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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTZQ_business-boomed-at-big-bull-falls_Wausau-WI.html
The earliest American settlers were drawn to Big Bull Falls for the timber business, but other businesses soon sprouted. Lumbermen and their families needed supplies and services. Soon after George Stevens built the first sawmill Wausau began to g…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTS4_why-is-it-called-big-bull-falls_Wausau-WI.html
If you were a french voyageur in the 1600s or arrived with George Stevens in 1838, you would have heard and seen large rapids churning and bubbling here in front of you. Without dams, the river was much shallower than it is now. It swirled and cra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTRA_big-bull-falls-middot-birthplace-of-wausau_Wausau-WI.html
In the early 1800s, timber supplies were coming to an end in the eastern United States. The Westward Expansion—the settlement of the prairies and mountainous regions west of the Mississippi—was driving the hunger for more timber with w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSSZ_fallen-soldiers-memorial_Rothschild-WI.html
This memorial is dedicated to all the Military Veterans of our Country, the Men and Women who gave their time, often their lives, to preserve Our American Way of Life. To them we say, "Thank You!"
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSS1_pine-grove-cemetery-g-a-r-memorial_Wausau-WI.html
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSP4_battle-of-the-bulge-monument_Wausau-WI.html
In Memory ofVeterans Battle of theBulge Triumph of CourageWorld War IIDec.16, 1944 - Jan. 25, 1945 This is undoubtedly the greatest Americanbattle of the war and will, I believe, beregarded as an ever famous American victory.?????????????…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSN0_cutler-post-monument_Wausau-WI.html
F.C.L A Grateful PeoplesToken ofRemembrance1886 Cutler Post.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSJV_big-bull-falls_Wausau-WI.html
On this site known asBig Bull FallsWisconsin Pinerynow the City of WausauGeorge Stevenspioneer lumbermanestablished the firstwhite settlement1839This tablet placed byWausau ChapterDaughters of theAmerican Revolution1929[DAR insignia]
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAOJ_rib-mountain-state-park_Wausau-WI.html
This park is located on the summit of Rib Mountain, one of the most prominent isolated hills in Wisconsin. Just as the stump covered field enables us to picture the forest that has long since been cut - so by the study of the old worn down stumps …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMANA_ancient-ripples_Wausau-WI.html
Imagine this area over two billion years ago, covered by the waters of an ancient Precambrian sea. This ocean deposited sand on the sea floor, and these ripple marks on the rocks in front of you formed by wave action in the sand. Over time, the…
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