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Peshtigo Fire Historic Marker

Date: 10 05 1951
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...
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Phillips Fire Historic Marker

Date: 09 15 1957
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...
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Rural Electrification Historic Marker

Date: 08 02 1967
Description: Mrs. A.V. Miller and James R. Sullivan unveiling the Rural Electrification historical marker together at the dedication ceremony outside of Richland Center...
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9XM-WHA Radio Historic Marker

Date: 11 24 1958
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...
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Admiral Marc A. Mitscher Historic Marker

Date: 08 24 1958
Description: The dedication of Admiral Marc A. Mitscher, U.S. Navy historical marker in Hillsboro, the birthplace of Admiral Mitscher. Participants in the dedication an...
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Official Wisconsin Marker of Shake Rag Street

Date: 1951
Description: The official Wisconsin marker of Shake Rag Street and the committee of citizens who sponsored placing the marker. (Left to right): Ross Graves, President o...
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Dawn Manor Historic Marker

Date: 05 20 1955
Description: Elevated view over crowd towards speaker during Women's Auxiliary 5th annual pilgrimage to historic sites in Wisconsin. Over 200 members and guests made th...
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Dedication of Historical Marker

Date: 1923
Description: This historical marker was erected in commemoration of the French explorers Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet in Wyalusing State Park. The two men ...
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Albion Academy Historic Marker

Date: 07 17 1960
Description: Participants at the dedication of the Albion Academy historical marker, from left to right, include, Judge Sverre Roang, program chairman, Dr. Leslie H. Fi...
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Upper Fox River Historic Marker

Date: 10 07 1957
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...
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Wisconsin Archeological Society

Date: 05 26 1906
Description: The Wisconsin Archeological Society attending the unveiling of the Cutler Indian mound marker at Cutler Park. Mrs. William H. Anderson, President (?) of th...
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Knaggs Ferry Historic Marker

Date: 06 05 1955
Description: Officials gathered to dedicate the Knaggs Ferry historical marker in Oshkosh. The officials included, from left to right, Edward Hamilton, vice-president o...
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Watertown Plank Road Historic Marker

Date: 11 01 1955
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...
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Denniston House Historic Marker

Date: 10 23 1969
Description: Deane and Don Oelke, front row, owners of the Denniston House Hotel, standing by the historical marker honoring the history of the Denniston House in Cassv...
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Centralia Pulp and Paper Mill Historic Marker

Date: 06 02 1962
Description: Participants in the dedication ceremony for the Centralia Pulp and Paper Mill historical marker included, from left to right: Wisconsin Rapids Mayor Nels J...
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Wisconsin Central Railroad Historic Marker

Date: 10 03 1955
Description: Dr. Clifford L. Lord (second from left), director of the Wisconsin State Historical Society, unveiled the Wisconsin Central Railroad historical marker at H...
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Jefferson Prairie Historic Marker

Date: 05 16 1952
Description: Judge Chester R. Christensen, Rock County Judge, speaking at the dedication ceremony of the Jefferson Prairie Settlement historical marker. Seated behind h...
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Centralia Pulp and Paper Mill Historic Marker

Date: 06 02 1962
Description: Neil Nash, vice-president of the Nekoosa-Edwards Paper Company, speaking to the crowd at the dedication of the Centralia Pulp and Paper Mill historical mar...
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Watertown Plank Road Historic Marker

Date: 11 01 1955
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 ...
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Wisconsin Central Railroad Marker

Date: 10 03 1955
Description: The Wisconsin Central Railroad marker on the wall of the Hotel Menasha. The men at the dedication are (left to right) Edgar F. Zelle, President Wisconsin C...

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