Tomah in Monroe County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Robert Howie
Photographed by Keith L, June 18, 2011
1. Robert Howie Marker
Inscription.
Robert Howie. . Robert Howie (1830-1913) came to Tomah in 1858 from County Ayshire Scotland and homesteaded land. Howie worked with Robert Gillett and C C Miller surveying the Tomah Area. He was Tomah's first Rural Mail Carrier. His interest in agriculture and horses motivated him to donate land for the fairgrounds in 1881. He helped develop the fairgrounds by constructing exhibition buildings and hauling in clay with horse teams for a racetrack. Howie, his sons Robert Jr. and Wallace, and nephew Irvine Strozinsky raced horses on the racetrack and down Tomah's Superior Avenue. He insisted the street to be 100 feet wide to allow harness racing. Howie and his wife Agnes (1855-1942) had eleven children. ,
Robert Howie (1830-1913) came to Tomah in 1858 from County Ayshire Scotland and homesteaded land. Howie worked with Robert Gillett and C C Miller surveying the Tomah Area. He was Tomah's first Rural Mail Carrier. His interest in agriculture and horses motivated him to donate land for the fairgrounds in 1881. He helped develop the fairgrounds by constructing exhibition buildings and hauling in clay with horse teams for a racetrack. Howie, his sons Robert Jr. and Wallace, and nephew Irvine Strozinsky raced horses on the racetrack and down Tomah's Superior Avenue. He insisted the street to be 100 feet wide to allow harness racing. Howie and his wife Agnes (1855-1942) had eleven children.
Plaque by:
Tomah Historical Society,
Howie and Strozinsky Families
Erected by Tomah Historical Society and the Howie and Strozinsky Families.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Immigration • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1858.
Location. 43° 57.69′ N, 90° 30.481′ W. Marker is in Tomah, Wisconsin, in Monroe County. It can be reached from Superior Avenue (State
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Highway 131) 0.2 miles south of Center Drive, on the right when traveling south. Marker is in Oak Grove Cemetery, along D Avenue north of 4th Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2409 Superior Street, Tomah WI 54660, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the American Midwest, on the Great Lakes, and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Northwest Territory.
Tomah Chamber of Commerce website. (Submitted on July 19, 2011.)
Credits. This page was last revised on December 8, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 19, 2011, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 1,101 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on July 19, 2011, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin.
