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Gays Mills Apple Orchards

Date: 1955
Description: View of a Wisconsin Historical Marker about the orchards.
Photograph

"Tragedy of the Siskiwit" Historical Marker

Date: 1937
Description: Historical marker describing an Ojibwe legend that took place on Siskiwit Lake.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Birthplace of Flag Day Historic Marker

Date: 06 14 1962
Description: Outdoor view of crowd gathered behind the newly unveiled Birthplace of Flag Day historical marker. The historical marker was dedicated on the 77th annivers...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Phillips Fire Historic Marker

Date: 12 09 1964
Description: Mrs. James Sima, a child when the Phillips Fire of 1894 raged, standing next to the historical marker documenting the horrific fire.
Photograph

Mitchell Red Cloud, Jr. Historic Marker

Date: 09 02 1957
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...
Photograph

Marquette and Joliet Historical Marker

Date: 1925
Description: This historical marker was erected in commemoration of the French explorers Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet in the Wyalusing State Park. The two ...
Postcard

Official Marker; The Old Wade House

Date: 1953
Description: The Historical Marker for the Old Wade House State Park. A man and woman are standing in front of the sign, and in the background are picnic tables on a la...
Photograph

First Church of Christ, Scientist Historic Marker

Date: 06 10 1955
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...
Photograph

Mesas and Buttes Historical Marker

Date: 1940
Description: The Mesas and Buttes historical marker in Mill Bluff State Park. The marker reads: "Mesas and Buttes. These so-called mounds with flat tops and cliffed sid...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

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...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

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...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Delavan's Circus Colony Historic Marker

Date: 08 09 1963
Description: Gordon Yadon, a member of the Mabie Brothers circus tent, and Mary Lou Lawrence, aerialist and trapeze artist, reading the historical marker documenting De...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

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...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

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...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Aztalan State Park Historic Marker

Date: 07 23 1967
Description: Albert Kratch, president of the Lake Mills-Aztalan Historical Society, in front of the Aztalan State Park historical marker. Kratch helped to organize even...
Photograph

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 ...
Photograph

Marquette and Joliet Historical Marker

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

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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Historic Site Marker

Date: 1926
Description: Historic site marker commemorating the first permanent home in Baraboo. The inscription reads, "On this site in 1840, the first permanent home in Baraboo ...

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