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| Date: | 12 10 1951 |
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| Description: | Peshtigo Fire Cemetery marker, shown on the site. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Historical marker of the Namekagon Portage on the Lac Court Oreilles Native American Reservation. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | "Pioneer Military Road - 1835 - Fort Howard, Greenbay - To Fort Crawford, Prairie Du Chien - Erected by Col. C.R. Pier Circle - Ladies of C.A.R. 1931." |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | View of a Wisconsin Historical Marker about the orchards. |
| Date: | 12 1952 |
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| Description: | In Washington park, Washington Park library in the background. Nighttime view, with snow falling. The statue of Frederick Von Steuben on horseback preside... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Black and white photographic postcard of Milwaukee Street, with storefronts, parked cars and a small monument in the middle of the street. Caption reads: "... |
| Date: | 10 05 1951 |
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| Description: | Governor Walter J. Kohler Jr., (left) and James R. Law, state highway commission chairman, standing indoors with the Peshtigo cemetery marker. The marker w... |
| Date: | 10 07 1951 |
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| Description: | A group of survivors of the Peshtigo Fire of 1871 are gathered in front of the Peshtigo Fire historical marker. The marker dedication coincided with the 80... |
| Date: | 06 30 1957 |
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| Description: | View across lawn towards a crowd, with costumed participants dressed as Native Americans, fur traders, and Jacques Marquette, at the dedication of the Marq... |
| Date: | 11 24 1958 |
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| Description: | The family of Professor Earle M. Terry and C.M. Jansky, Jr. honor Professor Terry with the C.M. Jansky award at the dedication of the historical marker doc... |
| Date: | 09 02 1957 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Nellie Red Cloud, mother of the Korean War hero, Corporal Mitchell Red Cloud, Jr., standing in front of the historical marker dedicated to her son. Sh... |
| Date: | 09 05 1957 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Nellie Red Cloud, mother of the Korean War hero, Corporal Mitchell Red Cloud, Jr., shaking hands with V.L. Fiedler, State Highway Commission district ... |
| Date: | 07 13 1955 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Charles I. Brigham (left), and her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Charles Brigham, Jr., with her children Mark, Jonathan, and Elizabeth, standing and reading t... |
| Date: | 10 07 1957 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Steve McNamara (left), granddaughter of Nathan Strong, the founder of the city of Berlin, then named Strong's Landing, spoke at the dedication ceremon... |
| Date: | 05 16 1952 |
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| Description: | Great grandchildren of Ole Knutson Nattestad, the first Norwegian settler in Wisconsin, Sonja Kay and John Carlton, standing with their parents, Mr. and Mr... |
| Date: | 05 16 1952 |
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| Description: | Judge Chester R. Christensen, Rock County Judge, speaking at the dedication ceremony of the Jefferson Prairie Settlement historical marker. Seated behind h... |
| Date: | 11 01 1955 |
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| Description: | President of the Miller Brewing Company, Norman R. Klug, unveiled the Watertown Plank Road historical marker along with, to his left, James Fitzpatrick, pr... |
| Date: | 11 01 1955 |
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| Description: | Raymond Sivesind, director of the sites and markers program of the State Historical Society, as a speaker in the dedication and unveiling ceremony, stands ... |
| Date: | 09 15 1957 |
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| Description: | Mary Lynn Norton and Cathy Mess unveiling the Phillips Fire historical marker, while Avrid Bostrom and Alderman Victor Cress (seated) look on. Bostrom, a l... |
| Date: | 06 10 1955 |
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| Description: | A small group is gathered for the dedication and unveiling of the First Church of Christ, Scientist historical marker in Oconto. Raymond Sivesind, supervis... |
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