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Watertown Plank Road Historic Marker
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Raymond Sivesind, director of the sites and markers program of the State Historical Society, as a speaker in the dedication and unveiling ceremony, stands in front of the covered Watertown Plank Road historical marker. Other speakers include, on the right, Frederick I. Olson, president of the Milwaukee Historical Society, Norman R. Klug, to the left of Sivesind, president of the Miller Brewing Company, and next to Klug, James Fitzpatrick, president of the Watertown common council. There is a sign for the Miller Brewing Co. Caves above the marker.
November 1, 1955
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