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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L6B_east-park-historic-district_Stoughton-WI.html
The origin of the East Park neighborhood begins in 1879, when local residents formed the Stoughton Fair Association. They built a racetrack, a grandstand and held the first Stoughton Fair here that same year. This venture was short-lived. By 1890,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOXK_bovre-congregation_Stoughton-WI.html
"Now may the Lord bless this step which we have taken not out of a desire for discord and dissuasion but compelled by the voice of our conscience." With this prayer on their lips, six families met at Lars Bovre's farm on June 22, 1860 to organize …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOJD_hauge-log-church-1852_Stoughton-WI.html
Early Norse pioneers who realized a need for a house of worship built the first Norwegian Lutheran Church in western Dane County from logs in the winter of 1851-52. First services held May 27, 1852 by the Rev. A.C. Preus. Previous itinerant pastor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO81_stoughton_Stoughton-WI.html
Stoughton was founded by Luke Stoughton in 1847. The first settlers were Yankees from New England. Waves of Norwegians immigrated to the community during the late 19th century to make Stoughton America's Norwegian capital, home of lutefisk and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMRV_robert-marion-la-follette-sr_Stoughton-WI.html
Wisconsin's most famous political leader and greatest statesman. Born on a farm in Primrose Township, Dane County, he was the first native son and first University of Wisconsin graduate to become Wisconsin Governor. He rose from Dane County Distri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF0F_main-street-historic-district_Stoughton-WI.html
This district is a collection of Victorian and early 20th-century commercial buildings, largely built between 1860 and 1910. Once southern Dane County's mercantile center, the district provided extensive retail and professional services. Extending…
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