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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4NL_monroe-cemetery_Arkdale-WI.html
Ira and Ransom Gleason, father and uncle to Charlotte and Francis Marion Rous set aside the original acre of land for this cemetery, from the land they obtained through the Public Lands Act of 1820. This plaque in memory of Edna Rous Russell and H…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4J4_east-arkdale-cemetery_Arkdale-WI.html
On July 11, 1859, Mr. Halvor Olson offered this 1/2 acre of his land to be used as a cemetery for the members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (Hauge Synod) here in the Roche a Cree (Arkdale) settlement. People of the community outside the congr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM43L_village-of-dover_Mazomanie-WI.html
Beginning in 1844, nearly 700 settlers were brought into this area by the British Temperance & Emigration Society, organized the previous year in Liverpool, England. By 1850 Dover boasted a hotel, post office, cooper, blacksmith, shoemaker, wagon …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3LH_indian-dance-rings_Arpin-WI.html
In early spring, the native ceremonial dances took place here. At their conclusion the Indians returned to their firesides amid chants and the symbolic beat of drums to thank the Great Spirit for the Spring's return. Indians from other tribes atte…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3L3_powers-bluff_Arpin-WI.html
The Indians named Powers Bluff Tah-qua-kik, and was for some years the home of three tribes of Indians; the Chippewa, the Potawatomi, and the Winnebago. Local historians say that some of the Potawatomi lived here as early as 1866. They lived on th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3L1_geological-history-of-powers-bluff_Arpin-WI.html
Powers Bluff is a worn down peak of an ancient mountain range which once covered northern Wisconsin. In geology it is known as monadnock. It is comprised almost entirely of solid metamorphic rock called quartzite.
Powers Bluff originated eons a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3KV_indian-bill-cemetery_Arpin-WI.html
These Indian burial sites are believed to be from descendants of the Winnebago and Prairie Band Potawatomi People.
The Potawatomi tradition was to build a grave house over the burial site. These grave houses are meant to deteriorate naturally …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3JI_wisconsins-first-home-built-flying-machine_Rothschild-WI.html
On June 23, 1911, near this location, Wausau native John Schwister became a pio?neer of Wisconsin aviation. Research indicates that on this date Schwister flew the state's first home-built airplane capable of sustained, powered flight. Constructed…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3GS_john-jones-2nd-burial-site_Port-Edwards-WI.html
The official Civil War roster of Company G of the Wisconsin 12th infantry lists two men named John Jones. They are listed as John Jones 1st and John Jones 2nd.
John Jones 1st gravesite has been located in the Ivy Green Cemetery in Bremerton, Wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM33Z_buttons-from-the-river_Stevens-Point-WI.html
The residents of Stevens Point depended on the Wisconsin River not only to transport logs, but also to provide clam shells for the button industry. The clammers found an abundance of quality shells in the river to support a commercial venture. In …