| Wisconsin (Waupaca County), Big Falls — History of Big Falls |
| | In 1887, A.W. Whitcomb erected a sawmill on this site and water from the river supplied the power. In 1890, the land was platted and the settlement became the Village of Big Falls. In 1923, Big Falls was incorporated. Today it is one of the smallest incorporated villages in the U.S.A. The early forests were logged and lumber and shingles were milled here. A granite quarry was located below the dam. Stores, churches, hotels, railroads, saloons, a blacksmith shop, creamery, roller skating rink, . . . — Map (db m25108) HM |
| Wisconsin (Waupaca County), Clintonville — 138 — Birthplace of an Airline |
| | It was here in Clintonville that Wisconsin Central Airlines, now known as North Central Airlines, was founded in 1944. Fostered and promoted by the Four Wheel Drive Auto Company, the airline was an outgrowth of the company’s need for air transportation. Four Wheel Drive had been operating a non-scheduled airline service to Chicago for months before making application for scheduled airline service to the Civil Aeronautics Board in June, 1944. Since beginning service on February 1, 1948, with a . . . — Map (db m8178) HM |
| Wisconsin (Waupaca County), Clintonville — 102 — Four–Wheel Drive |
| | In this machine shop, in 1908, Otto Zachow and William Besserdich developed and built the first successful four-wheel drive automobile. Their first car, the “Battleship”, soon proved that it "could go anywhere a team of horses could go” and led to the founding, in 1909, of The Badger Four Wheel Drive Auto Company, (word “Badger” dropped in 1910 and name changed to FWD Corporation in 1958). Government interest in motor vehicles and the success of the four-wheel . . . — Map (db m8108) HM |
| Wisconsin (Waupaca County), Clintonville — Portion of Wall of China — Taken Near Canton |
| | Each stone represents a type of
the stones used.
The burned brick are 1700 years old.
Donated by
Sun Yat Sen · Harvey Decker
Ek Hock Fung · James A. Bell
Edward Mo Fung · Walter A. Olen
— Map (db m25190) HM |
| Wisconsin (Waupaca County), Fremont — 48 — Old Wolf River Crossing |
| | This landing was the chief point of entry for pioneers who first settled the land between the Wolf and Wisconsin Rivers. On June 1, 1852, a legislative proclamation opened these lands for settlement. The Big Crossing almost immediately followed and several hundred pioneer families crossed here. Before occupation by the white man this site was an ancient Indian village and later became important as a steamboat landing and stopover on the famous log drives. — Map (db m33978) HM |
| Wisconsin (Waupaca County), Iola — 2 — 1999 Father's Day Fire |
| |
(side 1)
June 20, 1999 – Father’s Day – was disrupted by a blaze that destroyed seven buildings on the west side of Main Street in downtown Iola under a gorgeous blue-sky and calm weather. More than 200 firefighters from Iola, Scandinavia, and eight other Central Wisconsin fire departments, along with volunteers from the large group of bystanders, battled the blaze that destroyed historic century-old buildings, some dating to pre-1890. Eleven businesses and eleven . . . — Map (db m44330) HM |
| Wisconsin (Waupaca County), Iola — 3 — Birthplace of Numismatic News |
| | Side A
The first issue of “Numismatic News” was born here Oct. 13, 1952. From this start over the next 50 years grew Krause Publications, a business that published 50 periodicals and hundreds of book titles.
The idea for the paper was Chester L. Krause’s, who lived in this house with his parents. He was a professional carpenter by day and a coin collector at night. Because it was difficult for coin collectors to interact outside the main urban areas, Chet felt they . . . — Map (db m47672) HM |
| Wisconsin (Waupaca County), Iola — 4 — Birthplace of the Iola Old Car Show |
| | The Iola Old Car Show’s birth was a humble one. Its origins date to July 16, 1972, when Chet Krause extended to a couple score area collector car enthusiasts of his acquaintance to attend the 17th annual Iola Lions Club Chicken Roast fundraiser held at the Ingval Olson Memorial Park as his guests. Having enticed them with the offer of two free chicken dinners if they would drive one of their vintage vehicles to the event, this resulted in the display of more than 20 vehicles, including Chet’s . . . — Map (db m55166) HM |
| Wisconsin (Waupaca County), Iola — 518 — Iola Mills |
| | Colonel J.W. Chandler, S.S. Chandler, and S. Miller built Iola's first dam and sawmill in 1853. The partners then constructed a grist mill, adding a flour mill two years later. In 1860, Henry Wipf purchased a controlling interest in the Iola Mills. Wipf secured sole ownership to his two sons, Jacob and Conrad, who renamed it J. & C. Wipf Mills.
