WI.html
One of the nation's most innovative bridge designers of the 20th century, Daniel B. Luten, designed the Milwaukee Street Bridge. Constructed in 1930 by Eau Claire Engineering, the bridge was a rare example of a steel-reinforced, three span, open-s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNP4_plank-road-pioneer-barn_Watertown-WI.html
This barn was built by an early settler in 1853 was used by regional farmers driving cattle to the Milwaukee market over the Milwaukee-Watertown Plank Road. It was moved from the Plank road area east of the Rock River to this site in 1963 and rest…