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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKWK_origin-of-cedar-creek-mills-on-the-creek_Cedarburg-WI.html
Origin of Cedar CreekDropping approximately eighty feet in two and half miles, Cedar Creek's falling water power provided enough energy to drive Cedarburg's many mills for over one hundred years. The creek rises from big and Little Cedar Lakes nea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKWJ_washington-avenue-historic-district-historic-district-architecture_Cedarburg-WI.html
Washington Avenue Historic DistrictEven before Cedarburg incorporated in 1885, the community thrived with mills, shops, hotels, churches and residences, many of which remain in Cedarburg's commercial center as part of the Washington Avenue Histori…
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The source of Cedarburg's vigor from its birth as a village in 1845 was the power-producing creek that the Irish and German immigrants found here. After building five dams and five mills, the life of the community flowed along the banks of the Ced…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKWH_last-covered-bridge_Cedarburg-WI.html
This bridge was built by the Town of Cedarburg on petition of neighboring farmers to replace periodically washed out bridges. Pine logs, cut and milled at Baraboo, were fitted and set in place in lattice truss construction with 3 X 10 inch planks …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKIB_cedarburg-woolen-mill_Cedarburg-WI.html
Built here in 1864-65 because of Cedar Creek's water power, Hilgen and Wittenberg's mill made yarns, blankets and flannels. Incorporated in 1872 as the Cedarburg Woolen Mill, it was the only extensive woolen mill in 1878. A branch mill built in Gr…