The Wipfs continued investing in the property, adding a rail spur in 1893. They rebuilt the sawmill and added a stone engine house and . . . — Map (db m32951) HM |
| Wisconsin (Waupaca County), Iola — Iola Veterans Memorial |
| |
In Memory of our Veterans
[names]
Dedicated to
Veterans of the
Iola Scandinavia Area
Erected 1976 Post 14
— Map (db m33143) HM |
| Wisconsin (Waupaca County), Iola — 1 — Iola Winter Sports Club |
| | The Iola Winter Sports Club’s origins trace back to January 11, 1910, with the organization of the Iola Ski Club. The first organized ski jumping tournament in Waupaca County was held at the School House Ski Hill, located in the 300 block of west Iola Street, on January 30, 1910.
A second Iola hill (Slaughterhouse ski Hill) was erected five blocks east of Main Street in December, 1910, a location now within Glacier Wood Golf Course. On Sunday, January 15, 1911, the first tournament was . . . — Map (db m47671) HM |
| Wisconsin (Waupaca County), King — 422 — General Charles King — 1844 – 1933 |
| | Charles King, one of America's most illustrious soldiers, was born in New York and came to Milwaukee in 1845. His father was Rufus King, editor and publisher of the Milwaukee Sentinel and first commander of the famed Civil War Iron Brigade. Charles King graduated from West Point, took part in the Civil War, and served on active duty until 1879, when a serious battle wound during an Indian campaign forced his retirement. Returning to Wisconsin, King began a writing career popularizing the . . . — Map (db m4961) HM |
| Wisconsin (Waupaca County), King — 283 — Grand Army Home |
| | The Grand Army Home was established in 1887 by the Wisconsin Department of the Grand Army of the Republic, a nationwide organization of Union veterans of the Civil War (1861-1865). The Home provided care for indigent veterans and their wives in a pleasant community setting. The city of Waupaca donated seventy-eight acres along scenic Rainbow Lake to the veterans, and the local branch of the Women's Relief Corps (an auxiliary of the G.A.R.) constructed several cottages on the site. This was the . . . — Map (db m4272) HM |
| Wisconsin (Waupaca County), Manawa — 485 — Melvin O. Handrich — Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient |
| | Master Sergeant Melvin O. Handrich of the U.S. Army was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his courageous action in battle near Sobuk San Mountain, Korea on August 25–26, 1950.
Handrich was born in Manawa, Wisconsin on January 26, 1919 and received the country's highest military award for his conspicuous gallantry above and beyond the call of duty in battle.
Near midnight on August 25, 1950 the enemy attempted to infiltrate Handrich's company's . . . — Map (db m10758) HM |
| Wisconsin (Waupaca County), Marion — 73 — Chief Waupaca |
| | Chief Waupaca, better known as Sam Wapuka, was a friendly Potawatomi Indian who lived in this vicinity about the time the first white men arrived. Although he was friendly to the settlers, his tribesmen were bitterly opposed to the invasion of the white man. Once on a trip with several of his warriors, they stopped where the present city of Waupaca is located. His men were eager to massacre the entire small settlement and Waupaca talked long and eloquently to prevent it. He succeeded but when . . . — Map (db m20634) HM |
| Wisconsin (Waupaca County), New London — 282 — Birthplace of the American Water Spaniel |
| | Of all the breeds of dog recognized by the American Kennel Club, only five were developed in the United States and one, the American Water Spaniel, originated in Wisconsin. The development of the Water Spaniel as a purebred was due largely to the efforts of Dr. F.J. Pfiefer of New London, Wisconsin, who perfected and standardized the breed and obtained official recognition by the United Kennel Club in 1920 and the American Kennel Club in 1940. The Water Spaniel is characterized by its ability . . . — Map (db m8224) HM |
| Wisconsin (Waupaca County), Scandinavia — Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer |
| | Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran
Church of Our Redeemer,
first Lutheran church in Waupaca
county, was built in 1856
directly across the road. It was
enlarged in the form of a Cross
in 1867, and demolished in 1928.
Pastor Nils Brandt dedicated
the cemetery June 6, 1853. O. F.
Duus, first resident pastor called
from Norway, served from
1854-58. Before Scandinavia
township was incorporated in
1854, this area was known as
Waupaca Settlement or "the Indian
Land." The first Norwegian
pioneers arrived August 20,
1850. — Map (db m21919) HM |
| Wisconsin (Waupaca County), Waupaca — Waupaca County War Memorial |
| | Korea • Vietnam
Erected
to honor those of
Waupaca County
Wisconsin
who answered their
country's call and gave
their lives for
the great cause of
liberty
1917 – 1919
Erected
to honor those of
Waupaca, Wisconsin
who answered their
country's call and gave
their lives for
the great cause of
liberty
1941 – 1945
Erected
to honor those of
Waupaca, Wisconsin
who answered their
country's call and gave
their lives . . . — Map (db m47077) WM |
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