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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G2A_point-basse_Nekoosa-WI.html
???Point Basse, the French term for "low point" or "shallows," is located in what is now the Wood County township of Saratoga. For thousands of years Native Americans crossed the Wisconsin River here, the midpoint of a trail that ran east and wes…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXXE_veterans-memorial_Nekoosa-WI.html
[seal of The Liberty Tree]All Gave SomeSome Gave AllNekoosa Veterans ofForeign WarsDomtar Industries Inc.Dedicated 11 November 2004
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSFY_nekoosa-war-memorial_Nekoosa-WI.html
This memorial dedicatedby parents, relatives and friendsto perpetuate the memory ofour valiant defenders of freedomwho made the supreme sacrifice.
World War IHamel, Archie · Huggins, Robert · Jackon, Lucas · Larsen, Harold …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRXU_spring-branch-cemetery-veterans-memorial_Nekoosa-WI.html
Duty, Honor, Country
We dedicate this monument toall our service men and womenin all wars and conflicts.
United States ArmyUnited States MarinesUnited States Navy United States Air ForceUnited States Coast GuardKilled in ActionMissing in Act…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4RI_point-bas_Nekoosa-WI.html
Lower limit of upper Wisconsin country. Called by Indians Ban-Gah-Je-Wung. First sawmill built just below here by Daniel Whitney in 1831. A strip three miles wide both sides of the Wisconsin ceded by Menominee Indians in 1836 from Point Bas forty …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM9_ed-strangler-lewis_Nekoosa-WI.html
Robert Friedrich, who devoted a lifetime to the sport of wrestling, claims Nekoosa as his boyhood home. Born in 1890, he began his wrestling career at the age of sixteen when he challenged another local rival to raise funds for his baseball team. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4R_cranberry-culture_Nekoosa-WI.html
For countless ages the wild cranberry flourished in many marshy areas of Central Wisconsin. In 1829 Daniel Whitney mentioned the purchase of three canoe loads of cranberries brought down the Yellow River by Indians from the area now known as Cranm…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM47_wakelys-tavern_Nekoosa-WI.html
Built in 1831, Wakely's Tavern and Trading Post was the first white settler's house in present Wood County. River piers, shingle mill, warehouse, and gunpowder pit contributed to making this site a rendezvous for Indians, voyageurs, lumbermen and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24_point-basse_Nekoosa-WI.html
Five rapids covering a distance of about three miles in this area were referred to as Nekoosa (swift water) by the Chippewa Indians, who made their campground on high Swallow Rock overlooking these rapids. At the lower end of the rapids, Wakeley's…