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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LA6_vulcan-street-plant-replica_Appleton-WI.html
On November 25, 1882, the Vulcan Street Hydroelectric Central Station began operation. The Vulcan Street Plant featured a direct-current Edison "K"-type dynamo and lit the homes of A. L. and H. D. Smith, five or six mills, a blast furnac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GPV_the-merging-of-milwaukee-downer-and-lawrence-colleges_Appleton-WI.html
Lawrence University, chartered on January 15, 1847, was the first college in Wisconsin founded as a coeducational institution. Preparatory classes began in 1849; college classes began in 1853. The first collegiate class of seven students - four me…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15Z0_hippolyte-grignon_Appleton-WI.html
In 1835, just west of this marker, Hippolyte Grignon, the first white settler in what was to become Appleton, built a log house known as "White Heron" with two attached wings for a trading post and quarters for travelers. Within the walls of the l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVOU_9-11-memorial_Appleton-WI.html
In memory of thosewho lost their livesin New York City,Washington, D.C.,and Pennsylvania on11 September 2001
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVL8_soldiers-and-sailors-memorial-bridge_Appleton-WI.html
———Built by the City of Appletonas a lasting monument tothe memory of the soldiersand sailors of the Civil,Spanish-American and World Wars.———1924 The above plaque dedicatedthe original Memorial DriveBridge. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVJZ_outagamie-county-world-war-i-memorial_Appleton-WI.html
Dedicated to the memory ofour comrades who entered theservice of their countryfrom Outagamie Countyand who gave their lives inthe World War————Presented byOney Johnson Post No. 38,American LegionNovember 11, 1934 Restore…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT3Y_hearthstone_Appleton-WI.html
On September 30, 1882 this Victorian home became the first residence electrified from a centrally located hydro-electric plant. Henry J. Rogers, pioneer industrialist, built and lighted this home as a showplace for his wife, using the same power s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEU8_revolutionary-war-veterans_Kaukauna-WI.html
In this area, part of the Statesburg settlement, are the graves of Hendrick Aupaumut and Jacob Konkapot, Stockbridge Indians of Massachusetts. Captain Aupaumut won the notice of George Washington. Able tribal counselor, he served as envoy to weste…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDR1_first-edison-hyrdoelectric-system-in-america_Appleton-WI.html
On this site November 25, 1882 the Appleton Edison Light Co. began operating the first Edison Hyrdoelectric System in America. Plaque donated to Outagamie County Historical Society by the family of Harold F. Parish November, 1979
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDLT_alonzo-e-horton_Hortonville-WI.html
Horton was born in Connecticut. In 1848, he purchased land in this heavily forested area and built a dam across Black Otter Creek to power a sawmill. Water collecting behind Horton's dam formed Black Otter Lake. Hortonville, named after its fo…
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