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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29NL_site-of-the-bank-of-elkhart-lake_Elkhart-Lake-WI.html
In 1949, this building was the home of the Bank of Elkhart Lake where representatives of the SCCA met with Bank President James Johnson to discuss holding sports car road races in and around the Village of Elkhart Lake.
With Johnson's backing, th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27GV_theodore-rietz-distillery_Random-Lake-WI.html
In 1860 Theodore Rietz, at age 30, left Saxony, Germany for the United States. Soon thereafter he helped found the Went & Pfile Distillery Company in Milwaukee. By 1862 he relocated to Silver Creek and started his own whiskey distilling operation.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GQQ_schooner-gallinipper_Sheboygan-WI.html
Type: Wooden schooner, two-masted
Built: 1833, Augustus Jones, Black River, Ohio
Sank: July 5, 1851
Length: 95? Beam: 21?
Cargo: Furs, provisions, passengers, grain, lumber
Depth of Wreckage: 210?
About 17 miles northeast of here lies the Gallini…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B5B_town-of-rhine-civil-war-monument_Elkhart-Lake-WI.html
(south face)In memory of their fellow citizens who lost their lives to save their country in the War of the Great Rebellion. This monument was erected by the inhabitantsof the Town of Rhine.July 1868
(west face)1st Rgt. Wis. Vols. Co. H.Wm. H. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AUW_town-of-rhine-memorial-park-monument_Elkhart-Lake-WI.html
In April 1867 the citizens of this township approved funds to erect this monument to their Civil War dead. It was dedicated July 4, 1868. 115 men from the Town of Rhine volunteered to serve their country in this great war. 23 never returned. Their…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW0N_heroic-seamen_Sheboygan-WI.html
The history of the Lifesaving Service dates back to 1789, when Congress authorized the formation of a Revenue Cutter Service and a Lighthouse Service. During its early years the Revenue Cutter Service (which was not primarily a lifesaving unit) wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVYV_bustling-shipyards_Sheboygan-WI.html
When the first settlers arrived in the Sheboygan area early in the 1830s, they were awed by the seemingly endless verdant pine forests and stands of hardwood that covered the county. With lake transportation the very lifeblood of the early communi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV8I_veterans-memorial_Elkhart-Lake-WI.html
Dedicatedto themen and womenof theElkhart Lake areawho have servedtheir countryin the Armed Forces
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV79_the-broughton-sheboygan-marsh-park-wildlife-area_Elkhart-Lake-WI.html
The Mission: Promote the Increased Use and Appreciation of the Unique Beauty of the Broughton Sheboygan Marsh Through Education and Recreation
The Marsh
The Broughton Sheboygan Marsh Park and Wildlife Area is the prominent feature in a 133 s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV6Y_the-lake-street-walkway_Elkhart-Lake-WI.html
This walkway rests on the bed of lower Lake Street over which sports cars raced in 1951 and 1952. It remains officially a Village Street.
Marker donated by: The Osthoff Resort.
Historic Race Circuits of Elkhart Lake listed on the National R…