Rural Electrification Marker

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Near Boaz in Richland County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Rural Electrification

By Keith L, May 5, 2009

1. Rural Electrification Marker

Inscription. This farm was the first in Wisconsin to obtain central station electric power from a rural electric cooperative. The farm home was constructed and wired for electric service by James Hanold in 1917. The Richland Cooperative Electric Association, incorporated January 8, 1936, energized the first section of its rural electric system built into this area and connected this farm to its lines on May 7, 1937.
Loan funds, available to all electric power suppliers to aid in electrifying rural America, were obtained from the Rural Electrification Administration, created by executive order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt May 11, 1935, and continued as an agency of our federal government by Act of Congress May 20, 1936.

Erected 1966 by the Wisconsin Historical Society. (Marker Number 153.)

Location. 43° 20.583′ N, 90° 30.236′ W. Marker is near Boaz, Wisconsin, in Richland County. Marker is on U.S. 14 0.7 miles east of County Highway Z. Click for map. Marker is at a highway pull-off. Marker is in this post office area: Richland Center WI 53581, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Boaz Mastodon (a few steps from this marker); Richard M. Brewer (approx. 1.3 miles away); Ocooch Mountains (approx. 1.3 miles away); Wisconsin Purple Heart Memorial Highway (approx. 5.5 miles away); Ada James (approx. 5.8 miles away); Krouskop Park (approx. 5.8 miles away); Birthplace of GTE (approx. 5.8 miles away); The Little Rock (approx. 10 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Boaz.

By Keith L, May 5, 2009

2. Rural Electrification Marker

By Keith L, May 5, 2009

3. Rural Electrification Marker

Credits. This page originally submitted on May 12, 2009, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 579 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 12, 2009, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.