Stewart's Chapel Marker

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Near Mauston in Juneau County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Stewart's Chapel
1874

By Gordon Govier, June 11, 2012

1. Stewart's Chapel 1874 Marker

Inscription. Built by the Rock Valley Union Chapel Society. Used as a community center, church & Sunday school and 4-H meetings in the late 1940's. Lindinia Town Insurance Company was also organized here. This chapel marks the site of Stewart's Settlement founded by William Stewart in 1850. It's importance between Portage and LaCrosse on the old Troy Stage Coach Road faded when the railroad passed through Mauston north of here. In 1989, Russell D. Robinson donated this property to Juneau County Historical Society.

Location. 43° 44.261′ N, 90° 5.776′ W. Marker is near Mauston, Wisconsin, in Juneau County. Marker is on County Road O 0.2 miles west of State Route 58, on the left when traveling west. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Mauston WI 53948, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Orland S. Loomis (1893–1942) (approx. 4.2 miles away); The Iron Brigade (approx. 6.6 miles away); The Wisconsin River (approx. 6.6 miles away); The Sand Counties – Aldo Leopold Territory (approx. 7.4 miles away); The Lost District (approx. 8.8 miles away); Elroy – Sparta State Trail (approx. 9.2 miles away); New Lisbon Civil War Memorial (approx. 10.1 miles away); Hop Raising (approx. 10.2 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Mauston.

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By Gordon Govier, June 11, 2012

2. Stewart's Chapel

Credits. This page originally submitted on June 15, 2012, by Gordon Govier of Monona, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 107 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 15, 2012, by Gordon Govier of Monona, Wisconsin. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.