| Wisconsin (Outagamie County), Appleton — 56 — First Commercially Successful Electric Street Railway | | | On August 16, 1886 the Appleton Electric Street Railway Company began operation of the world’s first commercially successful electric street railway. The cars were driven by Van Depoele direct current motors which received power from a hydroelectric generator through two trolley wires. In 1930, the expanded electric street railway system serving the cities of Appleton, Neenah, Menasha and Kaukauna was retired when bus service was begun to better serve the transportation needs of these communities. — Map (db m10457) | | Wisconsin (Outagamie County), Appleton — First Edison Hyrdoelectric System in America | | | On this site November 25, 1882 the Appleton Edison Light Co. began operating the first Edison Hyrdoelectric System in America.
Plaque donated to Outagamie County Historical Society by the family of Harold F. Parish November, 1979 — Map (db m20865) | | Wisconsin (Outagamie County), Appleton — Lawrence University | | | Lawrence University, chartered January 15, 1847, has admitted women to its student body from the day classes started November 12, 1849, in the original Academy or Institute. The first collegiate class of seven students -- four men and three women -- was graduated in July 1857, thereby making Lawrence University the first coeducational institution of higher learning in the State of Wisconsin. — Map (db m10247) | | Wisconsin (Outagamie County), Appleton — Number 736 — Pacific Type Passenger Engine | | | · Built in 1913 by American Locomotive Co.
· Original cost was $24,587.00
· Wt. of engine and tender 493,570 lbs.
· Tractive effort 36,833 lbs.
· Capacity 12,000 gals. of water and
17 1/2 tons of coal
· Maximum speed over 100 m.p.h.
· Service traveled 2,896,000 miles
Steam Locomotive
donated to
City of Appleton
by
Soo Line Railroad
1959
Fence and Installation
donated by
John M. Balliet — Map (db m17305) | | Wisconsin (Outagamie County), Appleton — 215 — South Greenville Grange No. 225 | | | Oliver Hudson Kelley organized National Grange, Patrons of Husbandry in Washington D. C., December 4, 1867. The Wisconsin State Grange was organized October 24, 1872 by National Deputy J. C. Abbott.
South Greenville Grange No. 225 was organized by State Deputy James Brainerd, October 27, 1873. Of 500 Granges organized in Wisconsin, South Greenville Grange No. 225 is the oldest continuously active grange and in 1973 was the first to celebrate its Centennial.
The Grange is unique for it . . . — Map (db m3716) | | Wisconsin (Outagamie County), Appleton — 12 — World's First Hydroelectric Central Station | | | Near this site on September 30, 1882, the world's first hydroelectric central station began operation. The station, here reproduced, was known as the Vulcan Street Plant and had a direct current generator capable of lighting 250 sixteen-candle power lamps, each equivalent to 50 watts. The generator operated at 110 volts and was driven through gears and belts by a water wheel operating under a ten foot fall of water. — Map (db m20863) | | Wisconsin (Outagamie County), Hortonville — Alonzo E. Horton — 1813 – 1909 | | | Horton was born in Connecticut. In 1848, he purchased land in this heavily forested area and built a dam across Black Otter Creek to power a sawmill. Water collecting behind Horton's dam formed Black Otter Lake.
Hortonville, named after its founder, quickly developed. Wooden aqueducts were extended from the lake to power the saw, flour and gristmills. Hotels, general stores, and taverns created the present Main Street. This small community was incorporated as the Village of Hortonville in . . . — Map (db m20657) | | Wisconsin (Outagamie County), Kaukauna — Revolutionary War Veterans | | | In this area, part of the Statesburg settlement, are the graves of Hendrick Aupaumut and Jacob Konkapot, Stockbridge Indians of Massachusetts. Captain Aupaumut won the notice of George Washington. Able tribal counselor, he served as envoy to western tribes and fought to redress Indian grievances. Konkapot served with the army stationed around Boston. A prosperous New York farmer in the 1780's, he employed white labor. At Statesburg he operated a sawmill. — Map (db m22449) | | Wisconsin (Outagamie County), Kaukauna — Wisconsin's First Deed — — 1793 — | | | Dominique Ducharme first known white settler at Kaukauna. In Wisconsin’s first recorded Deed For Land in 1793, he obtained 1281 acres of land from several Indian tribes, for 2 barrels of rum and other gifts. This is now the City of Kaukauna. Today this original deed is on record in Brown County—Volume B of Deeds, Page 110. Recorded Dec. 18, 1828. — Map (db m4239) | | Wisconsin (Outagamie County), Little Chute — 77 — Treaty of the Cedars | | | The Treaty of the Cedars was concluded on the Fox River near here September 3, 1836. Under the treaty the Menominee Indian nation ceded to the United States about 4,000,000 acres of land for $700,000 (about 17 cents per acre). The area now contains the cities of Marinette, Oconto, Appleton, Neenah, Menasha, Oshkosh, Wausau, Wisconsin Rapids, Stevens Point and many others. The six-day meeting ended in a spirit of mutual respect and fairness. Governor Dodge said, “I view it as a matter of . . . — Map (db m2490) |
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